Some Neanderthal* glued the spine of this book’s textblock to its case, in an attempt to repair it. Now I have to poultice it back off before we send it to the bindery for commercial binding. *apologies to any other anthropology people out there for my stupid joke.
Don’t read and drive, folks.
Proper tape removal etiquette requires the pinky finger to be extended.
This is how your phase box sausage gets made. We have our old guillotine fitted with a crimper blade (instead of the normal sharp blade) that we use to make the folded parts on phase boxes.
Monday morning blob of spine cleaning boogers.
Cracked leather, worn joints.
This book is very photogenic! Note the marbled paper binder’s waste used as a spine inlay for the case.
Gold-stamped image of a pitcher plant on the insect-damaged cover of “Recollections of a Happy Life” by Marianne North.
Orientation marks on the spine of a book, post-cleaning/removal of the spine lining. These marks were to help the binder make sure all the signatures were in the right orientation before binding.
Book sewing supplies: thread, needles, beeswax. Kept in a library card catalog drawer.