LIBRARY BOOKBINDING
Library Bookbinding
by Arthur L. Bailey
Librarian Wilmington (Delaware) Institute Free Library
THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY
White Plains, N. Y., and New York City
1916
Published May, 1916
Copyright, 1916
By The H. W. Wilson Company
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PREFACE
It has been the purpose of the writer in thesechapters on library bookbinding to set forth asclearly as possible the best information relating toprocesses, materials, routine and various other lessermatters pertaining to bookbinding which must betaken into consideration by librarians, or by assistantsin charge of binding departments. Althoughmuch of this information exists elsewhere in printedform, it is scattered through various books and articles.In some respects, therefore, this book is agathering together of scattered material. It is hoped,however, that there is enough new material to makethe book of interest to those who deal daily withbinding problems, and that the book as a whole mayhelp to solve some of the questions relating to bindingin libraries both large and small.
Most books on binding and all books on librarybinding have devoted some space to paper, its composition,manufacture, finish and use. As the subjectis so fully dealt with elsewhere it has not been includedhere. Those who are interested will find fullinformation in the technical books on paper, in Mr.Dana's "Notes on book binding for libraries," andin Messrs. Coutts and Stephen's "Manual of librarybinding." There is also an excellent article on wood pulp[Pg vi]paper in the Scientific American of October 4, 1913.
Nor has it seemed desirable to include chapterson commercial binding nor on historical bindings.Both of these subjects are treated adequately inCoutts and Stephen's "Manual." The present writerhas limited his discussion to matters dealing directlywith the binding of books for libraries.
In one or two cases the same subject has beentreated in two different chapters because the subjectmatter belonged in both places, and in neither casewould the discussion be complete without it.
A. L. B.
December 9, 1915.
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