Book Description
One of a kind * Everything in one * Do-it-yourself
Every booklover knows the feeling when a favorite book is damaged: by water, a ripped dust jacket, a loose page. To throw the book out is unthinkable! The damage isn't serious enough for professional attention, but you don't want to risk further damage. What do you do?
This elegant do-it-yourself kit containing manual and mending materials provides the solution.
* mending tears
* reattaching loose pages
* flattening wrinkles or folds
* drying water damage
* reinforcing covers
* repairing dust jackets
* repairing book corners
* tightening books in their cases
* fixing loose labels and bookplates
* reattaching paperback covers
* cleaning and care
* resources
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-- Kit includes:
* The Book Repair Manual -- written by experts on the preservation of books and illustrated with photographs and drawings -- provides step-by-step instructions for more than 20 repair projects and includes anecdotes about book collecting and book lovers. The Manual is handsomely designed and bound in hardcover.
* 25 repair items (many in multiples), run the gamut from neutral pH adhesive, a bamboo brush, transparent mending tape, a stainless steel microspatula, and mat board to cotton gloves and bristol board. The mending materials are of the highest archival quality, and the only materials not supplied are common household items such as paper towels and scissors. These tools and materials are not only difficult to find, but would cost well over $100 if purchased individually.
* A source list for materials.
This unique kit provides step-by-step instructions and all the materials you need to patch, preserve, repair, and restore the books you love in your own home--with no previous experience required.
The kit includes:
o The Booklover's Repair Manual:
81/4 x 101/4, 160-page hard-cover, gloriously illustrated with more than 65 photographs and instructional drawings
o pH-neutral adhesive
o document-cleaning pad
o transparent mending tape
o mounting and hinging tape
o red cotton library tape
o bone folder
o art gum eraser
o soft white eraser
o Pink Pearl eraser
o microspatula
o dust cloth
o silicone release paper
o binder's board
o archival mat board
o Canson paper
o cotton gloves
o bamboo brush
o china bristle brush
o artist brushes, #2 and #4
o knitting needle
o plastic cutting board
o bulldog clamps
o archival permanent glue stick
Customer Reviews:
Very overpriced - minimal repair capability.......2007-02-16
I was aware before I bought this kit that some reviews questioned the value of this kit and boy were they right! I bought the kit at a remaindered book store for just over thirty dollars and even at that price I feel it was not quite value for money. Admittedly it does have a good selection of repair supplies that it would be difficult to assemble elsewhere; but I feel that I would have been more satisfied if it had been priced at fifteen to twenty dollars; the list price of around one hundred dollars is crazy and you'd have to be crazy to think that was value for money. The kit is packaged in a very fancy, expensive looking, but unnecessary and rather impractical, box. The book that accompanies the kit gives detailed instructions on how to tackle some minor repairs - but they are minor - mostly tears to pages and lightly damaged covers and spine. It is FIRST AID; you cannot rebind a book with this kit and infuriatingly it gives advice on some repairs that require additional non-supplied materials for which an order form is included!
If you can get it at a much reduced price you may find it useful if you have torn pages or dustcovers, a loose flyleaf, or slightly damaged spines. But, if like me you have an old book which has a completely loose cover, and bound pages that are falling apart, you need a bookbinder; this kit will not do it.
worthless.......2003-12-08
You can assemble this so-called kit together yourself at only a fraction of the cost (even at the bargain-basement price). Let's face it, the tools provided here are poorer than poor, the same scissors, glue, and needles you'd find at any 99C store. As for the instruction book, you'd be much better off buying a real volume on book repair from either Amazon or one of those library supplies store (such as Gaylord). That leaves only the bulky box itself. I suppose it does look better than a shoebox on the bookshelf. But you'd be a fool to pay so much just for that. In short, for the same amount of money, why not buy yourself a nice new book instead?
Wow! I was looking for just this kit!.......2001-03-02
I got an issue of a German women's magazine Freundin and theyfeatured this Booklover's Repair Kit. I'd been looking all over for a proper set of materials to repair some old bindings. This is simply brilliant.
