Excerpt from Binding for Libraries: Suggestions Prepared by the A. L. A. Committee on Bookbinding In using these specifications librarians should take note that they are suggestions only and not hard and fast rules to be followed slavishly at all times. It may well be that other methods now in use are giving as good results. When such is the case no change should be made, due Care being taken to ascertain that results from other methods are all that they ought to be. It is claimed for these specifications, however, that if they are followed conscientiously by good binders they will produce books which will give the service required in public library work. They may be used by any binder with only such modifications as local conditions make necessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.