Whole binding. When the leather covers the back and sides of a volume.
Wire staples. Fine wire staples used by certain book-sewing machines in the place of thread for holding the sections to a piece of muslin. Also the staples used in place of thread in saddle-stitching a pamphlet of one signature on a machine. Used also in holding a book of several signatures together, the staple being driven through all the signatures close to their back edges.
Witness. When a book has been trimmed, leaving some of the leaves still rough, the latter are a witness as to the original size of the sheet and prove that it has not been cut down.
Wove paper. That which does not show water-marked lines running across it; distinguished from laid paper.
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Makers and Dealers in Bookbinders’ Materials, Tools and Machinery
Jos. Bancroft & Sons, manufacturers, Rockford, Wilmington, Del. Book cloths. Albert D. Smith, 35 and 37 Thomas St., New York, New York agent.
John Campbell & Co., 34 Ferry St., New York. Leathers, book cloths, marble papers, etc.