ContentsContentsPrefaceviiAcknowledgmentsix1—Cleaning Paper1About the Cleaning of Paper1Sequence for Using Cleaning Tools3Postscriptum52—Mending Paper7About the Mending of Paper7Mending with Pressure-Sensitive Tape8Mending with Heat-Set Tissue10Postscriptum14Mending with Wheat-Starch Paste and Japanese Paper14Postscriptum17Mending Tears by Directly Applying Wheat-Starch Paste183—Book Hinge Tightening19Textblock and Case19About Book Hinge Tightening20Postscriptum234—Repairing Interior Hinges25About Repairing Interior Hinges25Postscriptum285—Hinging-In Pages29About Hinging-In Pages29Postscriptum366—Case and Textblock Attachment37About Case and Textblock Attachment37Postscriptum497—Cloth Rebacking51About Cloth Rebacking51Postscriptum698—Retitling71About Retitling71Postscriptum74Post Postscriptum74Appendix 1—Wheat-Starch Paste Recipe77Appendix 2—Supply Retailers79Appendix 3—Glossary of Selected Terms81Appendix 4—For Further Reading83Reader's Notes85Index101
ABRAHAM A. SCHECHTER, a professional archivist and conservator, is an instructor specializing in photographic archives and book repair in Portland, Maine.
?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
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