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Authors: Sharon Mcqueen, Ellen Latorraca
ISBN-13: 9780810852242, ISBN-10: 0810852241
Format: Paperback
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Date Published: September 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Sharon Mcqueen

Book Synopsis

In-House Bookbinding and Repair is a working document that contains information on setting up both a basic bookbindery and repair lab (i.e. the design, equipment, tools, and supplies needed) and instructions on rebinding and repairing cloth-bound books. Highly illustrated to greater enhance its usefulness, this manual also covers various aspects of book repair and conservation, and contains appendixes on manufacturers and suppliers of materials and products discussed in the text, an extensive Glossary of terms, a separate section on World Wide Web Resources, and a helpful bibliography. This manual will prove valuable to libraries of all sizes and locations.

Table of Contents

Pt. 1Setting up shop
1The environment1
2The equipment7
3The tools15
4The supplies23
Pt. 2The process recasing a 20th- or 21st-century book31
5Parts of a book and types of damage33
6Preservation awareness39
7Preparing the text block47
8Resewing61
9Making the case67
10Casing in73
11The hollow tube77
12Rebacking83
13Saving provenance89

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