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2. Bookbinding - Wikipedia

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   There are a number of methods used to bind hardcover books. Those still in use include: Case binding is the most common type of hardcover binding for books. The pages are arranged in signatures and glued together into a "text block". The text block is then attached to the cover or "case" which is made of cardboard covered with paper, cloth ...

3. Book rebinding - Wikipedia

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   Book rebinding is the renewal or replacement of the cover of a book. Typically, this requires restitching or renewal of the glue which holds the pages in place. Libraries may rebind books for durability or archival purposes, or for repair. Collectors of antique books such as incunabula have often had items rebound. This might be done to improve ...

4. Conservation and restoration of books, manuscripts, documents ...

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   If the original binding is too deteriorated, the book may be rebound with new archival safe materials. [62] Whole leaves or sheets of weak or brittle paper are reinforced by backing each sheet with another sheet of paper. Japanese paper is sometimes used as a backing, adhered with a starch paste. [63] A book conservator examining pages of a ...

5. Long-stitch bookbinding - Wikipedia

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   In the art of bookbinding, the longstitch technique is used for binding the sections (signatures) of a book without using glue. In Non-adhesive Binding: Books without Paste of Glue (1999) Keith A. Smith describes that binding a book with a "longstitch through a slotted cover" involves directly sewing each section through the cover, which has ...

6. Adhesive - Wikipedia

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   A glue gun (shown at right) is one method of applying hot adhesives. The glue gun melts the solid adhesive, then allows the liquid to pass through its barrel onto the material, where it solidifies. Thermoplastic glue may have been invented around 1940 by Procter & Gamble as a solution to the problem that water-based adhesives, commonly used in ...

7. Polyvinyl acetate - Wikipedia

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   As wood glue, PVAc is known as "white glue" and the yellow as "carpenter's glue". As paper adhesive during paper packaging conversion. In bookbinding and book arts, due to its flexible strong bond and non-acidic nature (unlike many other polymers).