This practical manual shows readers how to preserve cloth-bound library books. It gives detailed instructions for the cleaning and mending of paper, book hinge repair, case and textblock re-attachment, cloth rebacking and retitling.

This practical manual shows readers how to preserve cloth-bound library books. It gives detailed instructions for the cleaning and mending of paper, book hinge repair, case and textblock re-attachment, cloth rebacking and retitling. It 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.