Report of the Committee on leather for bookbinding (1905)
Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) Committee on leather for bookb inding, Cobham, Charles George Lyttelton, 8th viscount, 1842-1922, Wood, Henry Trueman, 1845-1929, London (England) Leathersellers' company · London, Pub, for the Society of arts by G. Bell & sons · leaf 45
s,and many bindings were seen that had been tornby this habit. The Sub-Committee are of opinion that thismethod of pulling books from the shelves puts an un-due strainonthebind-ings, especially whenbooks are too tightlypacked on the shelf.The headbands andheadcaps, however,can be made strongenough,… … Fig. 4. Showing Strap for Pulling Heavy nrovidpd tO SPrvP ac;Books from the shelf, and also Metal F^^viucu LU sci vc a.iy Shoe at the bottom of the boards to handlcS bv whichprotect the leather. ■ the books could bereadily removed from the shelves. Some suchmethod is advocated for catalogues,…
Leather · Bookbinding
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