num_pages: 112
description: One of a kind * Everything in one * Do-it-yourselfEvery booklover knows the feeling when a favorite book is by water, a ripped dust jacket, a loose page. To throw the book out is unthinkable! The damage isn't serious enough for professional attention, but you don't want to risk further damage. What do you do?This elegant do-it-yourself kit containing manual and mending materials provides the solution.*        mending tears*        reattaching loose pages*        flattening wrinkles or folds*        drying water damage*        reinforcing covers*        repairing dust jackets*        repairing book corners*        tightening books in their cases*        fixing loose labels and bookplates*        reattaching paperback covers*        cleaning and care*        resources--        --        --        --        ----        Kit *        The Book Repair Manual -- written by experts on the preservation of books and illustrated with photographs and drawings -- provides step-by-step instructions for more than 20 repair projects and includes anecdotes about book collecting and book lovers. The Manual is handsomely designed and bound in hardcover.*        25 repair items (many in multiples), run the gamut from neutral pH adhesive, a bamboo brush, transparent mending tape, a stainless steel microspatula, and mat board to cotton gloves and bristol board. The mending materials are of the highest archival quality, and the only materials not supplied are common household items such as paper towels and scissors. These tools and materials are not only difficult to find, but would cost well over $100 if purchased individually.*        A source list for materials.This unique kit provides step-by-step instructions and all the materials you need to patch, preserve, repair, and restore the books you love in your own home--with no previous experience required.The kit o        The Booklover's Repair 81/4 x 101/4, 160-page hard-cover, gloriously  illustrated with more than 65 photographs and instructional drawingso        pH-neutral adhesiveo        document-cleaning pado        transparent mending tapeo        mounting and hinging tapeo        red cotton library tapeo        bone foldero        art gum erasero        soft white erasero        Pink Pearl erasero        microspatulao        dust clotho        silicone release papero        binder's boardo        archival mat boardo        Canson papero        cotton gloveso        bamboo brusho        china bristle brusho        artist brushes, #2 and #4o        knitting needleo        plastic cutting boardo        bulldog clampso        archival permanent glue stick
language: English
title: The Booklover's Repair Kit: First Aid for Home Libraries
titlecomplete: The Booklover's Repair Kit: First Aid for Home Libraries
genres: Books About Books, Reference, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 10
publisher: Knopf