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Bookbinding is an ancient craft which has undergone many transformations since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. The most ancient bindings used no adhesives, the folded sheets of the codex being sewn through a fold in the centre of the skin or paper, sometimes onto tapes, cords or thongs, sometimes not. Coverings were often of wooden boards covered with leather, which, because it was vegetable-tanned, could be moulded over the sewing supports and the boards. Sewing became mechanised in the 19th century; covers can now be mass-produced and automatically fitted to the bound leaves; modern adhesives are sometimes used instead of sewing. At Scribe Bookbinding traditional hand-sewing through the fold is used for the repair of books originally bound in this way and for books printed with two pages on one side of a sheet. For the binding of books where the printed page has no fold (as in modern thesis binding and other works printed on pre-cut A4 pages), each section is machine-stitched and the binding reinforced with cloth and modern flexible adhesive. We use modern methods where appropriate while continuing traditional techniques wherever possible. All materials used are of archival quality: acid-free papers, unbleached linen and cotton threads, vegetable-tanned leathers. The binding can be expected to last for many generations. Scribe Bookbinding specialises in thesis, bound to order and restoration bookbinding. |
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