HINTS
TO BOOK-COLLECTORS.
Never write your name upon the title-page of a book.
Have your books cut as large as possible, so as to preserve the integrity of the margin.
Do not adopt one style of binding for all your books.
Let the bindings upon your books be characteristic of the contents and of the value of the work.
Employ Turkey morocco for large works or for books that you have in constant use. It is the most durable material used in binding, except Levant morocco, which is very expensive.
English coloured calf makes a beautiful covering, and bears full gilt tooling better than morocco. The latter, if too richly charged, is apt to look tawdry.