| Acid-free leather, | 58, 90 |
| Acids used in dyeing, effects, | 57 |
| Adhesives, | 167 |
| Advertisements, when to bind, | 135 |
| Age of animals, effect on leather, | 53 |
| Aldine vellum, | 76 |
| A. L. A. Committee on Binding, | 11 |
| A. L. A. Specifications for reinforced books, | 109 |
| American russia, | 65 |
| Ammonia, | 171 |
| Angora goatskin, | 69 |
| Arrangement for binding, | 132 |
| Art canvas, | 76 |
| Art vellum, | 76 |
| Artistic binding, | 7 |
| Back-lining, | 34 |
| Backing, | 33 |
| Backs, loose, mending, | 181 |
| Backs, tight, mending, | 181 |
| Backs, tight and loose, | 44 |
| Bands, | 19 |
| Bands, frayed, | 32 |
| Bands, number necessary, | 18, 91 |
| Bands, raised, | 40 |
| Barbour's thread, | 85 |
| Bench sewing, | 19 |
| Bibliography of binding, | 221 |
| Bids for binding, | 11 |
| Binder, instructions for, | 139 |
| Binders' boards, | 83 |
| Binders for magazines, | 199 |
| Binders ignorant of library binding, | 9 |
| Bindery in the library, | 209 |
| Bindery, equipment, | 213 |
| Binding before purchase, | 103 |
| Binding records, | 149 |
| Binding routine, | 157 |
| Binding slip, use of, | 139, 140 |
| Boards, | 83 |
| Boards, cut, | 36 |
| Bock, | 70 |
| Bone folders, | 172 |
| Bookbinding terms, | 225 |
| Books, discarding of, | 131 |
| Books, opening of, | 122 |
| Books, proper care, | 122 |
| Booksellers, oppose reinforced books, | 112 |
| Brownie books, strong binding, | 113 |
| Brushes, | 173 |
| Buckram, | 76 |
| Buffing, | 66 |
| Bureau of Standards, Specifications for cloth, | 217 |
| Bureau of Standards, tests of cloth, | 78 |
| Burnishing, | 32 |
| Calfskin, | 70 |
| Calfskin vs. cowhide, | 53 |
| Call number, location of, | 143 |
| Call numbers gilded, | 39 |
| Canton flannel for lining, | 35 |
| Canvas, | 80 |
| Care of books, | 122 |
| Case, making of, | 36 |
| Cased books, | 38 |
| Catechol group, | 56 |
| Cheesecloth, | 170 |
| Chivers, Cedric, binding from sheets, | 103 |
| Chivers, tests of leather, | 60 |
| Chivers, test of levant morocco, | 69 |
| Classic buckram, | 76 |
| Cleaning cover, | 177 |
| Cleaning pages, | 174 |
| Climate, effect on leather, | 54 |
| Cloth, | 72 |
| Cloth boards, | 83 |
| Cloth, cutting of, | 36 |
| Cloth for sides, | 89 |
| Cloth, government specifications, | 79, 217 |
| Cloth, grades of, | 75 |
| Cloth guards, | 90 |
| Cloth, manufacturers of, | 74 |
| Cloth, qualities of, | 74 |
| Cloth, tests of, | 78 |
| Cloth used in mending, | 170 |
| Cloth vs. leather, | 122 |
| Collation, | 15, 133 |
| Commercial binding, | 6 |
| Commercial binding, specifications, | 100 |
| Copying press, | 173 |
| Corners of vellum, | 72 |
| Corners rounded, | 47 |
| Cost of binding, | 5, 11, 115 |
| Cost of binding, records of, | 152 |
| Cost of binding, suggestions for reducing, | 104, 119 |
| Cotton vs. linen thread, | 85 |
| Covers, how cleaned, | 177 |
| Covers of periodicals, when to bind, | 135
|
| Cowhide, | 65 |
| Cowhide for fiction and juvenile, | 93 |
| Creases, how removed, | 175 |
| Creasing for flexibility, | 25 |
| Crepeline, | 170, 179 |
| Crushed levant, | 69 |
| Cutting board, | 174 |
| Dampness, effect on leather, | 59 |
| Decay of leather, | 54 |
| Discarding books, | 121, 131 |
| Duck, | 80, 90 |
| Duck for newspapers, | 97 |
| Dummy backs, | 141 |
| Durabline, | 81 |
| Embossing leather, | 57 |
| End papers, | 19 |
| End papers and fly leaves pasted together, | 31 |
