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 . n the sheets, or sections as they are termedafter folding, exceed the letters of the alphabet innumber, the letters are again doubled, as A A, B B, orthey may be even trebled. It is usual to discard theletters J, V, and W. Signatures generally commencewith the title-page, which is lettered A, and the firstsection of the text is marked by B, and should thework be in more than one volume, the number of thevol
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 . n the sheets, or sections as they are termedafter folding, exceed the letters of the alphabet innumber, the letters are again doubled, as A A, B B, orthey may be even trebled. It is usual to discard theletters J, V, and W. Signatures generally commencewith the title-page, which is lettered A, and the firstsection of the text is marked by B, and should thework be in more than one volume, the number of thevolume is also added. Therefore, to collate a book PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 21 correctly the binder must examine the signatures, inorder to be certain that each of the sections has beenplaced in correct sequence and position. This is alsonecessary as an assurance that the pages of the bookwill be found in their respective positions when it isfinally bound. After first collating, to ensure thatno mistakes have been made, go through them againin the manner shown in Fig. 9. As will be seenthere, the whole of the sections to be bound areheld in the right hand, and then allowed to fall one at. Fig. 9. a time from between the thumb and fingers of theleft hand. Should there be any loose leaves, maps,plates, or other illustrations, these will requireguarding. Guards may be single, double, or full-page, andthey may be made from Whatmans bank-note paper,or from fine white linen. When guards are requiredfor plates, engravings, or single leaves, single guardswill be found sufficient. The material for these 22 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. should be cut into strips, which may vary in widthfrom, say, J in. to i in., according to the size of thebook. In length they should be a little longer thanthe book when measured from head to tail. Theplates which are to be guarded may be fanned outand arranged in steps, the distance between eachedge being equal to half the width of the guard. Asheet of clean paper (
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