Main entry:

Lhotka, Edward R.

Title & Author:

ABC of leather bookbinding : an illustrated manual on traditional bookbinding / Edward R. Lhotka.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press ; [London] : British Library, 2000.
[London] : British Library, 2010.

Description:

xii, 141 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Collating -- Taking the book apart -- Separating sections -- Removing backbone adhesive -- Repairing folios -- Reassembling folios -- Cleaning book edges -- Pressing the book -- Paper grain -- End sheet construction -- Mounting end street folios -- Mark-up for sewing -- The sewing frame -- Cord material and preparation -- Sewing the book -- Attaching additional thread lengths -- Fraying lacing cords -- Reducing backbone swelling -- Securing end sections -- Cover board selection -- Lining cover boards -- Trimming and rounding: machine trimming -- Plough trimming -- Rounding the back -- Backing boards -- Backing the book -- Determining board size -- Preparing boards for lacing -- Lacing the boards -- Securing the lacing -- Cleaning the backbone -- Aligning bands and pressing -- Headband materials and tools -- Headband preparation -- Sewing headbands -- Protective jacket -- Lining the backbone -- Measuring leather cover -- Marking paring positions -- Paring equipment -- Edging technique -- Spokeshave paring -- Cover paring positions -- Paring technique -- Covering preparation -- Applying paste to leather -- Turning-in leather margins -- Shaping the corners -- Working sides and backbone -- Forming head and tail caps -- Drying the book under weight -- Tie-up drying method -- Opening the book after drying -- Trimming inner margins -- Inner margin decisions -- Decorating tools -- Tooling leather margins -- Outer cover decoration -- Design decoration -- Blind tooling -- Inlay designs -- Gold tooling -- Hand tooling technique -- End sheet trimming -- End paper paste-down -- Spine lettering -- Final pressing.

Summary:

The author, Edward R. Lhotka, shares the leather bookbinding techniques he learned and perfected during his forty-eight years at the R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company's "Extra Bindery" in Chicago. For twelve of these years (1924-1935) Lhotka was an apprentice and journeyman under the tutelage of the master bookbinder, Alfred de Sauty.

ISBN:

1584560266
9781584560265
9781584561637 (Oak Knoll Press)
1584561637 (Oak Knoll Press)
9780712349031 (British Library)
0712349030 (British Library)

Subject:

R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company.
Leather bindings (Bookbinding) Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Bookbinding Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Bookbinding.
Reliures en cuir Guides, manuels, etc.
Reliure.
Reliure manuelle Guides, manuels, etc.
Reliure manuelle.
bookbinding (process)
hand binding.
Leather bindings (Bookbinding)
Ledereinband
Boekbinden.
Leder.

Form/genre:

Handbook
Printed books 20th century United States Delaware New Castle Specimens.
Manuals (instructional materials)
handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Manuals (Handbooks)
Guides et manuels.

Added entries:

De Sauty, Alfred, 1870-1949.
R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 213836
Call No.: Z266 .L6 2000
Status: Available