| End papers pasted down, | 37 |
| End papers, quality, | 85 |
| English buckram, | 77 |
| Everyman's library, library edition, | 112, 129 |
| Eyelet and tape binders, | 201 |
| Fabrikoid, | 81, 82 |
| Fibre-filling preservative, | 97 |
| Fiction, specifications, | 93 |
| Finishing, | 39 |
| Flesher for back-lining, | 35 |
| Flexible glue, | 82 |
| Flexible sewing, | 40 |
| Fly leaves and end papers pasted together, | 31 |
| Fly leaves guarded, | 17 |
| Fly leaves tipped on, | 17 |
| Fly leaves, renewal, | 183 |
| Folded plates, guarded, | 90 |
| Folders, bone, | 172 |
| Forwarding, | 31 |
| Fox marks, how removed, | 175 |
| French joints, | 37, 46, 91 |
| Gall nuts for tanning, | 55 |
| Gas, effect on leather, | 58 |
| Gaylord binders, | 206 |
| Gilding, | 39 |
| Gilding tops, | 33 |
| Glaire, | 195 |
| Glue, | 82, 169 |
| Glue, flexible, | 82 |
| Glue pot, | 173 |
| Glue, removed from back of books, | 15 |
| Gluing, | 33 |
| Gluing for overcasting, | 17 |
| Goatskins, | 68 |
| Gold leaf, | 85 |
| Government cloth, | 77 |
| Government cloth, specifications, | 217 |
| Government documents, binding of, | 54, 77 |
| Government documents, materials used in binding, | 51 |
| Graining leather, | 57 |
| Grease in leather, | 58 |
| Grease spots, how removed, | 177 |
| Guarding fly leaves, | 17 |
| Guarding illustrations, | 18 |
| Guarding signatures, | 17 |
| Hair sheep, | 64 |
| Hayes' thread, | 85 |
| Headbands, | 49 |
| Heat, effect on leather, | 59 |
| Hemlock bark, | 56 |
| Home binderies, | 209 |
| Huntting, H. R., Samson-back sewing, | 113 |
| Illustrations guarded, | 18, 90 |
| Illustrations mounted on cloth, | 91 |
| Imitation of morocco, | 64, 68 |
| Imperfect books, when to bind, | 133 |
| Imperial morocco cloth, | 81, 90 |
| Incomplete volumes, when to bind, | 138 |
| Index, where to place, | 134 |
| Index volumes, lettering of, | 147 |
| Ink stains, how removed, | 176 |
| Instructions to binder, | 139 |
| Jaconet, | 17, 170 |
| Javelle water, | 175 |
| Joint authors, lettering, | 143 |
| Joints, | 46 |
| Juvenile books bound from sheets, | 105 |
| Juvenile books, specifications, | 93 |
| Keratol, | 81, 82 |
| Kettlestitch, | 22 |
| Kettlestitch, sawing for, | 18 |
| Kettlestitch, three for overcast books, | 27 |
| Knives, | 172 |
| Knocking down, | 16 |
| Kraft paper, | 171 |
| Kraft paper for fly leaves, | 17 |
| Labeling, process, | 191 |
| Labels made of leather, | 39 |
| Labels on tight-back books, | 45 |
| Labels, removal of, | 193 |
| Labor, effects on cost of binding, | 115 |
| Lacing-in, | 38, 42 |
| Larch, for tanning, | 56 |
| Law books, specifications, | 98 |
| Law sheep, | 65 |
| Leather, | 52 |
| Leather, causes of variation in, | 53 |
| Leather corners, | 48 |
| Leather, decay of, | 54, 73 |
| Leather, embossed, | 57 |
| Leather for back-lining, | 35 |
| Leather imitation of, | 81 |
| Leather kinds of, | 63 |
| Leather labels, | 39 |
| Leather, mechanical qualities, | 60 |
| Leather, preservation of, | 60 |
| Leather vs. cloth, | 122 |
| Legal buckram, | 80
|
| Lettering, arrangement, | 141 |
| Lettering by hand, | 193 |
| Lettering, how indicated, | 139 |
| Lettering in white ink, | 193 |
| Lettering, joint authors, | 143 |
| Lettering, oversized books, | 147 |
| Lettering, pamphlets, | 207 |
| Lettering, periodicals, | 146 |
| Lettering, pseudonyms, | 143 |
| Lettering, thin volumes, | 147 |
| Lettering, two books in one, | 143 |
