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Leather Bookbinding - An Update
There is a Tandy Leather store near where I work. I
obtained a calf skin there for a little over $20. It has far more surface area than I need, but that is fine. I am sure I will find more use for it. I was amazed at the stretchability of the skin. At an art supply store, I purchased acid-free boards for bookbinding (Lineco brand - $13 for four of them, each .067" thick, 13"x19" ). I will be using them for other books I have in need of covers. I already have a pH Neutral Adhesive (also from Lineco) but I am going to get some hide glue for the leather-to-board glue up. The other I will use on the end papers. I purchased an acid-free sheet of mottled paper suitable for end paper use, as well ($2.30 for a very large sheet). I found on-line a 19th C book on Bookbinding: The Art of Bookbinding by Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf 3rd Edition Published in London 1897 This has been most helpful,e.g., the section on pasting down which recommends gluing in paper on the inside of the board to the thickness of the leather before gluing in the end papers, the reasons being (1) to level the end papers, and (2) to resist the warping that the calf would otherwise exert on the board. Before doing anything, I have a lot more reading to do. I have decided for now to leave the title alone for now. I am going to follow Jerry's advice. If I do it myself, it will be on skiver leather. But for now, I cannot find a small enough, or cheap enough, piece of skiver to warrant it. Also, the lettering is an issue. I could purchase a hot stamp letter set on eBay reasonably enough, though the small fonts (I would want 8 pt.) are less common. But then either I would have to buy a stamp press - very expensive, or a manual holder (which I could however make, since I have metalworking equipment in my basement). A further alternative may be to go to a print shop and have them print the label on skiver leather and I will glue it on. But that removes part of the fun of it. Incidentally, the publisher of this book was Didot and Didot (Paris, 1800 - also shown on the title page as year VIII, in the Calendar of the Revolution). Pierre Didot, the father, standardized the definition of a point for typography about 25 years earlier, and the definition stood until electronic type appeared. Firmin Didot, the son, invented the stereotype printing process, which was used to make my book. Francis A. Miniter |
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