Bookbinding, and the care of books; a handbook for amateurs, bookbinders & librarians (1901)
Cockerell, Douglas · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 136
educe them after the book is cut, than to have them too small, and either be obliged to get out a new pair of boards, or unduly cut down the book. The height of the boardsfor a book that has beentrimmed, or is to remainuncut, will be the height of the page witha small allowance at each end for… … Fig. 48. Boards Cutting and they should generally be put on one side,Attaching to be used for a smaller book, and newboards got out. To correct a badly cutpair of boards, it is necessary to reducethem in size, and the book consequentlysuffers in proportion. If the boards havebeen found to be truly…
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