Not long ago, I posted about finding an old Algebra book that I wanted to save by repairing the binding. The book was published in 1888, and the binding was so bad that the front and back cover was loose, and the spine itself where the title would have been was gone. We find curricula in the most unusual places, and I thought it would be good to show everyone how you can actually buy that torn up but excellent book to still be able to use it.
This little book was very delicate, and I was terrified of damaging it before I had a chance to repair the binding. So it sat for a few days while I researched options for repair. I found a post on Wikihow - How to Repair a Book's Binding and set out to find the supplies I would need. 
The signatures(groups of pages sewn together) were mostly intact with a few loose pages. I glued the loose pages back in their place with a little PVA Glue that I bought at DickBlick.com.
Next, I took that same glue and spread it along the spine and sandwiched the book between several heavy books with the spine sticking out just a little 
ways to hold everything together while it dried for several hours.
After it was dry(although still a tiny bit tacky), I started work on the cover. I used binding repair tape to re-attach the cover. I couldn't find the single stitch stuff the WikiHow article referenced, 
so I used 2" wide binding repair tape.
After all that was done, I needed to repair the cover and spine. For this, I used bookcloth and the PVA glue to attach and wrap the corners like little presents. The result is a book that's solid and usable, even if the pages are still a bit fragile!
I let the final bits that I had attached sit overnight in the book sandwich, and I'm looking forward to using it.
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