Basic Book Repair Methods

(Paperback)

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This practical manual shows readers how to preserve cloth-bound library books. It gives detailed instructions for the cleaning and mending of paper, book hinge repair, case and textblock re-attachment, cloth rebacking and retitling. It describes procedures chronologically and illustrates them with black and white photographs. Supply lists are provided with each procedure and a bibliography of supporting literature is also included. These simple-to-learn steps are geared primarily to nonvaluable material and can be used as easily by nonprofessionals as professionals. The book can be used as a repair manual in libraries or as a training tool.

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Nearly every page includes a photograph...of the procedure described. Taken from the practitioner's point of view, the photographs are an invaluable feature.-Feliciter
Offers well-illustrated, step-by-step methods for mending damaged books...A very practical manual for fixing nonvaluable items from the general collections.-College & Research Libraries News
Procedures are described in chronological sequence with photographs showing the techniques.-Teacher Librarian
Provides well-illustrated instructions on how to salvage and preserve cloth-bound books.-American Libraries
The manual can be used by anyone interested in the repair of books and can serve as a teaching tool for workshops and materials repair departments.-Journal of Academic Librarianship
"Nearly every page includes a photograph...of the procedure described. Taken from the practitioner's point of view, the photographs are an invaluable feature."-Feliciter
"Procedures are described in chronological sequence with photographs showing the techniques."-Teacher Librarian
"Provides well-illustrated instructions on how to salvage and preserve cloth-bound books."-American Libraries
"The manual can be used by anyone interested in the repair of books and can serve as a teaching tool for workshops and materials repair departments."-Journal of Academic Librarianship
"Offers well-illustrated, step-by-step methods for mending damaged books...A very practical manual for fixing nonvaluable items from the general collections."-College & Research Libraries News

Author Bio

ABRAHAM A. SCHECHTER, a professional archivist and conservator, is an instructor specializing in photographic archives and book repair in Portland, Maine.