Basic Book Repair Methods - by Abraham Schechter (Paperback)

About the Book

Don't throw them out-repair them! This practical manual shows you how to preserve cloth-bound library books. Schechter gives detailed instructions for the cleaning and mending of paper, book hinge repair, case and textblock reattachment, cloth rebacking, and retitling. He 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.

Book Synopsis

Don't throw them out-repair them! This practical manual shows you how to preserve cloth-bound library books. Schechter gives detailed instructions for the cleaning and mending of paper, book hinge repair, case and textblock reattachment, cloth rebacking, and retitling. He 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.

Review Quotes

?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

About the Author

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