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 . leather is pressed in firmly at each end, until it is seenthat the joint is set quite square. The fore-edge isnow turned in and the leather is drawn well over thecorners, and afterwards cut off with the corners, when dry, are mitred to an angle of45 degs. The book is next turned over, and theother side is similarly set. A piece of thread is passed PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 95 round the book at the j
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 . leather is pressed in firmly at each end, until it is seenthat the joint is set quite square. The fore-edge isnow turned in and the leather is drawn well over thecorners, and afterwards cut off with the corners, when dry, are mitred to an angle of45 degs. The book is next turned over, and theother side is similarly set. A piece of thread is passed PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 95 round the book at the joints, , at the junction of theboards with the back, and tied. The thread shouldslip into the little nicks formed by cutting off thecorners of the back edges of the boards before lacing in(see Fig. 39). The head-caps are now formed with afolder (see Fig. 73). The projecting leather is firstpressed outwards at each end of the head-band, andthen flattened on the top. The book is next placed enddown on to the paring stone and firmly pressed with. Fig. 74. a folder round the back edge of the head-cap, and thusthe sharp flat edge is formed. In criticising thecovering of a book one would notice particularly theshape of the head-caps and the care with which theyhave been formed. During the process of covering,it may occasionally be found necessary to dampthe leather with a sponge and cold water, in order tomake it pliable, and to ensure its adhesion to theback and the boards. Clean sheets of paper should 96 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. also be at hand to rest the covered bock upon whennecessary. Waterproof sheets may be placed betweenthe boards and the book to prevent the damp coverfrom causing damage to the book. The whole is nowplaced under a light weight for some hours in orderto let it set. Should it be found that through harsh-ness the leather does not adhere well at the back, itshould be held down by tying-up in the mannershown in Fig. 74. Mitreing the Corners.—When dry, the lea
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