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Bookbinding, and the Care of Books

by Douglas Cockerell

A handbook of 1901 for amateurs, bookbinders and librarians, explaining how books are sewn, covered and kept from harm. Cockerell had learned his trade under T. J. Cobden-Sanderson. He thought a binding should first of all let the book open.

The librarian

Read it in the Library After Dark Or read it as plain text

Reading time

About 3 hr 30 min

Where to find it

On the Archive shelves

Edition

Project Gutenberg, eBook #26672. In the public domain in the United States.