Bookbinding : the classic arts and crafts manual / Douglas Cockerell ; illustrated by Noel Rooke.
By: Cockerell, Douglas [author]
.
Contributor(s): Rooke, Noel [illustrator].
Material type: 
BookPublisher: Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, 2005Edition: Dover edition unabridged republication.Description: 342 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0486440397 (paperback); 9780486440392 (paperback).Subject(s): BookbindingDDC classification: 686.3
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 686.3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 10/11/2026 | 00230534 |
Browsing MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library shelves, Shelving location: Lending Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
One of the principal texts of the Arts and Crafts movement in England, this classic work brought a resurgence of life and vigor to the ancient craft of binding books by hand. Its fame and usefulness has endured for more than a century, as evidenced by the many contemporary bookbinders and libraries who consider it to be the clearest and most valuable exposition of the technique of hand bookbinding in English.
The text concisely covering virtually every aspect of the craft -- from folding and collating pages, trimming and gilding edges, and cutting and attaching boards to preparing covers, mitring corners, designing and inlaying on leather, pasting down end papers, and creating clasps and ties. More than 20 informative text diagrams and eight plates, as well as a glossary and an index complete this important manual.
A "must-have" for craftspeople, libraries, and book preservationists, the volume remains one of the most valuable manuals available on the technique of hand binding.
Originally published in 1901 by D. Appleton & Co. New York under the title Bookbinding and the care of books: a handbook of amateurs, bookbinders & librarians.
Donated by E. Maxwell.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part I Binding
- Editor's Preface (p. 7)
- Author's Note (p. 11)
- Chapter I
- Introduction (p. 17)
- Chapter II (p. 33)
- Entering
- Books in Sheets
- Folding
- Collating
- Pulling to Pieces
- Refolding
- Knocking out Joints
- Chapter III (p. 53)
- Guarding
- Throwing Out
- Paring Paper
- Soaking off India Proofs
- Mounting very Thin Paper
- Splitting Paper
- Inlaying
- Flattening Vellum
- Chapter IV (p. 67)
- Sizing
- Washing
- Mending
- Chapter V (p. 80)
- End Papers
- Leather Joints
- Pressing
- Chapter VI (p. 92)
- Trimming Edges before Sewing
- Edge Gilding
- Chapter VII (p. 98)
- Marking up
- Sewing
- Materials for Sewing
- Chapter VIII (p. 114)
- Fraying out Slips
- Glueing up
- Rounding and Backing
- Chapter IX (p. 124)
- Cutting and Attaching Boards
- Cleaning off Back
- Pressing
- Chapter X (p. 139)
- Cutting in Boards
- Gilding and Colouring Edges
- Chapter XI (p. 147)
- Headbanding
- Chapter XII (p. 152)
- Preparing for Covering
- Paring Leather
- Covering
- Mitring Corners
- Filling-in Boards
- Chapter XIII (p. 173)
- Library Binding
- Binding very Thin Books
- Scrap-Books
- Binding in Vellum
- Books covered with Embroidery
- Chapter XIV (p. 188)
- Decoration
- Tools
- Finishing
- Tooling on Vellum
- Inlaying on Leather
- Chapter XV (p. 215)
- Lettering
- Blind Tooling
- Heraldic Ornament
- Chapter XVI (p. 230)
- Designing for Gold-Tooled Decoration
- Chapter XVII (p. 254)
- Pasting down End Papers
- Opening Books
- Chapter XVIII (p. 259)
- Clasps and Ties
- Metal on Bindings
- Chapter XIX (p. 263)
- Leather
- Chapter XX (p. 280)
- Paper
- Pastes
- Glue
- Part II Care of Books When Bound
- Chapter XXI (p. 291)
- Injurious Influences to which Books are Subjected
- Chapter XXII (p. 302)
- To Preserve Old Bindings
- Re-backing
- Specifications (p. 307)
- Glossary (p. 313)
- Reproductions of Bindings (Eight Collotypes) (p. 319)
- Index (p. 337)