Bookbinding Crossword
By Christine Cox

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Across

  1. hand-written document
  2. Polyvinyl acetate
  3. Metal studs used to protect a leather book from becoming damaged
  4. Metal hardware on a book
  5. Tool used to apply adhesives
  6. Tool used to make holes for sewing
  7. Paper decorated by laying on size covered in paint
  8. Binding structure where block and cover are made separately and then joined with adhesive
  9. Label identifying owner of book
  10. Joining signatures
  11. Egg white concoction used in gilding
  12. Gap between spine of book and cover boards
  13. A piece of paper folded in half
  14. Stains and blotches on text paper
  15. Right-hand page of an open book
  16. Tool for applying weight
  17. Low-tack adhesive made from wood or cotton
  18. Forming spine of book into rounded shape with shoulders

Down

  1. Knot commonly used for joining new thread
  2. Inscription with details of book's fabrication
  3. Applying gold
  4. Most common historic book covering
  5. Stitch used to hold signatures together
  6. Archaic word for signature/section
  7. Board used for book covers
  8. Sewn, bought or made at head and tail of book
  9. Gold leaf reduced to powder
  10. Tooled without gold
  11. Posts used to temporarily or permanently bind single sheets
  12. Expansion at spine caused by sewing
  13. Also called "concertina"
  14. Pages wrinkled by humidity
  15. Thinning leather for turn-ins
  16. Binding made without boards; usually leather
  17. 15th century book made to be hung from habit cord of a cleric
  18. Adhesive made from animals
  19. Bottom edge of book
  20. Used to keep sewing thread from fraying
  21. Forming spine of book into a 1/3 circle before backing
  22. Top edge of book