...burn it with fire?.....ok, not very helpful...but it WOULD cure the problem.....
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Thanks for all the suggestions here. Can anyone confirm if Document Repair tape would be a good choice?
If it was more than three then you're an addict.....Do you know how many times I read this before the light bulb went on?!
Pucker I enjoyed reading your post. My mother was a shoemaker and when I was very young, she would take me to where
she worked and show me all the different steps in making a shoe. I well remember that smell of urethane glue too. She made my shoes until I was around 12 yrs old. I was always so proud when I wore those new shoes. Brought back some great memories. Thanks
So, I have been taking another serious inventory of my collection...damn OCD...and now it is really bothering me how some of my larger books have started to sag or pull away from the spine. In researching this online, it seems to be a common occurrence if you always leave larger hardcover books on a book shelf upright. Is there anything that can be done about this? Disappointing to see this happening.
Probably the only way to stop this from happening is to place the book on its spine on your shelf with the outer edges of the pages facing upward. But, then you won't be able to see what the book is as the title/author would be hidden.
I've not had this happen to my oversize books. I usually lay large books flat, though.
That's the way my mother taught me and it seems to work for the books and it looks nice on the shelves to mix it up a little.
If you measure the "gap", you should be able to get a piece of plastic that would fit under the page block to prop up the pages. A lot of collectors use this method.
John
John
Sounds like an excellent idea. I have been thinking that I need to create some kind of supports to sit under the page block so that it would prevent gravity from pulling the block downward. Do you know where I can get anything like this? Are there any other methods of adding support to the book hinge/spine that won't devalue the book?
Many hobby and crafts stores can supply these. You may have to do a little work to fit your book, but it shouldn't be too hard.
John
I've been known to laminate old, treasured paperbacks. Some of my books are pretty old, so if it's salvagable, I try to reinforce em. Now, lookie here, I had an old coverless copy of the mass-market uncut Stand, AND, I had one of them old NAL editions of the edited Stand--for a larf I switched the NAL cover over to the uncut version, so now I have this:
But INSIDE, see, it's the UN-edited version. Only I know the difference (or care, for that matter). Why? I dunno. Just always liked that cover.
But INSIDE, see, it's the UN-edited version. Only I know the difference (or care, for that matter). Why? I dunno. Just always liked that cover.
I've always liked that cover, too. My favorite paperback covers are The Tommyknockers with the green light and farmhouse silhouette and Pet Sematary with the redux of hardcover.I've been known to laminate old, treasured paperbacks. Some of my books are pretty old, so if it's salvagable, I try to reinforce em. Now, lookie here, I had an old coverless copy of the mass-market uncut Stand, AND, I had one of them old NAL editions of the edited Stand--for a larf I switched the NAL cover over to the uncut version, so now I have this:
But INSIDE, see, it's the UN-edited version. Only I know the difference (or care, for that matter). Why? I dunno. Just always liked that cover.
I like the original cover better, too. The artist (Don Brautigam) did a lot of covers for Dean Koontz hardback novels.I've been known to laminate old, treasured paperbacks. Some of my books are pretty old, so if it's salvagable, I try to reinforce em. Now, lookie here, I had an old coverless copy of the mass-market uncut Stand, AND, I had one of them old NAL editions of the edited Stand--for a larf I switched the NAL cover over to the uncut version, so now I have this:
But INSIDE, see, it's the UN-edited version. Only I know the difference (or care, for that matter). Why? I dunno. Just always liked that cover.
So I have noticed a common problem in my quest for good first editions. A lot of SKs larger books seem to have spine problems. Either the text block sags over time when stored vertically on a shelf, or cocked spine issues.
I recently grabbed a 1st Edition of Desperation and for the most part it is a beautiful and well kept copy. But as you can see from the photos, once again I am faced with a dreaded spine issue. I have tried a method that I read online about running your finger along the gutter from page to page, front and back to center. No such luck in this case. As you can see in the photos, there is a slight lean.
Any ideas?
I recently grabbed a 1st Edition of Desperation and for the most part it is a beautiful and well kept copy. But as you can see from the photos, once again I am faced with a dreaded spine issue. I have tried a method that I read online about running your finger along the gutter from page to page, front and back to center. No such luck in this case. As you can see in the photos, there is a slight lean.
Any ideas?
As a librarian and book mender I've tried to correct damaged spines but none of the treatments could be used for a first edition collection. I've seen worse, though. IT and Insomnia and Needful Things, for example, are difficult to correct. The tremendous weight of the pages can work against you.