This is a list of all the questions and their associated study carrel identifiers. One can learn a lot of the "aboutness" of a text simply by reading the questions.
| identifier | question |
|---|---|
| 26672 | A much debated question is, how far the decoration of a binding should be influenced by the contents of the book? |
| 39075 | _ Shall books be sent to the bindery when in greatest demand?_ YES, when they can not be circulated further without permanent injury to them. |
| 39318 | How did the name originate? |
| 39318 | The question no longer is"How to prevent it?" |
| 39318 | but the more far- reaching one:"How to face the fact?" |
| 51522 | Is it possible to obtain a leather for bookbinding purposes as good and as durable as the leather produced from the 16th to 18th century? |
| 51522 | Now to deal with the answer to the first question, Why do modern leather bindings decay? |
| 51522 | Why do modern leather bindings decay? |
| 55056 | Can the process be improved?" |
| 55056 | What is the object of it? |
| 55056 | What propriety is there in putting Scott, or Irving, or Dickens, or Longfellow, in such a dress?" |
| 55056 | When performing a process, ask yourself the question,"Why is this done? |
| 38387 | (_ b_) Is the book much read? |
| 38387 | (_ b_) May not the library be better off without either the book or a substitute? |
| 38387 | (_ d_) If the book is much used, is it a book that the library wishes to circulate? |
| 38387 | (_ e_) If the book is not much read, is it a standard work? |
| 38387 | (_ f_) Can the book be replaced with a good reprint which will wear as long as a new binding and cost less? |
| 38387 | (_ g_) Is it an old edition, with poor paper and poor type? |
| 38387 | (_ i_) Is the book used so seldom that it can be recased or recovered by the library? |
| 38387 | A decision about new books which are popular is harder to make because it is fair to ask:(_ c_) Is the demand falling off? |
| 38387 | And what librarian does not desire more money for new books? |
| 38387 | CHAPTER XII PAMPHLETS Fortunately it is not necessary to decide here the ever- vexing question"When is a pamphlet not a pamphlet?" |
| 38387 | Can a good foreman be employed? |
| 38387 | In addition, however, it is sometimes necessary to ask the following:(_ a_) Are there later editions which are more valuable? |
| 38387 | Is the local rate of wages so high as to make the cost of the binding in the library equal the cost in a good bindery outside the city? |
| 38387 | Is there ample room in the building and is it easily adapted to binding purposes? |
| 38387 | Is there in the same city a library bindery which does satisfactory work at reasonable prices, or must work be sent a long distance away? |
| 38387 | When the book is finally worn out and must be withdrawn from circulation, the question always arises, must it be replaced with a new copy? |
| 38387 | Which shall go at the top of the book, author or title? |
| 38387 | Why should they be kept on the shelves when they are not used and ought not to be used? |
| 38387 | Why, after a mistake has been made, refuse to admit it? |
| 47456 | And is it not better economy to throw it away or sell it-- as it will probably never be wanted again-- than to spend money in binding it? |
| 47456 | As to its binding lasting too long, why should the librarian concern himself about the shell after the kernel is eaten? |
| 47456 | But, if kept for this purpose, does it need binding at all? |
| 47456 | Consider these questions in regard to it: Is it worth repairing? |
| 47456 | If not, has it not served its purpose and should it not be put away, rather than entail on the library another expense item in cost of binding? |
| 47456 | If so, would not a new copy be a better investment than the rebinding of this one? |
| 47456 | If so, would not the binding of it be a use of money far less justifiable than its original purchase? |
| 47456 | If the paper is good enough for rebinding, will it stand mending and further wear without making its ultimate binding very difficult? |
| 47456 | If there are other editions of this book obtainable, does this sample indicate that this particular edition is the best one to buy hereafter? |
| 47456 | If they are, can the library spare this copy because the demand for this particular title is past? |
| 47456 | If this is not the only copy of this book now in the library, are the other copies in good condition? |
| 47456 | Is it on poor paper, so poor that in our style of rebinding it will last but a short time? |
| 47456 | Many of them are rarely used; why rebind them at all, no matter how broken? |
| 47456 | Or is it perhaps of interest now simply as a part of the history of fiction and so still worth keeping? |
| 47456 | Shall it be put in morocco? |
| 47456 | Should it be covered? |
| 47456 | Should it be discarded? |
| 47456 | Should it be rebound; or what should be done with it? |
| 47456 | Should it be rebound? |
| 47456 | That is to say, if it is bound, will it not stand idle on the shelf? |
| 47456 | To the inquiry, does the method of rebinding which my library now employs give the best possible return for the money spent? |
| 47456 | Will not a little mending make it hold together sufficiently well? |
| 44890 | 28.--Border of the_ Grandes Heures_ of Antony Verard: Paris, 1498(?).] |
| 44890 | And who was this unknown designer, this painter of bold conceptions, whose work is complete in little nothings? |
| 44890 | Another question presents itself: Did the old printers employ casting, or did they print directly from the wood block itself? |
| 44890 | Are we to suppose, that duplicates of blocks passed between France and Germany, or was a copy made by a French designer? |
| 44890 | But what can be said to- day of these people? |
| 44890 | Had he completed it by applying to it the matrix and punch which had then and for centuries served the makers of seals and the money- coiners? |
| 44890 | However, what had become of engraving by cutting in reverse, the figure in relief, from which printing could be done? |
| 44890 | In other words, the block having been cut, did they make with it a mould into which melted metal could be poured to obtain a more resistant relief? |
| 44890 | In the middle of this turmoil, what became of the obscure persons who were then the printers of the Bible? |
| 44890 | Is it that they found there the descendants of Laurent Coster firmly established in their workshops? |
| 44890 | It is beyond doubt that this master produced for many works figures and ornaments, but what were the books? |
| 44890 | Must the coexistence, the simultaneous advance, of the invention in Germany and in the Low Countries be admitted? |
| 44890 | Now in the situation in which Gutenberg found himself, in the face of his rivals, had he not some claim to regard the great discovery as his own? |
| 44890 | This was true before, but after? |
| 44890 | Was it John Gaensefleisch, called Gutenberg, or possibly John Fust? |
| 44890 | Were not these engravers on wood printers themselves: the Commins, Guyot Marchants, Pierre Lecarrons, Jean Trepperels, and others? |
| 44890 | What better proof could be wished of the communion of ideas and tastes between the two collectors? |
| 44890 | When and where was this discovery produced? |
| 44890 | Who was this John? |
| 44890 | [ A] What would have become of this new process if the presses of Gutenberg had not brought their powerful assistance to the printing of engravings? |