It would take me many trips or orders by mail, phone or internet to assemble all these necessary items. Not only is everything you need in this kit, but you can also use it to make your own bookbindings (you need some kind of press, but that can be a piece of wood and some clamps, and a bone folder which can be found in craft stores that carry scrapbooking items.) If you like to scrapbook or do your own journal OR if you collect old books, this kit is a must.
Scarlett O'Hara['s book] was not beautiful..........2000-11-13
At last someone has grasped the depth of personal sentiment attached not merely to content but to the medium, the books themselves, those volumes with their loose covers, cracked bindings and torn pages. Thank you, Ms. Ellis and Messrs. Wiggins and Lee.
As I have watched my niece graduate from Ramona and Harry Potter to Judy Blume, I have wondered how I could give her my adored but crumbling copy of Gone With The Wind, worrying about her rejecting it for its evident decay, or worse, the book's ability to withstand another reading. Now a talented trio has put together a kit which will allow butterfingered me to repair the novel before passing it on. The Booklover's Repair Kit doesn't just tell me how to do it, in straightforward terms with helpful diagrams. Much more in fact, since everything I may need to fix the book comes with it.
If you give a damn about the books on your shelf, you will want the Booklover's Repair Kit to join them with its handsome packaging and enough supplies to fix a dozen or so tattered books, be they Proust or Mitchell.
Customer Reviews:
Helpful reference for the layman or professional restorer........2005-12-12
Care and repair books are practical for everyone. Although some of the materials and techniques do become obsolete there is enough lasting information to have this book in anyones library. As a restorer I look for books like this one.
A good overview for the layman........2001-03-01
I liked the scope of this book and the clear helpful illustrations. I found it very informative. It covers a wide range of antiques and collectibles. Good basic information for the average collector and general repairs.
Book Description
This title is a booklovers' delight. Here in one witty, instruc-tive volume is everything needed to know about storing, clean-ing, fixing, shelving, mending, oiling, mailing, dusting, pasting, bind-ing, gluing, de-bugging, deodorizing, and otherwise guar-an-tee-ing a long shelf life for your treasured tomes. The authors are pro-fessional booksellers who know exactly what supplies to use, where to get them, how to use them, and how to weed a collec-tion. Their aim is to help all booklovers to preserve their own books without great expense, inordinate effort, or exten-sive train-ing. This is a splendid gift for anyone who cherishes their books.
Customer Reviews:
Easy to read and helpful for beginners.......2007-02-12
This breezily written guide to repairing books (and many other aspects of book buying and collecting) is a good introduction to its topic for the casual collector. The writing is extremely clear and simple, and the authors do not give advice on more advanced repairs in which you might do damage to the book. It is more of the "how do I get the price tag off the jacket?" or "what do I do about a dirty fingerprint on a page?" variety. And that IS helpful.
At some point, the reader becomes aware that the book is no longer talking about book repair but about various topics that become less and less related to the original topic: how to store books, how to handle books, libraries, book borrowing, and so on. I found this somewhat entertaining, though it does not fit into the book's putative topic, as given in the title and subtitle.
The authors write in a style that is very informal, with many references to their own lives and experiences. This makes the book easy to read, and it is generally not overdone so much as to become cutesy-wutesy. However, the authors' constant references to dog, including the most far-fetched analogies between book care and dog care, did become tiresome. No matter how much the authors love dogs, they should understand that most such references are not actually useful and that some readers may be cat people--or even just book people. However, the effect of this was not to impede understanding; it was simply annoying a few times.
Overall, a good, short introduction to this topic that is easy to read.
You're Better off Leaving Your Books Alone!.......2007-01-23
As a Librarian who specializes in Preservation Management, I found this book somewhat appauling. I found it to be full of factual errors. Many of the cleaning and repair procedures described in this book would actually do more harm than good in the long run - while book tape, rubbing alcohol, homemade paste, and Elmer's glue might seem like harmless substances, these items will break down over time, yellowing, cracking, and damaging your treasured book. The bookbinder's motto is not as these misguided souls profess "Don't make it any worse", but rather "Don't do anything you can't undo". Readers of this book will come away with just enough knowledge to do some real damage! If you're unsure of your methods, you're better off leaving your books alone! If you're really interested in learning book repair, there are many manuals written by trained professionals who actually have some idea what they're talking about.
