Introducing Bookbinding

Contents

• pag.  7 Aacknowledgements
• pag.  9 Introduction
• pag. 10 Glossary
• pag. 11 The bindery
• pag. 12 Tools and equipment
• pag. 15 Materials and adhesives
• pag. 16 Machine - direction in paper and boards
• pag. 17 Testing for machines - direction
• pag. 18 The make - up of books and folding from sheets
• pag. 23 Multi - section case - binding
• pag. 23 Preparing for sewing
• pag. 26 Sewing
• pag. 32 Swell
• pag. 34 Endpapering
• pag. 35 Back gluing
• pag. 36 Cutting
• pag. 37 Rounding
• pag. 38 Edge colouring
  
• pag. 39 Backing
• pag. 42  Back - lining
• pag. 44 Squaring boards
• pag. 46 Cutting Cover materials
• pag. 46 Case - making
• pag. 52 Tooling with foil
• pag. 54 Blocking with foil
• pag. 55 Casing - in and pressing
• pag. 57 Opening
• pag. 59 Pre - printing cases
• pag. 59 Making decorated papers
• pag. 59 Paste paper
• pag. 61 Relief printing
• pag. 63 Case - binding variants