Thank you so much. It really worked. The hardcovers of Amazon kdp all have a warped front cover and I had almost given up on them. Your system straightened one perfectly.

I found a 1952 Anne Frank with out the dust jacket . But it says early edition. What does that mean?

This is a VERY helpful video, thanks so much for posting it. A question though: at 4:20 or so, you show a light colored book with dark rectangles on the front and back covers, which you say is extremely faded. This implies that the cover was originally black, yet the cloth on the inside of the edges of the covers is the same light color as seen on the outside. How would fabric INSIDE fade? Is it possible that dark colored books somehow transferred color to a book that was in fact light colored?

I grew up poor on the eastside of Long Beach and then it west side of San Bernardino. I’m Cambodian/lao American male, so needless to say reading is my guilty pleasure. Isn’t that crazy. Now I’m older, out of the hood, and I started to embrace things that make me happy. Pro wrestling, yo-yos, and books. So I look for books from my childhood. I’m currently on the search for all the old goosebumps, but only through 2nd hand stores. I just started a few months ago and I’m up to 200+ books with notable titles too. From Hannibal to water for elephants to push. I read them too. I’m working on building a library in my loft with my wife. Can’t wait!!

This is great, and I have to say that I just did this with a very old cookbook (Betty Crocker 1950) that my Mum had. And it came out perfectly. Now because I'm a little cheeky and a big fan of Friends, I have to say this because of the stuck pages... "Chandler!" 💜

Very pro upload. Subbed. On the ball point paper where you can see the dented in paper on the back (13:48) it might be worthwhile to try to push the dents out with the eraser or other object on the back side before trying to erase on the ink side.

actually quite useful

What a great video! I have a vintage cookbook passed down from my grandma to my mom and now my mom has passed it on to me. It needs a lot of love since some pages of the book have fallen loose, the spine is ripped apart, how do I fix a paperback with that amount of damage?

Thank you!

This was a wonderful tutorial. Thank you!❤

Are those props from the actual show

I do not know how to remove yellow stains from papers in a book…

What about paperback care? The reason I'm asking is I have not seen paperback care yet. So please if you have a tutorial about that, send me it.

Great video, thank you! Just bought some used books and this helped!

Thats not foxing. Foxing happens when most of the page turns red or dark orange. The clips you have shown is caused by mould. It is not mould but the paper has been damaged. It can also spread to other books

Nice work. That was very helpful. Thank you

This is awful and you clearly don't know how a book is constructed. The "netting" is called mull and what you are doing with this method is causing further damage to the book. No trained book conservator or bookbinder would advocate what you show in this video. If you actually loved books, you'd learn how to fix them properly.

I wonder if shoe cream would work as well, I’m trying to find the wax version as shown in the video for a royal blue book I have but can’t find the color I need that’s not a cream

Love that you are matching your outfit to the books you are presenting. Kudos fellow Ravenclaw! 💙🦅

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Thank you, that worked.

Your passion truly shines through.

This a very cool and interesting video. You might want to put a glove on that right hand tho.

Wow this is so amazing. I've always wanted to see the collector's edition of page to screen. Thank you for this video.

Any tips on where I can find a blue polish that is solid? I’m only finding the cream on gel ones

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Absolutely amazing! I am so impressed with all the hand detailing work, so beautiful, great job!

Great video! I wanted to see this place when visiting England, but didn’t have time.. this was the next best thing

I'm new to learning about book restoration. I suppose the scent will evaporate, but I'm wondering - will the lighter fluid leaves residue behind that makes the books more flammable? This isn't a criticism, I simply don't know the science :)

Well thought out and planned. I enjoyed watching.

have you consider bleaching pen?

Carl Sagan Books are great! Bad Science by Ben Goldacre its a good complement to it. Talking about critical thinking I recommend the podcast episode that "If Books Could Kill" did on Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers; On Why We Sleep, there is a blog post that I always recommend to people who read this book: Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors. Love your videos!

What do you think about using acrylic colours for this purpose?

Old Yeller was my favorite as a child and a few years back I decided to get a 1st ed. and followed shortly thereafter with Savage Sam. Today I have nearly 100 books about dogs and have discovered authors I never knew that wrote multiple books about them. I also like reading about wolves and the canine/human connection and have acquired several in the nonfiction category as well.

Fun fact: the spanish version of charlie and the chocolate factory is translated from the original 1964 first version later from the newer edition of the book around 2010 or something they used the 1973 second version for the modern audience but you can still found the first edition online in spanish. Or in physical copy

I like these ideas. I used to have some Folio books when I was a teen and loved them. So nice. Now I'm into personal development books and was wondering about getting some of my favorites in 1st editions. I looked one up and can't seem to find anything on it. Are first editions still a thing for new books these days?

Thank you!

Thank you for this very informative video.

Thank you very much for this video. I recently got an art book for my favourite game and many of the pages are unfortunately stuck together. No matter how carefully I try to separate them with a ruler or a similar tool, they still sometimes rip and get slightly damaged. I feel like I'll just have to come to terms with the fact that there is nothing I can do

I recently found your channel and have loved binged watching many of your videos. So I hope you can answer 2 questions for me. 1) my 5 year old granddaughter wants to be a fairy doctor when she grows up (not a doctor with fairy patients, but rather, a grown up fairy who is also a doctor), so I was wondering if you have any specific children book recommendations for her love of fairys. And 2) where did you get that gorgeous green velvet chair? Thank you! I love your content!

This randomly came up on my reel feed. I thought what a beautiful voice she sounds like Jess. It was you! What a beautiful reel and thanks for sharing your adventure!

I just found a true first edition of The Handmaid's Tale going pretty cheap. Also not price clipped. I'm so excited!

Thank you Jess! I have a parents prayer book I’ve been praying over our daughter with for 18 yrs. It is falling apart, I think I can get it back with your video help! Thank you again!

Can i buy this. If i can buy this, from where i can buy this

Since this type of damage is caused by the page emulsion melting and re-solidifying, possibly this technique combined with a hair dryer might help unstick pages easier and with less potential for damage. At least it might be worth testing.

Apparently, putting the book in a bag with baking soda works to remove smells too.

With ink markings next to, or through, text, you can use a scalpel and disposable surgical blades to scratch off the offending marks without touching the printed text. There are blades with sharp points, and ones with curved edges, so you can go as detailed as you like. But it takes a lot of work.

9:40 You can get out those rough patches by using an ultra-fine sandpaper. As long as the paper is thick enough, you can simulate a smooth texture and it will blend in with the rest of the page. However, if you have gone too deep, if you hold the page up to the light, although the texture will match, you will definitely be able to see light through the page where the erased portion was.

I have found that a very fine sandpaper works better than an ink eraser. It also has the advantage that if you choose the right grit of sandpaper, you can simulate and therefore maintain the sheen of the paper. I use a heavier grit at first, and then go finer if the erased portion looks too rough. If it looks too smooth, go with a heavier grit. I've found that, in many cases, as long as you don't go too deep into the paper, you cannot tell that any erasure was made.