Improvements in the Covering or Casing of Books.
Year: 1898

page_text: Improvements in the Covering or Casing of Books.
J, CHARLES EDWARD SCARSE, of the Birmingham Library, Birmingham, in
the County of Warwick, Librarian, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in the covering or casing of
books and refers particularly to cased books as issued by the publishers in their
origional cloth covers in which the printed matter is so imperfectly connected
to the casing or cover that when the books are much used they separate wholly
or in part from their covers to obviate which I so improve the method of casing
the book that the printed matter is secured to its cover as firmly or nearly as
firmly as in the case of a book bound by the best method of binding and a book
thus cased may be recased or rebound without resewing thereby indefinately
prolonging the life of the book.
In carrying my invention into effect paper cut to the size sufficient to cover
the book, is mounted onto fine linen jaconet or other suitable material, and this
paper ultimately becomes after the book is sewn the end papers.
In commencing to sew the book the linen backed end paper is laid in front
of the sewing frame linen side down and the first section of the book is covered
with an end paper cut sufficiently large to fold over the back of the section,
forming a guard rather less than a quarter of an inch wide. The section is laid
on the linen backed end paper which is creased at the back of the section and
left standing up in front of the tapes, on which the book is sewn, or curled up,
or otherwise dealt with as found most suitable. The first section with the
ordinary end paper folded over the back of it is placed in position for sewing
the needle being passed through the said section in the ordinary, way and
through the ordinary end paper and through the ordinary end paper and linen
backed end paper. The foldover of the end paper is pressed or flattened down
over the section and the second section is placed in position and sewn through
the section and back of the linen backed end paper, after which the remaining
sections are treated in a like manner until the last section is arrived at, which is
provided with an ordinary end paper which is placed on the section and folded-
under, is placed in position after which the section is sewn to the linen backed
end paper as before described and the sewing finished in the ordinary way, but
the backs of the sections or folds should not he sawn or cut in anyway. The
part forming the rest of the end paper is folded over at the top to form the
remaining end paper, and the tapes are cut away from the sewing frame allowing
the tapes to project a liberal amount beyond the back of the book on each side.

page_text: material and this paper ultimately becomes after the book is sewn the end
papers A.
In commencing to sew the book the linen backed paper is laid in front of the
sewing frame linen side down and the first section of the book is covered with
end paper B cut sufficiently large to fold over the back of the section forming
a guard rather less than a quarter of an inch wide. The section is laid on the
linen backed paper A. which is creased at the back of the section and left standing
up in front of the tapes F on which the book is sewn or curled up as shewn at a³
or otherwise dealt with as found most suitable.
The first section E with the ordinary end paper B folded over the back of it
is placed in position for sewing, the needle being passed through the said section
in the ordinary way and through the ordinary end paper B and linen backed
paper A as shewn at h. The foldover of the end paper B is pressed or flattened
down over the section E at b¹ and the second section E is placed in position and
sewn through the section and back of linen backed paper A after which the
remaining sections are treated in a like manner until the last section which is
provided with an ordinary end paper B which is placed on the section. and
folded under, is placed in position after which the section is sewn to the linen
backed paper A as before described and the sewing finished in the ordinary
way but the backs of the sections or folds E should not be sawn or cut in any
way. The part forming the rest of the linen backed paper A is folded over
at the top a to form the remaining end paper A and the tapes F are cut away
from the sewing frame allowing the tapes to project at f a liberal amount beyond
the back of the book on each side. The book being now ready to be placed in
its cover it is well pressed and the tapes F are pulled tight around the linen
backed paper A at each side and held in position by paste or other adhesive
matter and the book placed in position between the cover C the linen backed
paper A being then pasted down on each side to the front and back boards of
the cover and the book allowed to dry in the press in the ordinary way. It is
indispensable that the paper A should be mounted on fine linen or jaconet or
other suitable material or consists of surfaced or coloured book-binders cloth and
be sewn to the sections of the book as before described and that the said linen-
backed paper A should be firmly pasted down or otherwise secured to the cover C
at each end of the book and well pressed. The linen backed paper A instead
of being in one piece may be in two pieces as shewn by Figure 4 in which case
I may only sew one, two or more sections to each end paper A those sections
not covered by the fold of the end papers being in such case sewn around the
tapes direct and where the printer has left at least two blank leaves in front
of, and at the end of the book, the jaconet may be pasted over the outer surfaces
of the first and last leaves, and turned over the back of each end section at
least a quarter of an inch. Thus obviating the use of the seperate linem backed
end papers. The sewing on to tapes and forwarding, subject to the above
variation being then carried on as previously described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare what I
claim is:
1st. In the covering or casing of books the linen backed end papers A in one
piece folded around and sewn to the whole of the sections of the book and
securely attached to the cover C substantially as and for the purpose herein set
forth and illustrated.
2nd. In the covering or casing of books the linen backed end papers A each
folded round the backs of the sections and sewn to one two or more sections of
the book and securely attached to the covers C substantially as and for the
purpose herein set forth and illustrated.
3rd. In the covering or casing of books the jaconet a¹ attached to and encom-