Practical bookbinding : a text-book intended for those who take up the art of bookbinding, and designed to give sufficient help to enable handy persons to bind their books and periodicals (1908)
Pearce, W. B. (William Bonner) · London : P. Marshall · leaf 117
book in the left hand, with thumb andlingers placed between the two boards and the book,so that the boards may be held open and away from thebook. This action and the capping on the edges willprevent the damp from damaging the leaves. The washshould be evenly spread all over the surface of… … Fig. 83. done first ; secondly, the back is lettered anddecorated, and lastly the tooling is executed on thesides. One of two methods of Marking Out may be adopted. Firstly, as shownin Fig. 83, the book should be placed in the finishingpress, with pressing boards to support the boards.For the…
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