Repair Your Beloved Books.......2005-05-15
The Care and Feeding of Books Old and New is a lovely little volume that provides the novice book repairer with all the information they need to make minor repairs on damaged books. The authors do an excellent job of describing the tools needed and methods to be used, and are very clear about what sort of damage should be tackled only by an experienced book binder. The repair of loose pages and broken hinges are covered, as well as what to do about a stinky book.
I believe this is an excellent book for any bibliolater (defined by the authors to mean anyone with an extravagant devotion to books) to have on their book shelf. With the dust jacket in a protective cover, of course.
Great book for a LIBROCUBICULARIST.......2004-10-26
This book got my attention when I saw it in a bookstore.As I have done some minor book repairing,I bought it without looking at it too closely;thinking one can always learn something new.This book is extremely elementary and a relaxing read; if you don't let the "dog talk" annoy you too much.
Some of the few books I've seen on basic care and repair of books;are the books by Jane Greenfield,referenced on page 152.I feel they still are the books that cover the subject best.The rest of the material in this book is okay for someone who is just beginning to look into "books on books";but again it is extremely superficial.
I am also surprised that "A Passion For Books",by Rabinowitz and Kaplan was not mentioned;one of the best I've read.
Like I said,a very elementary book on books.It might serve the purpose for a collector just starting or for a Librocubicularist.*
*Reads in bed
The author should write a book about her dogs and bookstore.......2004-08-24
I didn't find the information contained in this book particularly helpful, although someone with less experience than I might learn a thing or two. However, I love the author's attitude toward dogs and found her references to her dogs very amusing. I think her publisher should offer a contract for a book about her dogs and her bookstore (book people love to read about the pets who greet us in bookshops). The author's talent for lighthearted, humorous writing combined with her obvious love for animals would result in a funny, highly enjoyable book that should sell well. I would be the first to buy it!
Customer Reviews:
A good supplement to his earlier books, but not a primer.......2004-06-15
This is not a good first book on camera repair, a distinction which has to be noted in contrast to his first book which is far more suitable as a primer. For the somewhat experienced phototechnician working on the classics covered in this book, it's a useful title. I would start with either his first two titles (Camera Maintenance and Repair 1 and 2),the classic Ed Romney text (Trade Secrets:Basic Training in Camera Repair), or if you can find them the old National Camera correspondence materials.
That said, given the proliferation of specific books he has produced, they are informative and useful within their scope.
The Knowledge Is Transferable.......2004-04-29
This is an excellent repair book. Some who have reviewed this book are missing the point -- this repair knowledge transfers to many cameras other than the ones featured. So I wholeheartedly disagree that this book is for repairing only the specific cameras listed -- it provides scores of solutions for other cameras also. Ever tried to pull a viewfinder window? Ever wondered how to make spraypaint hard and tough? How to fill incised lettering with white paint? The difference between slow and fast epoxy? How to make bellows? How to refurb a resistor? How to clean aluminum? How to remove a round window without scratching it and without buying a special tool? How to mate helicals? How to prevent and repair battery acid damage? Where to obtain chemicals at low prices and when to use them? And on and on and on. Tomosy is like having an expert looking over your shoulder as you repair. I'm going to purchase the other Tomosy books after reading this one.
Its great if its talking about a camera you're working on..........2002-11-19
Its a great book if its talking specifically about the model of camera or shutter that you are trying to repair, and its got a surprisingly thorough section on bellows repair. Other than that the book is just OK. I would recommend buying this book if you have one of the cameras that are discussed inside it, which are covered from disassembly to reassembly. Those cameras and shutters are: Voigtlander Heliar No. 6 shutter, Bausch & Lomb Iris Diaphragm shutter, Wollensak Iris Diaphragm shutter, Packard Ideal shutter, Vest Pocket Autographic Kodak Camera (1915-1926), Kodak Folding Pocket No. 3-A, Kodak No. 3 Folding Brownie, Kodak Model A Folding Brownie, Kodak Six-20 Model C, Eastman 5x7 View Camera No. 33A, Lancaster & Son Merveilleux, Rembrandt No. 2 Portrait Camera (Burke & James Inc.), Thornton-Pickard Duplex Ruby Reflex, Graflex Speed Graphic Pacemaker, Ensign-Cupid, Kodak Premoette Jr. No. 1 (1913), Rolleicord Vb, Contax II, Exacta VX, Leica II, Nikkorex Zoom 35, Nikkorex 35, Universal (Univex) Mercury II, Zeiss Contaflex, Contaflex I, Contaflex Super and the Minox C.
