Main entry:

Middleton, Bernard C., 1924-2019.

Title & Author:

The restoration of leather bindings / Bernard C. Middleton ; drawings by Aldren A. Watson and Seymour Fleishman.

Edition:

Rev. ed.

Publication:

Chicago : American Library Association, 1984.

Description:

xv, 266 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Series:

LTP publications ; no. 20

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and index.
Introduction -- Definition of Terms -- Workshop Tools, Equipment, and Materials -- Cleaning the Bindings -- Removing the Original Spine -- Alternatives to Resewing - Resewing -- Gluing Up, Rounding, and Backing - Headbanding -- Back Lining -- Preparation of Boards for Rebacking -- Rebacking -- Repairing Inner Joints -- Replacing the Original Spine -- Repairing Caps and Outer Joints Without Rebacking -- Repairing Caoutchouc Bindings -- Repairing Corners -- Blending in New Endpapers -- Straightening Warped Boards -- Rebonding Old Pasteboards -- Salvaging Old Sides -- Staining, Ageing, Tooling, and Furbishing -- Record of Repairs -- The Rebinding of Antiquarian Books -- Supplement to the Third Edition -- Selected Reading -- Identification Guide to Leather and Papers -- Index.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
French equivalent / Équivalent français

ISBN:

0838903916 (pbk.)
9780838903919 (pbk.)

Subject:

Bookbinding Repairing.
Books Conservation and restoration.
Leatherwork Conservation and restoration.
Leather bindings (Bookbinding) Conservation and restoration.
Bookbinding.
Books.
Bookbinding methods
Livres Conservation et restauration.
Reliure Réparations.
Maroquinerie Conservation et restauration.
Cuir Conservation et restauration.
Reliures en cuir Conservation et restauration.
Reliure.
Livres.
bookbinding (process)
books.
Ledereinband
Restaurierung
Restauratie.
Boekbanden.
Leder.
Leather work Conservation and restoration.

Added entries:

Watson, Aldren Auld, 1917-2013, illustrator.
Fleishman, Seymour, illustrator.
LTP publications ; no. 20.

Holdings:

Location: Library conservation office 140082
Call No.: Z271 (PO8350)
Status: Available