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Bookbinding, and the care of books; a handbook for amateurs, bookbinders & librarians (1901)

Cockerell, Douglas · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 121

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side tapped withthe backing hammer to make the sectionslie close to one another, and then the slipspulled straight (fig. 35). The back must 115 Glueing up Fraying out now be glued. The glue for this opera-Slips and tion must be hot, and not too thick. Itis very important that it should be… … Fig. 35. If the book is too tightlv screwed up inthe press, the glue is apt to remain toomuch on the surface ; and if not tightlvenough, it may penetrate too deeply be-tween the sections. If the glue is thick,or stringv, it may be diluted with hotwater and the glue-brush rapidly spun116 round in…

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