Book Cleaning & Repair Links

• Unbound: A bookseller's guide to cleaning & repairing books: http://sicpress.blogspot.com/2006/08/introduction.html

• Cleaning books - basic: http://www.bookthink.com/0006/06cos.htm
• Cleaning books - magic eraser (use with caution): http://www.bookthink.com/0043/43cos1.htm

• Drying wet books: http://www.bookthink.com/0062/62alt.htm
• Preventing/treating mold & mildew: http://www.bookthink.com/0059/59rep.htm
• Removing odors: http://www.bookthink.com/0069/69alt.htm

• Book repair basics: http://www.bookthink.com/0057/57rep1.htm
• Bumped corners: http://www.bookthink.com/0001/01rep.htm
• Tightening a loose spine: http://sicpress.blogspot.com/2007/05/tightening-loose-spine.html
• Split hinges: http://www.bookthink.com/0073/73alt.htm

• Tipping in a loose page: http://sicpress.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-to-tip-in-loose-page.html
• Reattaching (paperback) covers: http://www.bookthink.com/0054/54rep.htm
• Replacing endpapers: http://www.bookthink.com/0076/76alt.htm
• Restoring gilt: http://www.bookthink.com/0066/66alt.htm

• Preserving & restoring leather: http://www.bookthink.com/0071/71alt.htm

• Book repair & cleaning supplies for booksellers: http://sicpress.blogspot.com/

Photographing Books

• Part I: http://www.bookthink.com/0002/02photo.htm
• Part II: http://www.bookthink.com/0004/04pho.htm
• Part III: http://www.bookthink.com/0015/15pho.htm
• Part IV: http://www.bookthink.com/0019/19pho.htm

• Photographing thick books: http://www.bookthink.com/0052/52pho1.htm

• Ebay presentation I: http://www.bookthink.com/0044/44bee1.htm
• Ebay presentation II: http://www.bookthink.com/0045/45tex1.htm
• Ebay presentation III: http://www.bookthink.com/0047/47ebay.htm

Miscellaneous

• Public Domain - searching for renewals: http://www.bookthink.com/0022/22pub.htm
• McBride pocket guides to identifying first editions and first issue points: http://firsteditionguide.com/
• Identifying first editions: http://www.bookthink.com/0026/26first.htm

• Descriptive Book Terms **

Bowed

Bright

Browned

Bumped

Chipped

Clean

Cocked

Cracked (e.g., cracked exposing mull, cracked but not separated)

Creased

Crimped (corner)

Damage

Dampstain

Darkened

Dent

Dust soiling (top edge)

Dust darkened (top edge)

Edgewear

Fading

Frayed

Fingermarks

Foxing

Fraying

Grubby

Handling wear

Hinges tender

Hinges starting

Joint starting/cracked (outside)

Lean

Loose binding

Mottled

Nicked

Offset

Paper Loss

Penpoint impression

Remnants (e.g., of removed label)

Rippled

Rolled (worse than turned)

Rub/rubbed (e.g., light surface rubbing, rubbing to joints/boards)

Scuff

Separated

Shaken

Shelfwear

Slant

Smudge

Soiled

Solid

Split (e.g., split but not separated)

Spotting

Sprung

Square

Starting

Sunned

Tape mark/shadow

Tidemark

Turned (of spine)

Wrinkle

Yellowed

Modifiers: trace/tiny/touch/slight/minimal/faint/shallow/unobtrusive/minor/light/mild/bit/moderate/considerable/heavy/well-worn