Manual of library bookbinding practical and historical (1911)
Coutts, Henry Thomas, 1881-1916, Stephen, Geo. A. (George Arthur), 1880-1934 · London : Libraco limited · leaf 19
rd, makinga complete circle (if the book is being sewn flexibly, whereasthe thread simply passes over the cord in ordinary sewing)and the needle inserted at this point of egress; and in thismanner the section is sewn to all the cords, the thread beingpassed out at the kettle-stitch mark at the tail… … FIG. 4. HAND BOOKBINDING 7 end of thread. As the third and succeeding sections are sewn,the thread, each time it is passed out at the end of a section,is formed into a kettle-stitch by being passed under the lowerthread (see Fig. 5). These operations proceed until the whole FIG. 5. book is securely…
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