A Good Introduction.......2000-12-24
Not complete, but a good start for mostly pre-1945 cameras and lenses. The sections on bellows restoration and construction alone probably make this book a worthwhile purchase. Tomosy illustrates restoration techniques using specific cameras and lenses that are mostly common and relatively inexpensive. A couple of different Kodak Brownie cameras are two of the cameras examined in the chapter on folding cameras, for example. The Exacta VX, Nikkorex 35, Zeiss Contaflex, and Leica II are some of the models examined in the 35mm chapter. Other chapters cover Lenses and Lens Shutters, Wooden View Cameras, Large-Format Focal-Plane Shutters, Medium Format, and the Minox C. What keeps this from being 5 stars is Tomosy's too casual treatment of wood-, metal-, and leatherworking on a couple of his projects. However, he does include an appendix about tools, lubricants, parts suppliers, and other suggested readings.
Recomendet to collectors........1999-08-10
Great book.Well down.Thank You Mr Tomosy
Average customer rating:
- A 'bible' of preservation for any owner, curator or dealer
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Care and Repair of Antiques and Collectables
Albert Jackson , and
David Day
Manufacturer: Collins
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Book Description
The essential step-by-step guide to buying, repairing, and preserving antiques & collectables
More than 450 full-color illustrations and photographs
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Complete, practical information on mending, cleaning, and conserving
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Customer Reviews:
A 'bible' of preservation for any owner, curator or dealer.......2007-03-06
If you buy antiques whether for resale or home use, you must also own or look at Care & Repair of Antiques & Collectibles: it's packed with over four hundred color illustrations and photos and provides hints from professional restorers and conservators on how to handle antiques, how to repair them, and how to maintain them. From repainting repaired ceramics and stripping and cleaning wooden collectibles from jewelry to furniture to cleaning textiles, this is a 'bible' of preservation for any owner, curator or dealer in antiques of all kinds - and a book many a general public lending library will also find useful.
Book Description
If you have a doll that has been well played with and you need to give it some special care then this book will help you restore your treasure. Doll repair and restoration expert, Carol Lindberg, gives you tips and techniques on repairing and caring for your beloved dolls.
After many years running a doll hospital, Carol is retired now and wants to share a multitude of repair techniques and secrets with readers. This book will be invaluable to anyone who owns and loves dolls regardless of their skill level. It can help you make the decision as to whether or not you can restore the doll yourself or leave it to an expert. There is a very high demand for more people to learn this trade and the author has featured informative guidance towards the doll repair business aspect as well.
Customer Reviews:
Review-All About Doll Repair & Care: A Guide to Restoring Well-Loved Dolls.......2007-06-28
Very little information about restoration of composition dolls. Author seemed to promote selling her cleaning products vs utilizing common every day products. Adequate information about quick fixes for hard plastic & vinyl dolls.
All About Doll Repair and Care.......2007-05-25
The book was pretty elementary. Most directions referred to using the author's products.
Good, but there is better........2006-11-05
I bought this book because you can never know too much about repairing dolls. Everyone has a hint or two that you haven't thought of yet. The best basic doll repair book out there, in my opinion, is still Marty Westfall's book on Doll Repair and Restoration. But, this book is a good basic start and has good pictures. Just not as detailed as you might need.
Great work book.......2006-08-01
This book had exactly what I needed to know to repair my 54-year-old doll. Although her restoration is incomplete, I feel that it gives me the knowledge to forge ahead and finish the job.
All About Doll Repair & Care.......2004-05-06
This book is for the very basic beginner. It does not have sections on eye repair for vintage dolls--the rocker type. It covers very little on composition dolls. She endorses products and procedures that serious doll doctors advise against. Such as using starch in doll clothes and she doesn't hesitate to mix doll parts. Basically, the book is an adorsement of a cleaner product the author sells.
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