3. Restore the book block. What? The book block is the stack of pages, unbound. Make them nice and even. 4. Replace the old cloth with a new one to strengthen the binding. Make sure it matches the ...

The vibrant pigments used in antique covers of books contained chromium, arsenic and lead, that can lead to health hazards ...

The good news is that the Standard for Library Binding and formula for book cloth was changed around 1990, and in recent observations, no degradation of the coating on the book cloth has been noted ...

An Italian book from 1560, ... affixing cloth binding, trimming book edges and stamping covers. “We see some very interesting books that come in here, such as old family Bibles,” she said.

Binding a Book, the Old-Fashioned Way By JONATHAN WOLFE • March 9, 2017 On the Lower East Side of Manhattan, single volumes are trimmed and glued by hand as they have been in this tiny workshop ...

Then, there's a 1920s era Kensol hot stamp machine, where she uses delicate foil to add cast pressed wording and symbols on book covers. She has binding hand tools, too, which she uses on really ...

Book binding from the 19th century on a book shelf in Edgar Shannon Library on the Grounds of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, on July 11. (Cal Cary/For the Washington Post) X ...