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 . Fig. 14. edge also being placed on the left, lineable with thecrease marks. The top sheet is lifted to a verticalposition, and bent up squarely over the edge of thestraight-edge, thus allowing the folder to form the. crease required in the paper. (See Fig. 14.) Thewhole is turned over, and the operation is repeated ; PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 20 the straight-edge is removed, the paper is folded out-wards towar


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 . Fig. 14. edge also being placed on the left, lineable with thecrease marks. The top sheet is lifted to a verticalposition, and bent up squarely over the edge of thestraight-edge, thus allowing the folder to form the. crease required in the paper. (See Fig. 14.) Thewhole is turned over, and the operation is repeated ; PRACTICAL BOOKBINDING. 20 the straight-edge is removed, the paper is folded out-wards towards the left hand, and thus the shapeshown in Fig. 12, J, is produced. The plain sheetsonly are thus creased—not the coloured. Beforepasting the two together, fold out the creases, so thatthe paper will return to the original shape shown inFig. 12, H. Place the paste on with the finger, asshown in Fig. 15, and attach the papers together asshown in Fig. 16. The papers are then placed to dryunder the pressure of a light weight. Many endpapers may be prepared at the same time, and placed


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