Bookbinding in America: three essays: Early American bookbinding by hand, by Hannah Dustin French ... The rise of American edition binding, by Joseph W. Rogers ... On the rebinding of old books, by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt ... editor

Contents

I. Early American bookbinding by hand, 1636-1820 / Hannah Dustin French -- Introduction -- Bookbinding in the Colonial Period, 1636-1783 -- Bookbinding in the Young Republic, 1783-1820 -- Conclusion -- 2. The rise of American edition binding / Joseph W. Rogers -- Introduction -- The rise of edition binding -- The mechanization of bookbinding processes -- The manufacture and decoration of book cloth -- The growth of the industry of edition binding -- 3. On the rebinding of old books / Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt -- Introduction -- What is wrong with the current methods? -- Suggesting a remedy -- The evidence of the old bindings -- The evidence of the nineteenth century -- The practical approach -- About pamphlet bindings -- The standard library binding -- Lettering -- Materials -- On the care of old volumes -- Conclusions and recommendations.