Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

Table of Contents

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• sabai grass
• saddle
• saddle sewing
• saddle soap
• saddle stitching
• sailcloth
• salicylanilide
• salicylic acid
• salimeter
• salt
• salts of tartar
• salt sprout
• salt stains
• sammying
• sample back
• sandarac gum
• sanding
• Sangorski, Francis
• saponification
• satin
• satin stitch
• satin white
• sawing in
• saw kerf binding
• sawn-in cord sewing
• scaleboard
• scales binder
• scenic binding
• scent of Russia
• school prize binding
• score
• scored calf
• scored hides
• scoring
• scoring machine
• Scotch grain
• Scotch knife
• Scottish style
• scouring
• scraper
• scratted paper
• screw binder
• scrinium
• scroll
• scrow
• scud
• scudding
• scuffing
• scuff resistance
• sealskin
• seasoned splits
• seasoning
• sebaceous gland
• secondary bevel
• secondary binding
• secondary colors
• second impression
• second lining
• seconds
• section
• sectional post binder
• section B
• sectioning machine
• selection factors
• self-cover
• self-endpapers
• self heating
• self-vulcanizing
• se-lin labeling system
• selvage
• semé
• semi-chemical pulp
• semi-chrome box calf
• semi-chrome tannage
• semi-elliptical spine
• semis
• separate cover
• sepia inks
• set
• set-off
• set-off boards
• set out
• set square
• setting meters
• setting out
• setting temperature
• setting the caps
• setting the joint
• setting the squares
• setting time
• Settle, Elkanah
• du Seuil, Augustin 1673-1746)
• sewing
• sewing bench
• sewing clamp
• sewing frame
• sewing heart
• sewing in the round
• sewing key
• sewing machine
• sewing not to show
• sewing on cords
• sewing on tapes
• sewing stick
• sewing thread
• sewing to show
• sewn regular
• sexternion
• shade
• shade-craft watermark
• shaded tool
• shadow watermark
• shagreen
• shake
• shaken back
• shammy
• sharkskin
• sharpening agent
• shave
• shaved weight
• shaving
• shaving machine
• shaving tub
• shea butter
• shearing strength
• shears
• sheepskin
• sheepskin split
• sheep vellum
• sheet
• sheeting
• sheet stock
• sheetwork
• shelfback
• shelf life
• shell
• shellac
• shellac size
• shell gold
• shingling
• shive
• shoder
• shoes
• short hair
• shortness
• shorts
• shoulder
• show side
• show through
• shrinkage
• shrink temperature
• shut
• shuttle mark
• shuttle threads
• side
• side cut
• side papers
• side sewing
• side stitching
• side title
• siding
• sifted chalk
• sighting
• signature
• signature and catchword line
• signature mark
• signed bindings
• signet
• sig water
• silica
• silica gel
• silk
• silk cord
• silk flyleaves
• silk gauze
• silking
• silk pattern
• silk-screen printing
• silk-screen prints
• silk sewn
• silk stitch
• silk thread
• silvered
• silverfish
• silver leaf
• Singer sewing
• single coated paper
• single-section book
• single-shear stroke
• single spread
• singleton
• sisal
• six on
• sixteenmo
• sixty-fourmo
• size
• sizes of paper
• sizing
• skeleton guard book
• skeleton marked
• skewings
• skimming
• skin
• skin dresser
• skinned
• skipped coating
• skirt
• skive
• skiver
• slack sized
• slack tanned
• slicker
• slicking
• sliding knife
• slip
• slipcase
• slippage
• slips
• slipsheet
• slitting
• slunk
• small paper copy
• smalt
• smash
• smashing
• smashing machine
• Smith, Charles Philip
• smoked tool
• smoke tanning
• smooth calf
• smooth calf binding
• smoothness
• smut tape
• smyrna morocco
• Smyth-Cleat sewing
• Smyth, David McConnell
• snail marble
• snakeskin
• snuffing
• soak-fleshing
• soaking
• soda
