CONTENTS.
PART I.―FORWARDING. PAGE
CHAPTER I. Folding: Refolding―Machines―Gathering 3？8
CHAPTER II. Beating and Rolling: Machines 9？12
CHAPTER III. Collating: Interleaving
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19
CHAPTER IV. Marking up and Sawing in
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23
CHAPTER V. Sewing: Flexible―Ordinary
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32
CHAPTER VI. Forwarding: End Papers―Cobb Paper―
Surface Paper―Marbled Paper―Printed and other
Fancy Paper―Coloured Paste Paper
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36
CHAPTER VII. Pasting up
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CHAPTER VIII. Putting on the End Papers
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41
CHAPTER IX. Trimming
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CHAPTER X. Gluing up
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CHAPTER XI. Rounding
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48
CHAPTER XII. Backing
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CHAPTER XIII. Mill-boards
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CHAPTER XIV. Drawing-in and Pressing
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CHAPTER XV. Cutting
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CHAPTER XVI. Colouring the Edges: Sprinkled Edges―
Colours for Sprinkling―Plain Colouring―Marbled
Edges―Spot Marble―Comb or Nonpareil Marble―
Spanish Marble―Edges―Sizing
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77
CHAPTER XVII. Gilt Edges: The Gold Cushion―Gold
Knife―Burnishers―Glaire Water or Size―Scrapers―
The Gold Leaf―Gilt on Red―Tooled Edges―Painted
Edges
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CHAPTER XVIII. Head-Banding
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CHAPTER XIX. Preparing for Covering: lining up
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90
CHAPTER XX. Covering: Russia―Calf―Vellum or Parch-ment―Roan―Cloth―Velvet―Silk and Satin―Half-bound Work
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CHAPTER XXI. Pasting Down: Joints―Calf, Russia, etc.
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100
CHAPTER XXII. Calf Colouring: Black―Brown―Yellow―
Sprinkles―Marbles―Tree-marbles―Dabs
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108
PART II.―FINISHING.
CHAPTER XXIII. Finishing: Tools and Materials required
for Finishing―Polishing Irons―Gold-rag―India-rubber
―Gold-cushion―Gold Leaf―Sponges―Glaire―
Cotton Wool―Varnish―Finishing―Morocco―Gold
Work―Inlaid Work―Porous―Full Gilt Back―Run-up
―Mitred Back―Pressing―Graining―Finishing with
Dry Preparation―Velvet―Silk―Vellum―Blocking
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GENERAL INFORMATION.
CHAPTER XXIV. Washing and Cleaning: Requisites―
Manipulation―Dust―Water Stains―Damp Stains―
Mud―Fox-marks―Finger-marks, commonly called
“Thumb-marks”―Blood Stains―Ink Stains (writing)―
Ink Stains (Marking Ink, Silver)―Fat Stains―Ink―
Reviving Old Writings―To Restore Writing effaced by
Chlorine―To Restore MSS. faded by time―To Preserve
Drawings or Manuscripts―To fix Drawings or Pencil
Marks―To render Paper Waterproof―To render Paper
Incombustible―Deciphering Burnt Documents―Insects
―Glue―Rice Glue or Paste―Paste―Photographs―
Albumen―To Prevent Tools, Machines, etc., from Rusting
―To Clean Silver Mountings―To Clean Sponges
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GLOSSARY 173
INDEX 181