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Basic Book Repair Methods.(Review)
Basic Book Repair Methods. By Abraham A. Schechter. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1999. 102p. $19.50 (ISBN 156308-700-6). www.lu.com/.
Schechter covers several basic book repair techniques in this manual: cleaning and mending paper, tightening and repairing interior hinges, hinging in loose pages, cloth rebacking, casing in, and retitling. It appears that his primary audience is the novice who has never attempted book repair before.
The use of photographs taken from the perspective of the person doing the work is a very helpful idea, and most of the photographs are clear and easy to read. While this reviewer found the author's grammar and word usage …
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