| Lettering with type, | 194 |
| Levant morocco, | 69 |
| Library binderies, | 209 |
| Library binderies, administration, | 211 |
| Library binderies, cost of, | 214 |
| Library binding, | 8 |
| Library buckram, | 80 |
| Linen buckram, | 77 |
| Linen finish cloth, | 76 |
| Linen vs. cotton thread, | 85 |
| Loose back, | 36, 44 |
| Loose joints, how mended, | 182 |
| Loose leaves, inserting, | 180 |
| Loose signatures, inserting, | 181 |
| Machine-bound books, | 6 |
| Magazine binders, | 199 |
| Making the case, | 36 |
| Manila paper, | 171 |
| Manila paper for fly leaves, | 17 |
| Maps, repair of, | 183 |
| Materials, | 51 |
| Materials for lettering, | 195 |
| Materials for repairing, | 167 |
| Mending, | 16, 178 |
| Mending by binder, | 90 |
| Mending materials, | 167 |
| Mending, rules for, | 166 |
| Mildew, how prevented, | 176 |
| Millboards, | 83 |
| Morocco, | 68 |
| Morocco, bock, | 70 |
| Morocco, imitation of, | 64 |
| Morocco, Levant, | 69 |
| Morocco, Niger, | 70 |
| Morocco, Persian, | 70 |
| Morocco, Turkey, | 69 |
| Mucilage, | 169 |
| Music, specifications for, | 99 |
| Newspapers, specifications, | 96 |
| Newspapers, wrapped in paper, | 96 |
| Niger morocco, | 70 |
| Non-fiction, specifications, | 94 |
| Oak bark, | 55, 56 |
| Oak bark for pigskin, | 67 |
| Oak bark for sheepskin, | 64 |
| Onion skin, | 171 |
| Overcast books, cut before sewing, | 16 |
| Overcasting, | 23, 25 |
| Overcasting, sawing for, | 19 |
| Oversized books, lettering, | 147 |
| Pages, cleaning of, | 174 |
| Pages, how mended, | 178 |
| Pages missing, | 133 |
| Pamphlets, binding, | 205 |
| Pamphlets, binding single copies, | 190 |
| Pamphlets, lettering, | 207 |
| Panels, | 142 |
| Panels, staining of, | 39 |
| Paper, effect of folding, | 14 |
| Paper, effect on binding, | 14 |
| Parker, J. Gordon, on causes of decay in leathers, | 55 |
| Paste, | 83, 167 |
| Paste, poor, effect on binding, | 59 |
| Pasting down, | 37 |
| Pasting machine, | 169, 174 |
| Perforating machine, | 25 |
| Periodicals, arrangement of, | 16, 134 |
| Periodicals, binding single copies, | 190 |
| Periodicals, lettering, | 146 |
| Periodicals, specifications, | 94 |
| Periodicals, two volumes in one, | 138 |
| Periodicals, vagaries of, | 134 |
| Periodicals, when to bind incomplete, | 138 |
| Persian morocco, | 70 |
| Plates, folded, guarding, | 90 |
| Plates, unpaged, where to place, | 136 |
| Preparing for the bindery, | 125 |
| Press used in mending, | 173 |
| Pressing, | 38 |
| Pigskin, | 67 |
| Pluviusin, | 81 |
| Polished buckram, | 76 |
| Preservation of leather, | 60 |
| Prices, schedule of, | 118 |
| Printing Investigation Committee, | 77 |
| Processes, | 13 |
| Pseudonyms, lettering, | 143 |
| Publishers' binding, | 6 |
| Publishers' reinforced books, | 109 |
| Publishers' reinforced books, failure of, | 111 |
| Pyrogallol group, | 55 |
| Questions binding assistants must ask, | 125 |
| Raised bands, | 40 |
| Ratio of cost to circulation, | 5 |
| Reading list, | 221 |
| Rebacking, | 36 |
| Recasing instead of rebinding, | 130 |
| Recasing, process, | 184 |
| Records for large libraries, | 153 |
| Records of binding, | 149 |
| Records of previous volumes, | 140, 151 |
| Recovering, | 121 |
| Recovering, process, | 185 |
| Red rope manila, | 171 |
| Reference books, specifications, | 98 |
| Regular sewing, | 19 |
| Reinforced books, | 108, 120 |
