Cleaning a book spine, to prepare it for a new lining. Printed binder’s waste was used for the original spine lining. The book is “From grave to gay; being essays and studies concerned with certain subjects of serious interest, with the Puritans, with literature, and with the humours of life” by J. St. Loe Strachey.
“From grave to gay; being essays and studies concerned with certain subjects of serious interest, with the Puritans, with literature, and with the humours of life” by J. St. Loe Strachey
From “Economics of Fashion” by Paul Nystrom. 1928. Both our copies were victims of oversewing, vandalism, and acidic paper. I rather like the graffiti on this page, because it looks like she’s speaking a magic spell or something.
*impotent scream of rage* File this away in “Bad Ideas to Not Repeat in Modern Times.” 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.
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.
And THIS is why us conservators hate rubber bands. This sucker is stuck between two pages.
Diamond cigarettes: for people who like to hold their hand JUST SO
Not too convinced yet…
TGIF!
Animated book boxes, aka four-flap wrappers aka tuxedo boxes aka preservation enclosures.