Bookbinding, and the care of books : a text-book for bookbinders and librarians (1911)
Cockerell, Douglas · London : J. Hogg · leaf 97
the lower nail (i) a fresh sur-face will receive the cuts. Fig. 24 is arepresentation of a simple machine that Iuse in my workshop for trimming. Theslides A A are adjustable to any widthrequired, and are fixed by the screws B B. 93 Sewing Trimming The brass-bound straight edge C fits on tobefore… … Fig. 24. IS not very much greater than if the bookwere cut in the plough. Considerable judgment is required intrimming. The edges of the larger pagesonly, on a previously uncut book, shouldbe cut, leaving the smaller pages un-touched. Such uncut pages are called proof, and the existence of proof in…
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