Bookbinding, and the care of books; a handbook for amateurs, bookbinders & librarians (1901)
Cockerell, Douglas · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 167
ther; and if there is too little, thecover will not stick. Take the pasted cover and look to seewhich is the better side of the leather.Lay the front of the book down on thisexactly up to the marks that show thebeginning of the turn-in. Then drawthe leather over the back and on to theother side,… … with nickeled band nippers (see fig. 63).After this is done there will probably bea good deal of loose leather on the back.This can be got rid of by dragging theleather on to the side; but by far thebetter plan, when the back is large enoughto allow it, is to work up the surplusleather on to the…
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