Corrections to the Original Text
The following misprints and misspellings have been corrected:
Page 123 - “sawn” changed to “sewn” (“is so sewn as to let”)
Other Changes and Notes
The following changes to the original text have been made for clarity or consistency:
Page 50 - The illustration on this page has been split in two and the parts labeled “No. 1” and “No. 2”, respectively, in order to correspond more clearly with the text in the original caption.
Page 83 - “Residing books.” changed to “Re-siding books.” to agree with Index entry.
Page 109 - “per cent” changed to “per cent.” (“a large per cent. of their book fund”).
Page 121 - “(L)” and “(R)” added for clarity to the caption of the illustration on this page.
The following variations of a word or descriptive term are common
in the original text and have been retained:
“bookbinding” and “book-binding”
“handmade” and “hand-made”
“saddlestitch”, “saddle-stitched” and “saddle-stitching”
“watermark”, “water-marked” and “water-marking”
“waterproof” and “water-proof”
“whipstitching” and ”whip-stitching”
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