Authors: Sharon Mcqueen, Ellen Latorraca
ISBN-13: 9780810852242, ISBN-10: 0810852241
Format: Paperback
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Date Published: September 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)
In-House Bookbinding and Repair is a working document that contains information on setting up both a basic bookbindery and repair lab (i.e. the design, equipment, tools, and supplies needed) and instructions on rebinding and repairing cloth-bound books. Highly illustrated to greater enhance its usefulness, this manual also covers various aspects of book repair and conservation, and contains appendixes on manufacturers and suppliers of materials and products discussed in the text, an extensive Glossary of terms, a separate section on World Wide Web Resources, and a helpful bibliography. This manual will prove valuable to libraries of all sizes and locations.
Pt. 1 | Setting up shop | |
1 | The environment | 1 |
2 | The equipment | 7 |
3 | The tools | 15 |
4 | The supplies | 23 |
Pt. 2 | The process recasing a 20th- or 21st-century book | 31 |
5 | Parts of a book and types of damage | 33 |
6 | Preservation awareness | 39 |
7 | Preparing the text block | 47 |
8 | Resewing | 61 |
9 | Making the case | 67 |
10 | Casing in | 73 |
11 | The hollow tube | 77 |
12 | Rebacking | 83 |
13 | Saving provenance | 89 |