Gloopaste. Just say it out loud. I guarantee you can’t not laugh while doing it. GLOOOOOOPASTE. From: Huntting, H. R., co., inc., Springfield, Mass. Book Mending; Some Short Cuts And Labor Saving Devices. Springfield, Mass.: The H. R. Huntting company, 1938.
The scars of oversewing and a Demco hinge repair. I seem to rescue one of these previously-repaired books about once a month. Sometimes the original sewing is completely gone, hence the stab-sewing, but in many cases it was completely fine. This kind of side-sewing is particularly bad for books with brittle paper, as the paper’s […]
From “Leather for Libraries”, 1905. Read it online!
From Reverend O’Conor’s “Facts About Bookworms”. New York, 1898.
Roses are red,Violets are blue,We pray the brown stain on this book,Was just chocolate fondue! Roses are red,Violets are blue,There’s a white stain on this page:We sure hope it was just a roux!
Roses are red, Violets are blue, If you put tape on your books, I’ll never EVER love you.
Roses are red Copy-pencil is blue If you wash without testing, A naughty conservator is you!
Roses are red, Violets are blue, If your book falls out of the press, Just tighten the screw!
A book with a hole drilled through it. I can’t make this stuff up, it writes itself!
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