Project Gutenberg 2012-03-07 Public domain in the USA. 194 Brown, Margaret Wright Stiles, Gertrude 21002312 Mending and Repair of Books E-text prepared by Chris Curnow, Ernest Schaal, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://www.archive.org) "Mending and Repair of Books" by Margaret Wright Brown is a practical guide on the care and repair of books, compiled during the early 20th century. This instructional text focuses on techniques for librarians and others involved in book preservation, providing detailed methods for mending, cleaning, and binding. The likely topic of the book revolves around maintenance practices essential for prolonging the life of library collections. The content of the book covers a wide array of mending techniques, from identifying when a book should be repaired or rebound to specific instructions on cleaning and using proper materials for mending. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining high standards for the condition of books in libraries, outlining supplies needed for mending, as well as detailed procedures for addressing various types of damage, such as torn pages or loose bindings. Additionally, readers are informed about the economic implications of neglecting book repairs and are encouraged to develop a foundational knowledge of binding processes to better understand the mending duties at hand. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39075/39075-h/images/i_cover.png Reading ease score: 70.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Bookbinding -- Repairing Z Text Category: How To ... 67372 2025-09-16T03:52:13.679553 text/html 65839 2012-03-07T17:19:47 text/html 121135 2025-09-16T03:52:16.138558 application/epub+zip 119546 2025-09-16T03:52:14.368549 application/epub+zip 87674 2025-09-16T03:52:14.028537 application/epub+zip 136693 2025-09-16T03:52:17.585547 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124084 2025-09-16T03:52:15.806532 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 100981 2022-09-17T18:28:59.796123 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53655 2025-09-16T03:52:13.496567 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53330 2012-03-07T17:09:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53337 2012-03-07T17:09:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19617 2025-09-16T03:52:17.717564 application/rdf+xml 10102 2025-09-16T03:52:14.099555 image/jpeg 1724 2025-09-16T03:52:14.064548 image/jpeg 19560 2012-03-07T17:09:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 115800 2012-03-07T17:22:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 19560 2012-03-07T17:09:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 115671 2025-09-16T03:52:13.687572 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog