Pleger, John J · Chicago : The Inland printer company · leaf 125
med before stretching on the leather. For this pur-pose silk head-bands are always employed, and, in order toget the proper width, cut four pieces and glue twotogether, making one for each end, which will give twicethe width of the visible portion of the single band. Theleather straps are then… … inserted between the hinges and end-leaves, and the booksare set aside to dry with the backs out. This operation isperformed shortly before the close of the workday, sothat they have ample time to dry over night. Books con-taining thin paper should be strapped with flexible glue,as paste would…
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