Book Repair for Booksellers: A guide for booksellers offering practical advice on book repair

This is a very useful book. Note, the author does NOT address reattachment of a detached board (cover). This is a complex procedure best left to a pro if the book is valuable enough to warrant it.

The book was quite helpful in laying out the steps to repairing books, and the materials needed for the repairs. But I quickly realized I could replace one of my favorite cookbooks, The King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary Cookbook, for far less money on Amazon, and just copy my years of handwritten notes from the old, ragged, stained version to the new.

Clearing out and found several books that were my mother's and my grandmothers from the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with loose binding and torn pages that for sentimental reasons I want to save the books - had no idea how without spending tons of money to have the books professionally preserved - not in my pocketbook and so this book is guiding me to some easy fixes that I had no idea how it was done - the fixes are easy to follow with materials listed for each fix...

This is an extremely practical, no-frills book about book repair that anyone can use. It contains a list of tools/supplies. The author gives you warnings about when NOT to bother repairing a book (especially if you are a book seller). Then, the author systematically goes through the most common book repair scenarios and, usually, several solutions to each one. If you even have just one good book that needs some cleaning, taping or other repairs, you should definitely look at this book.

This is a thin book, but it's information is worthwhile, with on the whole good suggestions for booksellers. I tend to keep repairs to a minimum and the book matched my perspective. It does miss one of the most useful products, silica gel. Silica gel, powdered stuff available at craft stores for drying flowers, is a handy thing for booksellers and collectors. Scattered on shelves or in boxes it prevents silverfish more effectively than anything else. It is also for moisture control, and is widely used by museums, as well as being the packets found with electronics. I have used it in isolation boxes when I have had moistured damaged books.

This book offers several different techniques for each problem. You choose the technique that is most comfortable to you. Not a lot of pages, but I'm more of an action speaks louder than words type of guy. Find the problem, find the solution, and get to work!I also thoroughly enjoyed the supply list. Now I have all the tools, and it's just a matter of experience with the techniques. Book repair, in my opinion, is fun. This book spells it all out. And gets you going. I'll use this book a lot for repairing my personal library. Great and easy to understand.

This book has a lot to offer as somewhat of a reference, especially on materials.The book suffers from too few diagrams explaining the repairs and too many undefined words. I know the author must know what these terms mean, but the author should explain them to us. Otherwise, it's time to Google the word so not all is lost.I did find out what "recto" and "verso" are, and that came in handy watching "The Chase" TV quiz show the other night.

This book has everything you need on how to repair old books. It is well written and easy to understand. The Table of Contents is well organized. I am not a bookseller but instead have a fascination for old books. Every old book that I treasure is not in good shape. This book helps you not only improve the esthetics of the book but also to repair the functionality of the book. It covers stains, pencil markings, gum, ect. This is a must have! I am definitely happy with my purchase.

I thought it might give you some information about repairing books.The book was mainly for people who have book shops and how to keep the books.

Great for repairing the album

A useful guide to restoring books which the reader hopes to sell. It provides guidelines to how I might increase the sales appeal of some old books in poor condition which I own

Great tips inside. Not disappointed with this purchase. And yes I would recommend.

Very limited information, and certainly nothing that wouldn't easily be obtained from the internet.Lacks any detailed images, a few hand drawn simple sketches.Overall not worth the money.