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Modern bookbinding; diamond jubilee gives a New York firm a chance to rededicate itself. (Hamilton Printing Company Inc.)
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Graphic Arts Monthly
| Date:
March 1, 1989
| COPYRIGHT 1989 Reed Business Information. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information
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Modern Bookbinding
Bookbinding, the art of fastening many pages together into a single volume and putting a cover on the volume, has been modernized and made more efficient since the art was introduced in the 10th Century, but the definition still applies," says the bindery superintendent at Hamilton Printing Co., Inc.
He adds that the earliest printed paper books were very heavy, with thick paper and covers made of wooden boards encased in leather. As books b...
