Bookbinding, and the care of books; a handbook for amateurs, bookbinders & librarians (1901)
Cockerell, Douglas · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 56
that have tobe rebound have beencarelessly folded, acertain amount of re-adjustment is oftenadvisable, especiallyin cases where thebook has not beenpreviously cut. Thetitle - page and thehalf-title, when foundto be out of square,should nearly alwaysbe put straight. Thefolding of the wholebook may… … Refolding other, and creasing the fold to make themstay in that position. With a pair ofdividers (fig. 6) set to the height of theshortest top margin, points the same dis-tance above the headline of the other leavescan be made. Then against a carpenterssquare, adjusted to the back of the fold,…
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