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    Bookbinding is the process of building a book, usually in codex format, from an ordered stack of paper sheets with one's hands and tools, or in modern...
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    In bookbinding, a section, gathering, or signature is a group of sheets folded in half, to be worked into the binding as a unit. The section is the basic...
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  • In bookbinding, swell refers to the increased thickness of a textblock along its spine edge after sewing. Swell is a function of the number of sections...
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    mentioned derivation from the name of the city of Bokhara unlikely. In bookbinding, buckram has several attractive qualities. In addition to being highly...
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    Traditional Chinese bookbinding, also called stitched binding (Chinese: 線裝 xian zhuang), is the method of bookbinding that the Chinese, Koreans, Japanese...
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    Coptic binding or Coptic sewing comprises methods of bookbinding employed by early Christians in Egypt, the Copts, and used from as early as the 2nd century...
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    term doublure is of French origin. Tooled doublures are found in French bookbinding of the seventeenth century: in particular, they are associated with the...
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    In bookbinding, finishing refers to the process of decorating the outside of a book, including the lettering of the spine and covers, any additional tooling...
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    The Wikibook Bookbinding has a page on the topic of: Long stitch In the art of bookbinding, the longstitch technique is used for binding the sections...
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    Saddle stitch is a hand-sewing stitch commonly used in bookbinding, saddle and bridle making, leathercraft, and shoemaking. Saddle stitch uses two threads...
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    and the Bronx, city of New York1903-1911. Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. 1898. Trow's Business Directory of the Borough of Queens. NY. 1899...
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  • Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers (NUPBPW) was a British trade union. The union was founded in 1921 as the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding, Machine...
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    traditional arts and crafts, including letter writing, calligraphy, bookbinding, and painting. He is an apprentice to Connecticut-based potter Guy Wolff...
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    jewelled bookbinding is a luxurious book cover using metalwork in gold or silver, jewels, or ivory, perhaps in addition to more usual bookbinding material...
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    alcohol, and pigment, embossed to look like leather. It was used as a bookbinding material and upholstery covering, especially for the interiors of motor...
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    Bone folder (category Bookbinding)
    dull-edged hand tool used to fold and crease material in crafts such as bookbinding, cardmaking, origami, and other paper crafts that require a sharp crease...
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    A signature mark, in traditional bookbinding, is a letter, number or combination of either or both, which is printed at the bottom of the first page,...
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  • varying wavelengths which can uniquely identify an object Signature (bookbinding), a group of sheets folded in half Signature mark, a mark at the bottom...
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    Davenport, Cyril (1899), Pollard, Alfred (ed.), English Embroidered Bookbindings, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., OCLC 705685. Dobson, Michael...
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    dissemination of the Qur'an also came the growth of Arabic calligraphy, bookbinding techniques, and illumination styles. This expansion and establishment...
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  • Roger Powell, and Bernard Middleton. Matthews published two guides to bookbinding and in 1976 was the first bookbinder awarded the City and Guilds of London...
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    additions reversible. Conservation of books and paper involves techniques of bookbinding, restoration, paper chemistry, and other material technologies including...
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    Accessories Dressmaking Furs Hatmaking Sewing Shoemaking Tailoring Printing Bookbinding Embossing Engraving Secure Typesetting Media reproduction Cassette tapes...
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    A picture cover is a type of book cover which uses a method of bookbinding that preserves the contents as well as a normal hardbound book, but has the...
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    Endpaper (category Bookbinding)
    binding standards, as well as endsheets for conservation and book repair. Bookbinding Book design Book cover Victoria and Albert Museum (London): Decorative...
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    ears Rotating bookmark Szirmai, J.A. (1999). The Archeology of Medieval Bookbinding. Ashgate. ISBN 978-085-967-904-6. Lamacraft, C.T. (1939). Early Book-Bindings...
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