One of a kind * Everything in one * Do-it-yourself Every 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 materials are of the highest archival quality, and the only materials not supplied are common household items such as paper towels and scissors. These tools and materials are not only difficult to find, but would cost well over $100 if purchased individually. * A source list for materials. This unique kit provides step-by-step instructions and all the materials you need to patch, preserve, repair, and restore the books you love in your own home--with no previous experience required. The kit includes: o The Booklover's Repair Manual: 81/4 x 101/4, 160-page hard-cover, gloriously illustrated with more than 65 photographs and instructional drawings o pH-neutral adhesive o document-cleaning pad o transparent mending tape o mounting and hinging tape o red cotton library tape o bone folder o art gum eraser o soft white eraser o Pink Pearl eraser o microspatula o dust cloth o silicone release paper o binder's board o archival mat board o Canson paper o cotton gloves o bamboo brush o china bristle brush o artist brushes, #2 and #4 o knitting needle o plastic cutting board o bulldog clamps o archival permanent glue stick

The Booklover's Repair Kit: First Aid for Home Libraries

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Lee, Douglas

Ellis, Estelle

Wiggins, Wilton

Crafts & Hobbies

KNOPF

"Masterworks of 20th-Century Music" introduces more than one hundred of the greatest compositions by world-renowned composer that have entered the standard orchestral repertory. The author surveyed dozens of major American orchestras to focus on those works that an average audience member is most likely to hear. Concertgoers who are intimated by the modern repertoire finally have a single resource that will help them understand and enjoy it. Like an educated guide, he walks the listener through the piece, explaining how all the elements come together to form a unified whole. This book serves the general reader interested in 20th-century music, plus students, teachers, and scholars.

Masterworks of 20th-Century Music: The Modern Repertory of the Symphony Orchestra

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Routledge

"Masterworks of 20th-Century Music" introduces more than one hundred of the greatest compositions by world-renowned composer that have entered the standard orchestral repertory. The author surveyed dozens of major American orchestras to focus on those works that an average audience member is most likely to hear. Concertgoers who are intimated by the modern repertoire finally have a single resource that will help them understand and enjoy it. Like an educated guide, he walks the listener through the piece, explaining how all the elements come together to form a unified whole. This book serves the general reader interested in 20th-century music, plus students, teachers, and scholars.

Introduces basic techniques of Ving Tsun kung fu, a form of self-defense stressing a healthy mind and body.

Kung Fu for Young People

Kozuki, Russell

Children's Books

Sterling Pub. Co., Inc.

A tai chi chuan practitioner for over 20 years, Lee covers the history and philosophy of the art, general principles of movement, the solo exercises, push-hands sparring, applications, tai chi weapons and more. Fully illustrated.

Tai Chi Chuan: The Philosophy of Yin and Yang and Its Application

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Exercise & Fitness

Ohara Publications

Pat Nelson: Ace Of Test Pilots

Leaders & Notable People

Kessinger Publishing

Pat Nelson: Ace of Test Pilots

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The End is Nigh...Again! ( But this time we really mean it.)

Religion & Spirituality

lulu.com

This is a new release of the original 1937 edition.

Literary Licensing, LLC

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