Bookbinding

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Historical bookbinding

Introduction
Motivation
Content of self-bound books
- Printing free material
  - Wikibooks and Wikipedia
  - Other sources
- Preservation & restoration of existing books
- Blank books: notebooks, photo albums, scrap books, planners, sketch books, etc.
- Self-publishing
Types of binding
- Adhesive
  - Perfect binding
  - Fan binding
- stiff leaf
- Side stitch
  - Stapled side stitch
  - Coptic
  - Japanese side stitch (Stab Binding)
- Saddle stitch
- Long stitch
- Sewn book
- Case binding
- Traditional hardcover
- Box making- slip case, drop-spine boxes
Equipment
- press
- brush
- Bone folder
- Paperknife
- awl & needle
- Plane or guillotine
Materials
- paper
  - pH
  - grain
- adhesive
  - contact/rubber cement
  - PVA homopolymer vs. copolymer
- spine
  - super
  - Thread
  - stiff materials
- cover
  - letter size card stock
  - Museum board
  - clear adhesive vinyl
    damaging effect on toner
  - re-used materials
  - binder's board & buckram

See also

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