Attention Cthulhu's Librarian

[Son_of_Thunder]

Or any other book expert for that matter.

I was recently perusing my old 1st edition books and noticed that I came across a page that had ripped many moons ago. Well, I taped it with scotch tape, knowing nothing of acid and such. Now there is a large brownish stain where the tape was. I easily removed the tape as the adhesive was now soaked into the page of the book. Now, what is the best way to proceed? Can I fix this book? The tear is about 1.5 inches long at the middle bottom of the page.

Thanks,

Son of Thunder

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I don't know if there is anything you can do about the stain on the page, but you can mend the tear. Section 4 of this link http://www.lib.virginia.edu/preservation/faqs.html will give you very basic info on mending torn pages. Hopefully that will set you in the right direction.

 

[alsih2o]

Wow, librarians do chine colle!

Cool link CL, thanks.