[Transcriber's note: Obvious printer's errors have been corrected, all other inconsistencies are as in the original. The author's spelling has been maintained.]
THE BUILDING OF A BOOK
A SERIES OF PRACTICAL ARTICLES WRITTEN BY EXPERTS IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OF BOOK MAKING AND DISTRIBUTING
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THEODORE L. DE VINNE
EDITED BY FREDERICK H. HITCHCOCK
THE GRAFTON PRESS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1906, By THE GRAFTON PRESS. Published December, 1906.
DEDICATED TO READERS AND LOVERS OF BOOKS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY
FOREWORD
"The Building of a Book" had its origin in the wish to give practical, non-technical information to readers and lovers of books. I hope it will also be interesting and valuable to those persons who are actually engaged in book making and selling.
All of the contributors are experts in their respective departments, and hence write with authority. I am exceedingly grateful to them for their very generous efforts to make the book a success.
THE EDITOR.
ARTICLES AND CONTRIBUTORS
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INTRODUCTION 1 By THEODORE L. DE VINNE, of Theodore L. De Vinne & Company, Printers, New York.
THE AUTHOR 4 By GEORGE W. CABLE, Author of "Grandissimes," "The Cavalier," and other books. Resident of Northampton, Massachusetts.
THE LITERARY AGENT 9 By PAUL R. REYNOLDS, Literary Agent, New York, representing several English publishing houses and American authors.
THE LITERARY ADVISER 16 By FRANCIS W. HALSEY, formerly Editor of the New York Times Saturday Review of Books, and literary adviser for D. Appleton & Company. Now literary adviser for Funk & Wagnalls Company, New York.
THE MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT 25 By LAWTON L. WALTON, in charge of the manufacturing department of The Macmillan Company, Publishers, New York.
THE MAKING OF TYPE 31 By L. BOYD BENTON, Mechanical Manager of the Jersey City factory of the American Type Founders' Company.
HAND COMPOSITION AND ELECTROTYPING 41 By J. STEARNS CUSHING, of J. S. Cushing & Company, Norwood, Massachusetts, one of the three concerns forming the Norwood Press.
COMPOSITION BY THE LINOTYPE MACHINE 53 By FREDERICK J. WARBURTON, Treasurer of the Mergenthaler Linotype Machine Company.
COMPOSITION BY THE MONOTYPE MACHINE 66 By PAUL NATHAN, a member of Wood & Nathan, New York, selling agents for the Lanston Monotype Machine.
PROOF-READING 77 By GEORGE L. MILLER, with the Charles Francis Press, New York.
PAPER MAKING 89 By HERBERT W. MASON, of S. D. Warren & Company, Paper Makers, Boston, Massachusetts.
PRESSWORK 99 By WALTER J. BERWICK, of Berwick & Smith Company, Norwood, Massachusetts, one of the three concerns constituting the Norwood Press.
THE PRINTING PRESS 112 By OTTO L. RAABE, with R. Hoe & Company, New York, Printing Press Manufacturers.
PRINTING INK 139 By JAMES A. ULLMAN, of Sigmund Ullman Company, Ink Makers, New York.
THE PRINTER'S ROLLER 144 By ALBERT S. BURLINGHAM, President of the National Roller Company, New York.
THE ILLUSTRATOR 154 By CHARLES D. WILLIAMS, Artist, New York.
HALF-TONE, LINE, AND COLOR PLATES 164 By EMLYN M. GILL, President of the Gill Engraving Company, New York.
THE WAX PROCESS 176 By ROBERT D. SERVOSS, Engraver of maps, etc., by the wax process, New York.
MAKING INTAGLIO PLATES 180 By ELMER LATHAM, Manager of the mechanical department of M. Kramer & Company, Photogravure Makers, Brooklyn, New York.
PRINTING INTAGLIO PLATES 190 By GEORGE W. H. RITCHIE, Printer of photogravure plates, etchings, etc., New York.
THE GELATINE PROCESS 198 By EMIL JACOBI, Manager of the factory of the Campbell Art Company, New York, and Elizabeth, New Jersey.
LITHOGRAPHY 204 By CHARLES WILHELMS, late of Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing and Printing Company, Brooklyn, New York.
COVER DESIGNING 216 By AMY RICHARDS, Artist, New York, her specialty being cover designs.
THE COVER STAMPS 221 By GEORGE BECKER, of Becker Brothers Company, Die Cutters, New York.
BOOK CLOTHS 226 By HENRY P. KENDALL, of the Holliston Mills, Book Cloth Manufacturers, Norwood, Massachusetts.
BOOK LEATHERS 234 By ELLERY C. BARTLETT, of Louis Dejonge & Company, Dressers and Importers of Book Leathers, New York.
THE BINDING 237 By JESSE FELLOWES TAPLEY, President of J. F. Tapley Company, Binders, New York.
SPECIAL BINDINGS 248 By HENRY BLACKWELL, Fine Binder, New York.
COPYRIGHTING 257 By FREDERICK H. HITCHCOCK, Member of the New York Bar; President of The Grafton Press, Publishers, New York.
PUBLICITY 269 By VIVIAN BURNETT, formerly in charge of the Publicity Department of McClure, Phillips & Company, Publishers, New York.
REVIEWING AND CRITICISING 292 By WALTER LITTLEFIELD, a Member of the Staff of the New York Times Saturday Review of Books, and literary correspondent of the _Chicago Record-Herald_, and other papers.
THE TRAVELLING SALESMAN 303 By HARRY A. THOMPSON, formerly representing John Lane, and Small, Maynard & Company, Publishers. Now one of the Associate Editors of the _Saturday Evening Post_, Philadelphia.
SELLING AT WHOLESALE 320 By JOSEPH E. BRAY, formerly with A. C. McClurg & Company, Wholesalers, Chicago. Now with the Outing Publishing Company, New York.
SELLING AT RETAIL 328 By WARREN SNYDER, Manager of the Book Stores of John Wanamaker, Philadelphia and New York.
SELLING BY SUBSCRIPTION 339 By CHARLES S. OLCOTT, Manager of the Subscription Department of Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Company, New York.
SELLING AT AUCTION 350 By JOHN ANDERSON, Jr., President of the Anderson Auction Company, New York.
SELECTING FOR A PUBLIC LIBRARY 362 By ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Chief of the Circulation Department of the New York Public Library.
RARE AND SECOND-HAND BOOKS 370 By CHARLES E. GOODSPEED, Dealer in Rare and Second-hand Books, Boston.
THE BUILDING OF A BOOK