Robert:
I think you may find useful information in the following
publications.
The first two address women binders directly.
The second two may give clues since they describe
historical binding practices that women may have
used, in as much as they were principally employed
in forwarding operations.
Glaister gives just a brief note under "Women in
Bookbinding" and an obscure reference.
Alan Shalette
"Women Bookbinders 1880-1920"
by Marianne Tidcombe (1996, Oak Knoll Press)
"The Harper Establishment or, How Story Books are Made"
by Jacob Abbott (1956 reprint, Shoe String Press)
"Blank, Edition and Job Forwarding, Finishing and Stamping"
by John J. Pleger (1914, Part Three of "Bookbinding and Its
Auxiliary Branches, in four parts; Inland Printer Company)
"Bookbinding, Its Background and Technique"
by Edith Diehl
"Encyclopedia of the Book"
by Geogrey Ashall Glaister (1996 , 2nd edition, Oak
Knoll Press)
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From: "Robert J. Milevski" <milevski@Princeton.EDU>
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Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 6:43 AM
Subject: [EXLIBRIS:31775] 19th C. Trade Bindery Practices
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| Folks,
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| I am looking for specific info on the following topics and would be most
| pleased to have your reply/advice. Thank you.
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| Robert Milevski
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| 1. I ask for any assistance directing me to contemporary sources on 19th
| century English and American trade bindery practice. I am especially
| interested in the English binderies. I do know about and have consulted
| the following articles/books: the article on Westleys that appeared in A
| Day at the Factories; the article on Lippincott, Grambo that appeared in
| Godey's; the book and article about Harpers; and Lionel Darley's book on
| James Burn & Co. I also know about the books Paul Koda edited for Oak
| Knoll on the Edward Walker and Cox binderies.
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| 2. I would like to know whether there are any contemporary sources (other
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| than those mentioned above) about the piecework and individual production
| aspects in any mid-late 19th c. trade bindery, large or small, in England
| and America.
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| 3. I would like to know whether there is any specific information in any
| contemporary article or book (other than those mentioned above) on the hand
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| sewing of books in these binderies. Specifically, did the sewers start
| with the first signature or the last? Was it common practice to sew book
| after book until the frame was filled, then cut each away with its cords?
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