Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books
A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology
nipping up
A covering technique which involves pressing the leather around the raised bands after it has been drawn over the spine of the book.
BAND NIPPERS
or a
BANDSTICK (1)
are usually used for this operation.
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