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The making of a book (1915)

Methodist Book Concern · New York [etc.] Methodist Book Concern · leaf 21

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ment, wdiere the operators fan outthe single illustrations so that they are separatedabout one-eighth of an inch. This width has athin coating of paste applied and is then placedon the sheet, where it will adhere very firmly in afew hours. All books have a four-page end ofwaste paper attached to… … THE MAKING OF A BOOK book. This operation is called oailuMiii<> and col-latin. The averace book runs from ,111 n ^ Gathering three hundred and twenty to nve hun-dred pages. A i)orter brings the different sections,in the shape of bundles of five hundred signatureseach, to the gathering table,…

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