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Mending and Repair
of Books
compiled by
MARGARET WRIGHT BROWN
FOURTH EDITION
revised by
GERTRUDE STILES
Supervisor of Binding, Cleveland Public Library
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION PUBLISHING BOARD
CHICAGO
1921
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
THE task of mending demands so much of the time andenergy of library workers and is a factor of such economicimportance in every public library that it cannot beput aside as incidental.
It is hoped that these suggestions may give definite aidin this homely task which is ever present in all libraries.
No attempt has been made to give instruction in theadvanced processes of mending, as this at once encroacheson the art of binding.
The best mending can be done only where an acquaintancewith the construction of the book has been acquired througha study of the various processes of binding. Librarians areurged to visit binderies to see the various processes; and tostudy the art of binding under personal instruction of experiencedbinders whenever this is feasible.
It is not probable that any one librarian will use all ofthe processes suggested, and some of these will apply onlyto exceptional ca