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2. Bookbinding - Wikipedia

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   Double-fan adhesive binding starts off with a stack of loose pages, which is run over a roller, "fanning" the pages, to apply a thin layer of glue to each page edge. Then the pages are perfectly aligned to form a text block, and the glued edges of the text block are attached to a piece of cloth lining to form the spine.

3. Bookworm (insect) - Wikipedia

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   The primary food sources for many "bookworms" are the leather or cloth bindings of a book, the glue used in the binding process, or molds and fungi that grow on or inside books. When the pages themselves are attacked, a gradual encroachment across the surface of one page or a small number of pages is typical, rather than the boring of holes ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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).

6. 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 ...

7. Wheatpaste - Wikipedia

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   Wheatpaste (also known as flour and water paste, flour paste, or simply paste) is a gel or liquid adhesive made from wheat flour or starch and water. It has been used since antiquity for various arts and crafts such as bookbinding, [1] découpage, collage, papier-mâché, and adhering paper posters and notices to walls.