One of a kind * Everything in one * Do-it-yourselfEvery 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 --��������--��������--��������--��������----��������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 m