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LIBRARY BOOKBINDING




    Library Bookbinding


    by Arthur L. Bailey
    _Librarian Wilmington_ (_Delaware_) _Institute Free Library_

    Illustration

    THE H. W. WILSON COMPANY
    White Plains, N. Y., and New York City
    1916




    Published May, 1916


    Copyright, 1916
    By The H. W. Wilson Company




PREFACE


It has been the purpose of the writer in these chapters on library
bookbinding to set forth as clearly as possible the best information
relating to processes, materials, routine and various other lesser
matters pertaining to bookbinding which must be taken into consideration
by librarians, or by assistants in charge of binding departments.
Although much of this information exists elsewhere in printed form, it
is scattered through various books and articles. In some respects,
therefore, this book is a gathering together of scattered material. It
is hoped, however, that there is enough new material to make the book of
interest to those who deal daily with binding problems, and that the
book as a whole may help to solve some of the questions relating to
binding in libraries both large and small.

Most books on binding and all books on library binding have devoted some
space to paper, its composition, manufacture, finish and use. As the
subject is so fully dealt with elsewhere it has not been included here.
Those who are interested will find full information in the technical
books on paper, in Mr. Dana's "Notes on book binding for libraries," and
in Messrs. Coutts and Stephen's "Manual of library binding." There is
also an excellent article on wood pulp paper in the Scientific American
of October 4, 1913.

Nor has it seemed desirable to include chapters on commercial binding
nor on