| Work on the book. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First stage. | Second stage. | |||||||||
| Style of Binding. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | ||
| Brochure | — | — | ||||||||
| Brochure Paper boards | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| School books | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| Half cloth (bound) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Half cloth (cased) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Whole cloth (bound) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Whole cloth (cased) | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Half leather | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Half calf, extra | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Whole leather | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Publishers' cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Table of Headings:
Col. I: Making the case.
Col. J: Covering.
Col. K: Pressing.
Col. L: Preparing the leather.
Col. M: Covering.
Col. N: Fastening the book in the cover.
Col. O: Pasting down.
Col. P: Jointing.
Col. Q: Pasting down end papers.
Col. R: Hand tooling and decorating.
| Work on the Cover. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casing. | Covering. | Finishing. | |||||||||||
| Style of Binding. | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | |||
| Brochure | — | ||||||||||||
| Brochure Paper boards | — | ||||||||||||
| School books | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Half cloth (bound) | — | — | |||||||||||
| Half cloth (cased) | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Whole cloth (bound) | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| Whole cloth (cased) | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Half leather | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Half calf, extra | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Whole leather | — | — | — | — | |||||||||
| Publishers' cases | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
CHAPTER VI.
Making the Cover.
The boards for making the covers are cut the required size exactly as when cutting for glueing; a packing of thin cardboard or thin wrappers is cut for the back. The width of the back from first to last sheet is carefully measured by laying across it a strip of paper, the dividers are adjusted to the measure, and this is transferred to the wrapping paper. The packing is cut to suit the boards in height. When cloth only is used for the cover, the cloth is cut 2 to 2-1/2 cm. longer and about 4 cm. wider than the packing. The width of the back depends upon the question of cost or other consideration. In whole-cloth bindings the cloth is, of course, cut in one piece and 1 to 1-1/2 cm. larger all round than the boards and back taken together. Glue is always used for cloth. As piles of pieces of cloth shift about in glueing, a touch of glue is given to two corners of the pile and left to dry a little. These corners hold the pieces of cloth in position whilst being glued and prevent the edges from being smeared. In glueing cloth it must be seen that the glue is well rubbed into the grain or artificial indentations.
For covers which have only the back made, the packing is laid upon the middle of the glued cloth and the boards hinged on right and left at side of it, leaving, however, as much space between as is required by the joint and the thickness of the boards. As a rule, the space required will be as much as the thickness of the board. In making leather backs one allows a little more.
The cloth back is at once turned in at head and tail after the boards have been laid on, and the cover rubbed down in the groove with the folder.
Turning-in is done by pushing the side to be operated on a little over the edge of the table, and with the thumbs the cover is pressed over the edges of the boards with a sliding motion, whilst the forefingers hold the cover underneath.