Scientific Repair and Rehabilitation of Books

Preface vii
Foreword ix
Introduction xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 Anatomy of Book 1
2 Binding Materials 7
3 Paper 15
4 Adhesive 23
5 Equipments 35
6 Basic Technique Grain and Gluing,
Pairing of Leather 52
7 Techniques of Hand Binding 64
8 Repairing through Chemical Treatment 78
9 Mending and Lamination 83
10 Guarding 90
11 Throwing out Maps, Diagrams and Inlaying 98
12 Inner Hinges 103
13 Hand Binding :End Sheet Section 110
14 Trimming 124
15 Handbinding : Sewing 129
16 Rounding 148
17 Spine Reinforcements 167
18 Binding Style 178
19 Limp-Vellum, Palm Leaf "Conservation"
Binding 206
20 Library Binding in Leather 226
21 Process of Completion Technique 250
22 Modern Concept of Library Building 264
23 Design Requirement of Library Functions 292
24 Function of Library Building for the Close
of 20th Century 305
Select Bibliography 316
Index 318