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In-house bookbinding and repair / Sharon McQueen ; illustrations by Ellen Latorraca; additional illustrations by Richard Douglas Wambold.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McQueen, Sharon, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bookbinding--Repairing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Bookbinding.
- Books--Conservation and restoration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Books.
- Library materials--Conservation and restoration--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Library materials.
- Bookbinding--Repairing.
- Books--Conservation and restoration.
- Library materials--Conservation and restoration.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (130 p.)
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2005.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In-House Bookbinding and Repair is a working document that contains information on setting up both a basic bookbindery and repair lab (i.e. the design, equipment, tools, and supplies needed) and instructions on rebinding and repairing cloth-bound books. Highly illustrated to greater enhance its usefulness, this manual also covers various aspects of book repair and conservation, and contains appendixes on manufacturers and suppliers of materials and products discussed in the text, an extensive Glossary of terms, a separate section on World Wide Web Resources, and a helpful bibliography. This ma
- Contents:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: Setting Up Shop; 1. The Environment; 2. The Equipment; 3. The Tools; 4. The Supplies; Part Two: The Process Recasing a 20th-or 21st-Century Book; 5. Parts of a Book and Types of Damage; 6. Preservation Awareness; 7. Preparing the Text Block; 8. Resewing; 9. Making the Case; 10. Casing In; 11. The Hollow Tube; 12. Rebacking; 13. Saving Provenance; Glossary; Manufacturers and Suppliers; World Wide Web Resources; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 109-114) and index.
- Print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-41547-3
- 1-283-62599-7
- 1-4616-5980-9
- 9786613938442
- OCLC:
- 823171021
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