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100 1 _aDavidson, Ben
245 1 0 _aBookbinding self taught
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aLittle blue book ; no. 1192
500 _aRelease date is 2026-01-23
508 _aCarol Brown, Tim Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _aBookbinding self taught by Ben Davidson is a practical do-it-yourself craft manual written in the late 1920s. It introduces beginners to hand bookbinding, focusing on simple, affordable methods and materials for making and repairing books. The book opens with a step-by-step project for sewing-free linen holders for Little Blue Books, then lists essential tools such as a sewing bench, press, backing boards, brushes, and cloth. It explains how to stitch signatures onto cords, tie off sections, and add reinforced endpapers before gluing and lining the spine with cheesecloth and paper. Clear guidance follows on measuring and building covers: whole-cloth cases, and two-material bindings with buckram backs and corners paired with cloth or paper sides, including how to cut and fit corners neatly. Additional chapters show how to rebind worn books by removing old covers, cleaning the spine, repairing and restitching signatures, and how to make simple loose-leaf scrapbooks with punched boards and rings. A final section teaches basic lettering using a hand tool-press and printer’s ink, plus methods for light-on-dark titles with praeger or gold leaf and egg-white size, ending with cleaning tips and practical advice. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cGirard: Haldeman-Julius Publications, 1927
653 _aBookbinding -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
700 1 _aHaldeman-Julius, E.
_q(Emanuel),
_d1888-1951
830 0 _aLittle blue book ; no. 1192
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77757
999 _c118477
_d118477