| Reinforced books, specifications, | 109 |
| Reinforcing, process, | 188 |
| Repairing, | 165 |
| Reports, binding of, | 138, 205 |
| Reprints, bound before purchase, | 119 |
| Reprints, use instead of rebinding, | 129 |
| Resewed commercial books, | 113 |
| Re-siding, process, | 188 |
| Retanning, | 58 |
| Rexine, | 81 |
| Roan, | 65 |
| Rod binders, | 202 |
| Rounding, | 33 |
| Routine of binding, | 157 |
| Royal Society of Arts, investigation of leather, | 55 |
| Rub or rub-off, | 92, 140 |
| Russia leather, | 71 |
| Samson-back sewing, | 113 |
| Sawing, | 18 |
| Scientific books, when to rebind, | 131 |
| Scribner's, Charles, Sons Co., reinforced books, | 109 |
| Sealskin, | 63, 71 |
| Second-hand books, rebound before using, | 108, 120 |
| Selection of binder, | 9 |
| Semi-tar boards, | 84 |
| Setting the square, | 36 |
| Sewing, | 19 |
| Sewing, affected by paper, | 14 |
| Sewing bench, | 20 |
| Sewing on tapes, | 30 |
| Sewing two-on, | 23 |
| Sex of animals, effect on leather, | 53 |
| Shaving of skins, | 57 |
| Sheep-bound set of U. S. documents, | 54 |
| Sheepskin, | 63 |
| Sheets, binding from, | 103 |
| Shellac, | 172 |
| Shellacking of covers, | 177 |
| Signatures, guarding of, | 17-18 |
| Size, basis for prices, | 89 |
| Skiver, | 65 |
| Society of Arts, investigation of leather, | 55 |
| Society of Arts, on preservation of leather, | 62 |
| Sound Leather Committee of the Library Association, | 55 |
| Specifications, | 87 |
| Specifications, books of illustrations, | 100 |
| Specifications, commercial binding, | 100 |
| Specifications, fiction, | 93 |
| Specifications, general, | 88 |
| Specifications, juvenile, | 93 |
| Specifications, law books, | 98 |
| Specifications, music, | 99 |
| Specifications, newspapers, | 96 |
| Specifications, non-fiction, | 94 |
| Specifications, periodicals, | 94 |
| Specifications, reference books, | 98 |
| Specifications, reinforced books, | 109 |
| Split boards, | 44 |
| Split cowhide, | 66 |
| Split sheepskins, | 65 |
| Splitting of skins, | 57 |
| Spring-back binders, | 201 |
| Sprinkling, | 32 |
| Squares, | 36 |
| Stained labels, | 39 |
| Stitching, | 91 |
| Strawboards, | 83 |
| Sulphuric acid, | 57, 58 |
| Sumac, | 55, 56, 57 |
| Sumac for sheepskin, | 64 |
| Sunlight, effect on leather, | 58 |
| Super, | 35 |
| Supplements to periodicals, | 134 |
| Taking apart, | 15 |
| Tanning materials, | 55 |
| Tapes, | 85 |
| Tapes, sewing on, | 30 |
| Tar boards, | 84 |
| Technical books, when to rebind, | 131 |
| Technical terms, | 225 |
| Thread, | 84, 171 |
| Tides of Barnegat, reinforced, | 109 |
| Tight backs, | 44 |
| Tight backs, mending, | 181 |
| Title page, where to place, | 134 |
| Title pages, vagaries of, | 136 |
| Tobacco smoke, effect on leather, | 58 |
| Tooling, | 39 |
| Tools for repairing, | 172 |
| Tools used in lettering, | 194 |
| Tools used in mending, | 172 |
| Torn leaves, mending, | 178 |
| Trimming, | 32, 48 |
| Turkey morocco, | 69 |
| Turwar bark, | 56 |
| Two-on, sewing, | 23 |
| Use determines kind of binding, | 4 |
| Valueless books, discarding of, | 121 |
| Vaseline for leathers, | 61 |
| Vellum, | 71 |
| Vellum corners, | 48 |
| Warp, strength of, | 75 |
| Waterproof cloths, | 81 |
| Weft, strength of, | 75 |
| Well-bound book, how to recognize, | 49 |
| Whipstitching, | 24 |
| White ink, when used, | 193 |
| Wire, Dr. G. E., on preservation of leather, | 60 |
| Wool sheep, | 64 |