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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PDProps, post: 747622, member: 2156&quot;]I just picked up a copy of Fredrick Morris&#039;s &quot;Done in the Open&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>I am kind of torn about what to do with it. I haven&#039;t taken it apart yet but it seems to have been made with 2 page signatures (seemingly unsewen althought I haven&#039;t take it a part to verify), which were then &quot;stab bound&quot; using staples.</p><p><br /></p><p>The spine covering is just paper, but is disintegrating. It is an easy enough fix, and will probably replace with a paper that is as similar to the original as possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is of course whether I bother fixing it at all. One of the larger plates has a rip that goes almost the whole length of the page, directly through the middle of the print. The tear is pretty clean (I susupect it was done trying to photograph it for the auction.), so I could repair with some nearly transparent japanese tissue on print side, and something more substantial on the back, which is largely blank.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given that I am going to have to the book apart anyway to deal with the rust stains from the staples, and a little bit of foxing/mould. Should I bother putting it all back together? If I do, should I use modern stainless staples, or use linen in the stab binding holes?</p><p><br /></p><p>Any advice would be much appreciated![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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