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The Making of a Book in 1925

. . . at Oxford University Press: a short course in book history and production in the early 20th century. Three videos:

From the Oxford University Press Archive: http://www.oup.com/uk/archives/

The "Girls' Section" of OUP's bindery. Printed sheets are folded by the women using ivory rulers (also known as bone folders), and the folded sheets are then gathered into sections to be sewn. Women are little-credited in the history of the book.