Definitions of Binding Categories
Roswell Bookbinding offers four basic binding categories:
Preservewell
Periodicals
For all serials up to 14" in height. The basic price includes
Standard Periodical Collation (sequence check, quick check for completeness and gutter margins,
and verification of leaf attachment method ), F grade Buckram in the library's choice of 24
colors, up to 7 lines of stamping, double fan gluing or oversewing, rounding and backing,
cotton backlining, and ropes used in casemaking for serials 1" thick or over.
Monographs
For all Monographs up to 14" in height. The basic price includes a
check of the pagination, verification of the leaf attachment method, an F grade Buckram cover
in the binder's choice of colors, up to 5 lines of stamping, save sewing, double fan gluing or
oversewing, rounding and backing, cotton reinforcing cloth, and ropes used in casemaking for
books over 1" thick. The cotton reinforcing cloth is added as additional reinforcement for LBI
Standard work as defined in section 10.1 of the 8th edition of the LBI Standard for Library
Binding.
Economy monographs
For all monographs up to 14" in height. The book is bound in the order
received from the library. The basic price includes a cursory examination of the book, a C grade
cloth cover, save sewing, or double fan gluing, a square back configuration (no rounding and
backing is done ), no ropes are used in casemaking, and up to 5 lines are stamped for title
and author on the spine.
Preservewell mylar
For all paperback books that need to be collated, not trimmed, or have
the sewing saved. The original cover is laminated with a durable clear film and is used as
the cover material with which they make the hardcover. They extend the paper back cover on
the front and back to allow for the increased size of a Save The Sewing and No Trim text block.
Economy mylar
For all paperback books that do not need special handing.
The text pages must be able to be trimmed a full one eighth of an inch on all 4 sides.
Is not suitable for volumes with foldouts or pockets or heavy volumes with glossy coated paper.
Save the sewing
Recommended for all monographs with artifactual value, single copies, and
volumes with narrow margins.
Sew through the fold
Recommended for volumes with artifactual value, single copies, and volumes
with narrow margins. The volume must have been produced in signatures.
Double fan glue
Recommended for volumes 2" thick or less printed on uncoated paper. Coated paper can be glued successfully if the volume does not contain stiff, overly thick covers or short grained paper.
Oversewing
Recommended for volumes over 2" thick, volumes printed on glossy coated paper, volumes with a gutter margin of at least 5/8" thick, and volumes with stiff or laminated covers.
Wraparound
A wrap-around combines the book with a slip case to house folded maps, charts, music
scores, photographic plates, or other loose items and is usually necessary when the loose
material exceeds the thickness of the volume itself.
