Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

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printing sticks

Small pieces of wood, usually about three inches in length and of various cross sections, made of close-grained wood in order to impress an even print, and used in the execution of decorative end- and cover papers. (86 )




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