Modern Typographic 19 <sup>th</sup>-20 <sup>th</sup> Century Book Covering: Binding or Restoration
At present many 19th-20th century books are in peculiar typographic covering. It is difficult to define this type of work as binding, however, it should be appreciated that their basic elements have been preserved in a slightly changed way. The appearance and further functioning of typographic book covering are a part of typographic work. Such editions are simple and easy-to-produce and financially acceptable. The books were becoming more available, and the customers had a chance to order the book binding to their tastes and their financial position. Unsatisfactory safety conditions of editions in typographic covers require to conduct a number of conservation measures. The main problem is to choose relevant methods. Today, the practice of conservation-restoration has numerous established methods to preserve editions in typographic covers. We may notice general conservation-restoration methods for all of documents, such as stitching of blocks, restoration of paper basis, etc. However, the choice of methods and concrete program of conservation measures is individual and depends on the state of the given document.