Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology

Table of Contents

W

• wagon
• wainscot
• wallet edge
• walnut marble
• walrus hide
• warbles
• warehouse work
• warm colors
• warp
• warping
• waste sheet
• water
• watercolor inks
• watercolor paper
• watered silk
• water glass
• waterleaf
• watermark
• waterproof
• water resistance
• Waters, Peter
• water stain
• water-vapor permeability
• wattle (bark)
• waved
• wavelengths
• wave marble
• wavy edges
• wax
• wax emulsion
• wax resist
• wax size
• wear resistance
• web
• webbing
• wedge shaped
• weft
• well-closed formation
• "w" endpaper
• west end marble
• wet press
• wet-rub resistance
• wet-salting
• wet strength
• wet-strength paper
• wettability
• wetting
• wetting agent
• wetting down
• wetting out
• Whatman, James
• wheeling
• whipping
• whip stitching
• whistling joint
• white dressing
• white edges
• white gold
• whiteness
• white size
• white spot
• whittawed leather
• wholesale trade binding
• wide lines
• wild
• willow
• willow calf
• willow side
• windows
• "window" copy
• wire binding
• wire lines
• wire sewing
• wire side
• wire stabbing
• wire thread
• witherite
• without spring-back or hubs
• with the grain
• witness
• wood
• wood ashes
• woodcut book covers
• wood flour
• wood paste
• woof
• wool wax
• wooze
• worked headband
• working life
• wormhole
• Wotton, Thomas
• wove
• wove paper
• wraparound cover
• wrap arounds
• wrapper binding
• wrappers
• wrapping
• wrapping bands
• wringer
• wringing
• wringing down
• writing foil
• wrong side