• soda ash
• soda pulp
• sodium bifloride
• sodium bisulfite
• sodium borohydride
• sodium carbonate
• sodium chlorate
• sodium chloride
• sodium chlorite
• sodium cyanide
• sodium formate
• sodium hydrosulfide
• sodium hydrosulfite
• sodium hydroxide
• sodium hypochlorite
• sodium nitrite
• sodium peroxide
• sodium p-toluenesulphon-chloroamide
• sodium silicate
• sodium sulfide
• sodium thiosulfate
• soft
• soft cover
• softener
• softening the back
• soft sized
• Solander box
• solid
• solid board
• solid fraction
• solid gilt
• solids content
• solid tool
• solid tooling
• soluble nylon
• solvents
• solvent sizing
• solvent tannage
• sorbitol
• sorghum guineense dye
• sour dip
• spangles
• Spanish
• Spanish grain
• Spanish leather
• Spanish marble
• s pattern
• spatter papers
• special edition
• special volume
• specific adhesion
• specification slip
• specific gravity
• specific heat
• speckled calf
• speckled sand edge
• spent tannin
• spermaceti wax
• sperm oil
• spew
• spine
• spine fold
• spine lining
• spine lining fabric
• spine lining paper
• spine marking
• spinner
• spiral binding
• spiral laid
• spirex binding
• spirit of salts
• splash papers
• splice
• split
• split back-gauge
• split boards
• split cover
• split fountain
• split hide
• split stitch
• splitting
• spokeshave
• spot binding
• spot marble
• spotting
• sprays
• spread
• spreading
• spready hide
• spring-back
• spring channel binder
• sprinkled calf
• sprinkled edges
• sprinkling
• sprinkling water
• square
• square back
• square blanks
• square corner
• squared
• square form
• squares
• square sheet
• stabbing
• stabbing machine
• stability
• stabilized
• stab sewing
• stab-sewn endpaper
• stab stitching
• stag hide
• stain
• stained edges
• stained label
• stained top
• staking
• staling
• stamp
• stanchgrain
• standardized lettering
• standing instructions
• standing press
• staple
• staple binder
• stapled
• starch
• starched edges
• starched-filled fabric
• starch place
• start
• starting charge
• starved joint
• static electricity
• stationery binding
• stationery endpapers
• stave
• steamboat boards
• steamboating
• steamset
• steenbok
• steer hide
• stencil
• stencil prints
• steps
• stiasny test
• stick
• stick mark
• stick prints
• stiffen
• stiffened paper covers
• stiffener
• stiff leaf
• stiffness
• stilted
• stippled edges
• stitcher-trimmer machine
• stitching
• stock
• stocking
• stone marble
• stone papers
• stops
• storage life
• stormont marble
• straight
• straight-grain
• straight-grained roan
• strappings
• strapwork
• straw
• strawboard
• stretch
• strike
• strike in
• strike through
• striking out
• stringiness
• string prints
• strip covers
• strip gumming
• stripping
• stripping machine
• stub
• stub book
• stuck-on headband
• stuffing
• stumpwork embroidery
• stylus
• substance
• substantive dyes
• substrate
• subway test
• sudoriferous glands
• suede leather
• sulfate paper
• sulfate process
• sulfite process
• sulfonated oils
• sulfur dioxide
• sulfuric acid
• sulfurous acid
• sulfurous anhydride
• sulfur oxide
• sulfur trioxide
• sumac
• sun damage
• sundex process
• sunfast
• sun spots
• super
• "super" binding
• supercalender
• superficial fascia
• superfinish
• supported French joint
• surface-active agent
• surface color
• surface papers
• surface sized
• surface-size press
• surface tension
• surfactant
• Sutcliffe, George
• "Sutherland" decoration
• sweat glands
• sweating
• sweet oil
• swell
• swelling
• symmetrical design
• syneresis
• syntans
• synthetic glues
• synthetic leveling agents
• synthetic resins