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 . ed, or pinched upwith the band nippers (Fig. 5, E), until all irregu-larities are corrected. Squares.—The squares of the book are then to beset, , the boards are to be fixed exactly into theircorrect positions. The leather should now be againpasted, as by this time it will probably have becomesomewhat dry. Care should be taken to see thatno lumps of paste, no pieces of grit, or bristles from thebrush, a
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 . ed, or pinched upwith the band nippers (Fig. 5, E), until all irregu-larities are corrected. Squares.—The squares of the book are then to beset, , the boards are to be fixed exactly into theircorrect positions. The leather should now be againpasted, as by this time it will probably have becomesomewhat dry. Care should be taken to see thatno lumps of paste, no pieces of grit, or bristles from thebrush, are left upon the leather, for if so, they willshow through the cover after it has been attached. 92 PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. One side of the book must now be placed upon thepasted cover so that its position coincides with thepencil marks made for the paring. The loose portionof the cover is then gently pulled over the back, anddown on to the top board. Then the book is raised,and allowed to stand up on a piece of clean paperupon the fore-edge of the boards. The leather coveris then pressed firmly down between the bands on tothe back. A folder should be used for this purpose,Fig. Fig. 70. and band nippers will assist in nipping the leather intoclose contact with the projecting lay cords—nowto be termed the bands. Fig. 70 illustrates thisoperation. The band nippers must be worked back-wards and forwards across the back, until bands of agood shape have been formed. Before leaving theback, the worker should feel satisfied that the coveringis actually in close contact all over. The surplus cover PRACTICAL ROOKBINDING. 93 at head and tail is brought over the edges of the boards,and turned in at the back, so that here a doublethickness of leather is formed. It must not be turnedin quite level with the head-band, but a little is leftprojecting beyond, which is afterwards bent over thehead-band to form the head-cap. Head-Cap.—Practice and experience are needed inorder to judge
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