Book Repair for Booksellers: A Handy Guide for Booksellers and Book Collectors Offering Practical Advice on How to Improve the Quality and Look of Your Books and Ephemera

by Jane Godsey, Joyce Godsey

Book Repair for Booksellers
80 pps, Trade Paper, 6″ x 9″
ISBN -10: 1442137320
ISBN -13: 978-1442137325
Also available in Kindle edition

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Copyright © 2013, J. Godsey and Sicpress.com

A handy guide for booksellers and book collectors offering practical advice on how to improve the quality and look of your books and ephemera. Finally a book on book repair for the rest of us. Clear, easy to follow directions for repairing books at home or in the shop. Includes torn pages, shaken spines, library pockets, bookplates, stickers, crayon, writing, insects, leather care and much more. 80 pages.

Toolbox
Tools 10
Supplies 12
Erasers 14
Book Anatomy 17
Exterior
Dirty Book 19
Leather Treatment 20
Dry Leather 21
Leather Red Rot 22
Dirty Vellum 22
Dirty Text Block Edges 23
Dirty Dust Jacket 24
Wrinkled Dust Jacket 25
Augmentation
Stickers and Tape 26
Library Pockets 27
Bookplates 28
Writing 29
Call Numbers 31
Correction Fluid 32
Leaves
Loose Leaf 34
Torn Leaf 35
Folded Leaf 36
Loose Signature 36
Embossed Page 37
Missing/Damaged Endpapers 38
Missing Free Endpaper 39
Damaged Pastedown 39
Spines
Cocked Spine 42
Shaken Hinge 42
Weak Hinge 43
Cracked Hinge 44
Cracked Internal Gutter 45
Missing Headband 46
Missing Ribbon Marker 47
Split Spine (Perfect Bound Paperback) 48
Separated Spine & Cover/Torn Hinge (Cloth) 49
Boards
Bumped Corner 52
Bubbled Cloth 53
Discolored Cloth or Leather 53
Wet Book 54
Warped Boards 55
Hazards
Mold and Mildew 56
Visible Mold 56
Mold Odor 57
Unpleasant Odors 57
Acidic Materials 58
Testing 59
Deacidification 60
Insects 61
Protection
Dust Jacket Cover 63
Clear Book Cover 65
Text Block Wrap 66
Ephemera 68
Surface Cleaning 68
Removing Residue 69
Storing Ephemera 69
Self-Adhesive Albums 72
Storage
Shelving 73
Temperature, Humidity and Light 74
Shipping 74
Inner Layers 75
Outer Layers 75

Genres: Books About Books, Library Science, Nonfiction

80 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 22, 2009

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading this thinking it would be nice and dry and help me fall asleep quickly at night. Instead I read it in two nights because it was so fasinating. The only thing that would have made it better would have been diagrams to help better visualize the techniques described.

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

The ideas and information were fine, but I was very much aware that it was a vanity publication since there were quite a few typos and the layout wasn't anything to write home about.

[Mr. Rajeev Hemmadi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written with a lot of practical tips. Would have been even better with diagrams to help explain the more complex procedures.

[Ietrio · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book since the introduction - the cases presented are excellent for all kinds of businesses, not just book selling.