9. Select the proper cloth with which to cover the book. Place the boards on the cloth, allowing the width necessary for the back as measured in No. 8.
11. Cut cloth, allowing approximately an inch and a quarter all around outside edge of the boards.
12. Glue the entire surface of the cloth.
13. Place boards on markings previously made, pressing down firmly on the glued cloth.
14. Put stiff paper, previously cut to the proper size, on the glued cloth between the boards, to prevent the glue from sticking to the back of the book. This should not be done if the book must have a tight back.
15. Turn in the corners as follows: Take the exact corner of the cloth and turn it straight in over the corner of the board. Next turn in the end and then the side. Rub down well with a bone folder.
16. With bone folder, round the corners, and crease the joints at the back.
17. Put the case so formed into a press for a few minutes.
18. Cut a strip of thin, tough muslin or canton flannel one-half inch shorter than the height of the book and wide enough to extend an inch on each side of the book.
19. Glue the back of the book and put on the muslin or canton flannel.
20. Glue the entire surface of the completed case.
21. With the fore edge in the right hand, lay book in its proper place on the right-hand cover, draw up the left-hand cover and lay it on top. Open the book, rub down the end papers well with bone folder, and rub down the back; also crease the joints.
23. Letter by hand either with black or white ink as the case demands.
Many books which have been rebound with leather backs come to the binding department with the cloth sides badly frayed at the corners or edges. If the sewing is good and the book is clean, it is worth while to put on new sides.
1. Remove cloth sides and smooth off the inside of the board with a dull knife.
2. Cut two pieces of cloth a little larger than the sides.
3. Glue the inner surface of the cloth and place on the book, turning in the corners as described in 15 on page 187.
5. After book is dry, paste a single end paper over the inside of each cover.
In Chapter 6 will be found a discussion of the advisability of purchasing books bound from the sheets or in reinforced publisher's covers. While it is advisable on the whole to have reinforcing done by regular library binders, the work can be done in large libraries that have proper equipment and labor. The essential principles of reinforcing are the same in all libraries that practice it, though they may differ as to minor details. The following method has proved satisfactory.