Name/Title
Note. How to open a bookEntry/Object ID
2010.1.1735 (C.6b)Description
Notice. How to open a book. This notice ws found in the book "The Illustrious Life of William McKinley, our Martyred President" by Murat Halstead (2010.1.1735 (C.6).
NOTICE.
HOW TO OPEN A BOOK.
From "Modern Bookbinding."
Hold the book with its back on a smooth covered table; let the front board down, then the other, holding the leaves in one hand while you open a few leaves at the back, then a few at the front, and so on, alternately opening back and front, gently pressing open the sections till
you reach the center of the volume. Do this two or three times and you will obtain the best results. Open the volume violently or carelessly in anyone place and you will likely break the back and cause a start in the leaves. Never force the back of the book.
"A connoisseur many years ago, an excellent customer of mine, who thought he knew perfectly how to handle books, came into my office when I had an expensive binding just brought from the bindery ready to be sent home; he, before my eyes, took hold of the volume and
tightly holding the leaves in each hand, instead of allowing them free play, Violently opened it in the center and exclaimed: • How beautifully your bindings open!' I almost fainted. He
had broken the back of the volume and it had to be rebound."
3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. ; paper.
The back of the note is plain.Collection
BechtelAcquisition
Accession
2010.1Source or Donor
Mr. BechtelAcquisition Method
Gift/PurchaseCredit Line
BECHTEL