Book Binding And Mending Made Easy Designed For The Instruction Of All School Children

Author : J. Halliday
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332105526
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Bookbinding as a Handwork Subject written by J. Halliday and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bookbinding as a Handwork Subject: Being a Full Explanation of How Books Can Be Bound With Simple Apparatus in a School Classroom As a firm believer in the educative power of handicraft, it is a true pleasure to find that Mr. Halliday has, in his Handbook of Bookbinding, supplied what, so far as I know, has been a real want. He has not only written clearly and concisely, but he has admirably illustrated the instruction he gives. He has gone carefully into the prices of tools and materials, and has shown that the work of bookbinding can be graded for the various standards of children which may take up the occupation under their school-teacher's supervision. It is a great matter that nearly all the apparatus can be made by the pupils themselves, and the interest of the processes is ensured by the appeal which the work makes not to one sense only but to many senses. It appeals to craft of hand. It appeals to the delight of the eye, and not least to the creative sense that is astonished at the result and the usefulness of its labour. Last, but not least, the art of bookbinding is one that can be learned and practised by girls as well as by boys, and it will be found that, having once learned the rudiments, it is a pleasant fireside occupation for long evenings at home, which will materially add to the neatness and good order of the household, and save much expense at the same time. The child who has gone through this course will make its own Christmas cards, its own note-books, its own volumes of stories, and its own bindings for papers and magazines. I heartily commend this little volume of practical help to teachers and scholars alike. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.