First Time Book Repair

The Omnibus of Crime with Dorothy L. Sayers - (Editor)

Front and back boards of the book had pulled away and the linen (mull) exposed on bot. The Spine with the graphic was detached on one side exposing the spine of the book block.

It was a heavy book so likely any further reading would cause the boards to tear off completely and the edge graphic to fall off.

There are many YouTube videos with different techniques but combining a few I opted to replace the hinge (replace the linen mull) with "binder tape".

Then use a similar color book cloth to cover the spine attach to the boards.

Here are all the pieces of the puzzle

Replace hinge ingredients

• Single stitched binder tape 1 1/2 inch
• Allure Bookcloth Black
• spine stiffener - 10 point paper
• PVA
• Bone Tool
• knife and/or paper cutter

The final result below.

I suspect a master book repair person would dislike this method, since they would have replaced the end papers and used new "mull", the linen mesh that goes across the text block spine, and is glued to the endpapers which is then glued to the front and end boards. I have the book cloth spine maybe a 1/8 to 1/16 too high on the spine, that in no affects how it sits on the shelf and most people won't notice (I thing and hope)

BUT that was beyond my skil level, and from what I gather by watching you tube videos, this is what a library might use for "reading volumes" not collectibles. This particular book was actually a first edition from 1929, but I found multiple first editions of this title in the $20+ range on ebay so I didn't feel too bad about this more direct method.

In the end it feels really solid and should give years of reading pleasure.

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