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Page vii
... have not , as a rule , been referred to . Whenever the size " 8vo " is quoted it is used as implying 8vo et infra ( 12mo , 16mo , 24mo , or less ) . J. H. S. CONTENTS . SECTION I. - ON BOOKS GENERALLY . CHAPTER PREFACE . vii.
... have not , as a rule , been referred to . Whenever the size " 8vo " is quoted it is used as implying 8vo et infra ( 12mo , 16mo , 24mo , or less ) . J. H. S. CONTENTS . SECTION I. - ON BOOKS GENERALLY . CHAPTER PREFACE . vii.
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... less extensive patches of a reddish - brown colour . It is possible to remove " fox marks " if the injury is taken in time , but not otherwise ; for damp corrodes the tissue of the paper . When a book has become so scarce as to be ...
... less extensive patches of a reddish - brown colour . It is possible to remove " fox marks " if the injury is taken in time , but not otherwise ; for damp corrodes the tissue of the paper . When a book has become so scarce as to be ...
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... less to the renovation of prints , and in fact to paper of any kind which contains printed matter . Some papers , however , are more fibrous than others , and this fact furnishes another element which has to be taken into consideration ...
... less to the renovation of prints , and in fact to paper of any kind which contains printed matter . Some papers , however , are more fibrous than others , and this fact furnishes another element which has to be taken into consideration ...
Page 16
... less noticeable when the latter is folded into quires . The following measurements in inches will therefore be found sufficiently correct for our purpose . It must be remem- bered that these dimensions are for the whole sheet as it lies ...
... less noticeable when the latter is folded into quires . The following measurements in inches will therefore be found sufficiently correct for our purpose . It must be remem- bered that these dimensions are for the whole sheet as it lies ...
Page 18
... of 64 leaves ; that is , 128 pages . Although there are other smaller sizes , such as 72mo , 128mo , and the like , and many variations which are more or less arbitrary , they are very rarely met 18 THE LIBRARY MANUAL .
... of 64 leaves ; that is , 128 pages . Although there are other smaller sizes , such as 72mo , 128mo , and the like , and many variations which are more or less arbitrary , they are very rarely met 18 THE LIBRARY MANUAL .
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