Improvements in or relating to the Binding of Books and the like.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 16 h Jan., 1890'
Complete Specification Left, 15th Oct., 1890-4ccepted, 22nd Nov.. 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Binding of Books and
the like.
I, ALBERT HENRY DURRAD, 4" King Street, Leicester, Bookbinder and Box
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the binding of books and the like and is designed to
strengthen, improve the appearance and lessen the cost of the binding.
According to this invention, the leather or material used on the back of the book
may be brought over on to the side-boards in the ordinary style of quarter binding
and skived down or the board filled up with paper, or other material, so as to make
the whole square of the board one thickness, and over the back there may be fixed a
series of strips of thin leather or other material preferably of a different colour or
colours from the leather upon which they are placed, and these strips extended over
on to the sides of the book to any desired length.
The strips may be suitably embossed in gold or blind so as to impart a more
ornamental and finished appearance to the back of the book.
The cloth or other material used to cover the sides of the book may then be
brought close up to the joints of the book, covering the parts of the strips and leather
that come on to the sides.
The employment of a series of strips such as before mentioned tends to strengthen
the binding, and not only imparts an improved appearance but a book thus finished
costs much less than a book finished in the ordinary way, and while the durability is
as great the cost is considerably less than a full leather binding of which it is a close
imitation.
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1900
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to the Binding of Books and
the like.
I, ALBERT HENRY DURRAD, 40 King Street, Leicester, Bookbinder and Box
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
This invention relates to the binding of books and the like and is designed to
strengthen, improve the appearance, and lessen the cost of the binding.
According to this invention, the leather or material used on the back of the book
may be brought over on to the side-boards in the ordinary style of quarter-binding
and skived down, or the board filled up with paper, or other material, so as to make
the whole square of the board one thickness, and over the back there may be fixed a
series of strips of thin leather or other material preferably of a different colour or
colours from the leather upon which they are placed and these strips extended over on
to the sides of the book to any desired length.
The strips may be suitably embossed in gold or blind, so as to impart a more
ornamental and finished appearance to the back of the book.
The cloth or other material used to cover the sides of the book may then be brought
up to the sides of the book, covering the parts of the strips and leather that come on
to the sides.

page_text: The employment of a series of strips such as before mentioned tends to strengthen
the binding, and not only imparts an improved appearance, but a book thus finished
costs much less than a book finished in the ordinary way, and while the durability
is as great as, the cost is considerably less than, a full leather binding of which it is a
close imitation.
The accompanying drawing shews in perspective a view of a book with a binding
such as this invention refers to, the material covering the left hand bottom corner of
the side of the book being turned back for the sake of clearness.
A represents the back of the book which may be covered with any suitable material
and over which the preferably leather strips B are placed, so as to allow their
terminating ends to extend on to the boards forming the sides of the book, as shewn
clearly in the left hand bottom corner of the drawing.
The cloth D or other material used for covering the sides of the book is coloured
and grained so as to correspond exactly with the colour and grain of the leather used
at the back of the book; and instead of only just reaching or very slightly over-
lapping the terminal ends of the strips B or the leather on the back A, as in ordinary
bindings, the cloth D is placed close up to the joints of the cover and the edge neatly
and cleanly pressed down so as to form a good and close imitation of a full leather
binding.
The strips B are cut in lengths from the skin and embossed with any desired
pattern and subsequently cut into shorter lengths as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In the binding of books and the like the employment of a series of strips such
as B and extending the covering D to the joints of the book substantially as and for
the purpose herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. The improved method of binding books and the like substantially as herein
described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
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TAL
1000
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents for the Applicant.