Practical Bookbinding

The manual supplies step-by-step guidance on bookbinding, beginning with materials and tools and proceeding through forwarding operations—folding, gathering, sewing, cutting, rounding, backing, edge decoration, and boarding—then covering finishing processes such as making covers, use of blocking presses, fastening covers, hand finishing, and special work for account and school books and mounting maps. It describes suitable boards, cloths, leathers, adhesives, threads, and decorating materials including coloured edges, marbling, and gold leaf, and explains relevant machines and hand techniques with detailed illustrations to support practical instruction.