holland
A cotton or linen fabric, usually in plain weave
and heavily sized or glazed, and, when used in
bookbinding, gummed. The holland is used in a
technique of library rebinding in which a sewing
machine automatically feeds two narrow strips of
gummed cloth in such a manner that the sewing
passes through the holland and the paper. The book
to be sewn is prepared as for oversewing, i.e.,
the leaves are divided into thin "sections," which
are run through the sewing machine one at a time,
with a strip of gummed holland being sewn
simultaneously to each side of the "section."
After all of the "sections" have been sewn, the
strips of holland are moistened, and the book is
jogged and then pressed until the gum has dried.
The strips of holland hold the "sections" together
along the binding edge. This technique is
sometimes employed when the paper of the book is
too embrittled, or otherwise weakened, to allow
oversewing; however, it is seldom very successful,
as the paper usually fails at the juncture of
paper and holland. (339 )
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