Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

Table of Contents

C

• C
• cabinet size
• cable pattern
• cabretta leather
• cahier
• cake glue
• calcium acetate
• calcium bicarbonate
• calcium carbonate
• calcium hydroxide
• calcium hypochlorite
• calcium sulfate
• calcium sulfite
• calender
• calendered
• calendered cloth
• calf finish
• calf lined
• calf paper
• calfskin
• calf split
• calico
• caliper
• cambric
• Cambridge calf
• Cambridge style
• cameo bindings
• camlet
• camphor
• cancel
• cancelland
• cancellation
• cancel title
• candelilla wax
• Canevari bindings
• canton flannel
• canvas
• canvas finish paper
• caoutchouc binding
• caoutchouc polish
• cape
• capping up
• capstan
• caput mortuum
• carbolic acid
• carbonaceous inks
• carbon disulfide
• carbon ink
• carbon lettering
• carbon paper
• carbon tetrachloride
• carboxymethylcellulose
• cardboard
• cardboard prints
• carnauba wax
• carragheen moss
• cartonnage à la Bradel
• cartouche
• cartridge paper
• case
• case binding
• case-hardening
• case hide
• casein
• case-making
• case-making gauge
• case-making machine
• casing-in
• casing-in boards
• casing-in machine
• castor oil
• catalog paper
• catalyst
• catch
• catch stitch
• catchword
• catechol
• catechol tannins
• catechu
• catenati
• catgut
• cathedral bindings
• cationic (substances)
• cat's paw calf
• cat's tooth decoration
• caustic
• caustic soda
• Caxton, William
• C clamp
• cedar marble
• cedar oil
• cellulose
• cellulose acetate
• cellulose chain
• cellulose ester
• cellulose fibers
• cellulose film
• cellulose nitrate
• cellulose varnish
• cement
• center and corner piece style
• center fold
• center-fold sewing
• centerpiece
• center spread
• centerstamp
• center-to-center
• center tools
• centipoise
• ceramic paper fibers
• certification plan
• certified library bindery
• cessing
• chained books
• chain lines
• chain stitch
• chain wires
• chalk
• chalking
• chalky appearance
• chamfered edges
• chamois
• chamoletting
• champlevé bindings
• charcoal drawing paper
• chased edges
• check binding
• check pile
• cheeking
• cheesecloth
• chemical wood pulp
• chemise
• chestnut
• cheverell
• chevrette
• chevrotain
• Chicago posts
• chicory
• chiffon silk
• China clay
• China paper
• Chinese" Chippendale bindings
• Chinese ink
• Chinese marble
• Chinese paper
• Chinese wax
• Chinese white
• chipboard
• Chippendale bindings
• chiseled leather
• Chivers, Cedric
• chloramine t
• chlorine
• chlorine bath
• chlorine dioxide
• chlorine number
• chlorine water
• chloropicrin
• chop cut
• chrome glue
• chrome liquor
• chrome oxide
• chrome retan
• chrome tanning
• chromium sulfate
• chromo paper
• circles
• circuit edges
• citric acid
• cl
• clamp
• clamp dwell
• clam shell coverer
• clasps
• Class "A" library binding
• clay
• clay-finished paper
• clay tablets
• cleaning
• cleaning off
• cleaning-off stick
• clearing
• cleat
• cloisonné bindings
• closed assembly time
• closed bolts
• closed joint
• close formation
• cloth
• cloth boards
• clothbound
• cloth-cased book
• cloth-centered
• cloth graining
• cloth hinges
• clothings
• clothing up
• cloth-jointed endpaper
• cloth-lined board
• cloth printing
• cloth stiffened cover
• cloth stubs
• cloth tooling
• cloth weight
• cloudy
• club bindery
• c m pattern
• coal tar dyes
• coated
• coated art paper
• coated cover paper
• coated one side
• coating
• coating clay
• "Cobb" paper
• Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas J.
• cochineal
• Cockerell, Douglas Bennett
• Cockerell, Sydney
• cockle
• coconut oil
• codex
• coffee
• cohesion
• coil binding
• cold flow
• cold glue
• cold gold
• cold pressing
• cold-setting adhesive
• collagen
• collate
• collating mark
• collation
• collet hammer
• color
• colored brushed top
• colored burnished top
• colored edges
• colored endpapers
• colored inks
• colored paper
• colored paste-papers
• colored printings
• colored under gilt
• color fastness
• colorimeter
• color lake
• color reversion
• comb binding
• combed edges
• combination oil tannage
• combination press
• combination style
• combination tanned
• combined tannin in leather
• combined water-soluble matter (in leather)
• comb marble
• come away
• commercial binding
• common binding
• common calf
• common carrier
• common marble
• common red
• commons
• compensation guard
• compensation pad
• complementary color
• composition leaf
• compressibility
• concealed binding
• concealed joint
• concertina fold
• concertina guard
• condensation
• conditioning
• conditioning time
• conjugate leaves
• Conradus de Argentina
• conservation
• consistency
• contact bonding
• contemporary binding
• continuous guard
• continuous trimmer
• conventional foliage
• convex covers
• cool colors
• copal
• copolymer
• copperas
• copper naphthenate
• copper number
• Coptic bindings
• copy
• cording
• cord marker
• Cordoban leather
• Cordovan leather
• cords
• cord sewing
• corduroy
• cordwain
• corium
• cork back
• corner
• cornered
• cornering machine
• corner knife
• corner mitering
• cornerpiece
• corner pull test
• corners
• corner tool
• corrected grain
• corrected white
• correct pattern
• corrugations
• Corvinus bindings
• Cosway bindings
• cottage style
• cotton
• cotton bating
• cotton content
• cotton drill
• cotton fiber content paper
• cotton linters
• cotton parchment
• cotton thread
• cotton wool
• couch
• coucher
• couching
• couch roll
• counter
• counterbalance
• counterchange
• countermark
• countersunk
• cover
• cover boards
• covering
• covering folder
• cover papers
• covers bound in
• cover title
• cover turned-in
• cowhide
• c-pattern
• cracking
• craft bookbinding
• crash
• crayon-resist papers
• crazing
• cream split
• creasability
• crease
• creaser
• crease retention
• creasing strength
• creep
• crêpe
• crêpeline
• cresting roll
• crimping
• crinoline
• crocketed cresting
• crocking
• crocodile leather
• cropped
• cross direction
• cross laminated
• crown filler
• crushed
• crushed levant
• crushed morocco
• crushing machine
• crushing plates
• crusting
• crust splits
• crust stock
• crusty break
• crystalline cellulose
• C-stage
• cuir-bouilli
• cuir-ciselé
• cumdach
• cuprammonium hydroxide
• cuprammonium viscosity
• cupriethylenediamine hydroxide
• cupriethylenediamine viscosity
• curing
• curing temperature
• curing time
• curl
• curling
• curl marble
• curried leather
• currying
• cusped edge stamp
• custom-bound
• customer work
• cut
• cut at the head
• cut away
• cutch
• cut corner pamphlet file
• cut down
• cut flush
• cut flush, turned in
• cut in boards
• cut-in index
• cut on the quarter
• cut open
• cut out
• cut out of boards
• cut-out shapes
• cuts for index
• cut size
• cut solid
• cut stock
• cutter-out
• cutter-perforating machine
• cut through index
• cutting board
• cutting machine
• cutting plates
• cutting stick
• cuttlebone
• cut to register
• cylinder machine

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