Formulas For 

 Bookbinders 



LOUIS H. KINDER 



Author of "The Whisper' 1 

 and Head Binder in 

 TheRoycroft Shop 



Being a collection of Trade Formulas, the result of 

 twenty-five years' study and practice in the Arts 

 of Tooling in Gold, Edge-Gilding, Marbling, 

 Stamping, and the various other departments 

 of bookbinding. 

 CIRCULARS ON APPLICATION 



SOME OF THE SUBJECTS COVERED 



Finishing and Stamping Edge Gilding and Metal Edges 



Stamping of Ooze Leather Colored & Red-under-Gold Edges 



Tooling of Levant Book-Edge Marbling 



Stamping of Silk (Badges, etc.) Miscellaneous Formulas 



Only those who have struggled to attain perfection can 

 appreciate the value of this volume. Here are trade 

 secrets for which men have paid, and wisely, thousands 

 of dollars secrets that have heretofore been jealously 

 guarded by the masters of this most difficult craft. 

 This book will be of great benefit to every binder who 

 is satisfied only with the best. Bench workers have 

 very little time for experiment they want results, and 

 here Mr. Kinder, a master, steps in and gives you 

 just the final word you need. 



On Imperial Japan Paper, One Hundred and Twenty Pages, size 

 of page 9x12. Bound solidly and plainly in boards. The Price is 

 Twenty-Five Dollars in advance. 



THE ROYCROFTERS 



East Aurora, Erie County, New York 



