Bookbinding, and the care of books; a handbook for amateurs, bookbinders & librarians (1901)
Cockerell, Douglas · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 123
ets, and is apt to makethe book stiff in opening. On the otherhand, a back that is quite flat has to belined up stiffly, or it may become concavewith use. The method of rounding is to place thebook with the back projecting a littleover the edge of the press or table, thento draw the back over… … the back an even, convex form that shouldbe in section, a portion of a circle.Rounding and backing are best done afterthe glue has ceased to be tacky, but beforeit has set hard.118 Backing is perhaps the most difficult andimportant operation in forwarding. Thesewing threads in the back cause that…
Bookbinding · Books and reading
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