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. 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.ToolboxTools 10Supplies 12Erasers 14Book Anatomy 17ExteriorDirty Book 19Leather Treatment 20Dry Leather 21Leather Red Rot 22Dirty Vellum 22Dirty Text Block Edges 23Dirty Dust Jacket 24Wrinkled Dust Jacket 25AugmentationStickers and Tape 26Library Pockets 27Bookplates 28Writing 29Call Numbers 31Correction Fluid 32LeavesLoose Leaf 34Torn Leaf 35Folded Leaf 36Loose Signature 36Embossed Page 37Missing/Damaged Endpapers 38Missing Free Endpaper 39Damaged Pastedown 39SpinesCocked Spine 42Shaken Hinge 42Weak Hinge 43Cracked Hinge 44Cracked Internal Gutter 45Missing Headband 46Missing...