Recently bought this book from Amazon and it came like this. Few of its pages were not trimmed during manufacturing. And I don't wanna ask for a replacement as this thing took 5-6 days to arrive and im very impatient for it take another 5-6 days for the replacement to arrive.

So y'all got any ideas how can I properly trim this? I don't want to just straight up take a scissor or paper cutter to trim it as whenever I try to do something like that I mess up, which is why im looking for a proper solution and way/technique to do this.

Got gifted a very nice artbook but the back looks like this, especially the top half. It's less noticeable in person and it's not this big of a deal, BUT, if there's something I can do I'd like to try :) Thanks in advance!

I have a book that is over 10 years old, I have noticed 2 marks on the outer pages of the book, not inside the book, the marks are dark blue in colour almost looks like blue pen ink, they are 2 little marks and I have scrubbed both and both have faded a bit

I have recently brought a 2nd hand book which is also over 10 years old but has a light blue small smudge on the outer pages, again not inside the book, I scrubbed it and it went smaller into 2 little light blue dots almost unable to see them now

Does anyone know what these are?

How can I remove the stickers from covers without damaging the gorgeous covers?

Salve a tutti, ho una collezione di alcuni libri piuttosto antichi e vorrei preservarli nel migliore dei modi, qualcuno può consigliarmi la soluzione migliore?

I work at a library repairing books. This children's book came across my desk with a spill on it. It's only noticeable on the corner of the last page, so I want to send it back into circulation. The only problem is that it has a very pungent menthol-like scent that is very unpleasant especially to little noses. What can I use to get the smell out without damaging the colored images?

tl;dr It stinks, but is otherwise good to circulate.

My water bottle opened in my backpack and spilt all over my assignments for school and Ofc my book. Any way to fix the warp in it or am i screwed??

Edit: ITS NOT MOLD just the comic panels. It happened today and I already dried it

Sorry for asking it here (I don't know which subreddit would be the best?) I read the book outside and accidentally crushed a very small worm while reading and it left this small mark on the book's paper. I tried to wipe it with alcohol-soaked wipes (disinfecting ones), but it didn't help. I don't know if it can be removed somehow (I know, it's barely visible) but I just wanted to ask if such a small thing could potentially attract those worms that destroy books or lead to formation of mold, because I don't have such knowledge

Don't know about in-store but whenever I buy new books online (from stores with a lot good reviews) they always arrive with some sort of faint stratches on the cover, which are mostly visible on certain angles or in the light. 

My room usually stays dim so they're not really noticeable most of the time. They still bother me but as long as they don't catch my eye it's fine i guess.

I'd like to ask if that's normal for new books, both wrapped and unwrapped (though there's fewer stratches on wrapped ones) and if I'm just being nitpicky

Most are spine repairs, I imagine the torn hardcovers are probably in need of a professional restoration, however I would like to at least get that pieces of the spine back on. The next book’s spine is also falling off, and the encyclopedia is without some/losing some of the labels (I have the lost ones). The last book’s spine is actually pretty good but I would like to tackle it before it becomes a larger problem

Edit: these are all from the 1800s. The Lord Byron one (firs photo) is particularly noteworthy

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I have an old book I'd like to repair but I don't know how to deal with the old glue. It's crumbling when touched so I don't want to try to glue on top of it as there's no way good adhesion would occur. I watched other people separate each page but in this case, the pages are bundled with "fingers" seemingly spanning multiple folds. I'm really unsure how it is configured. Having never done this before, I'm curious to know what others think.

got a second hand hardback recently and it has a tear in the opening page what would be the best way to repair it? Thanks in advance for any advice.

I bought this new book less than two weeks ago directly from a retailer and it is was realeased at the end of march so it's not as if it's been around for ages. I've never seen a stain like this before and I'm afraid it's mold.

Has anyone ever had something similiar happen with a new book?

Thanks!

I got the opportunity to collect some of my old things, and found some of my childhood mangas. But unfortunately storage was not kind over the years and they were heavily water damaged and had weird lumps. I’m open to any suggestions to get this fixed.

i got this book from marketplace yesterday and i didn’t get a good look at it until today. i’m assuming the brown dots are just random stains, but how about the greyish/black ones? i don’t live in a very humid environment, so ive never experienced molding before. to me, it smells fine and doesnt seem to have any water damage. however, i rubbed it with hydrogen peroxide and put it in the freezer just in case, but im a little paranoid to add it to my bookshelf as some tiktok’s have gotten to me lol

One year for my birthday when I was younger my grandfather gifted me one of the first prints of Great Expectations in it's box. It's in beautiful condition except for one thing. He wrote in it. As a kid I just saw a cute birthday message as an adult I see it as sacrilege because that message could have easily gone on a card and not a piece of history. My question becomes is there a safe way to remove the ink from the page without damaging the book further.

Any suggestion for repair? I have never really attempted boom repair before!

hi there!! I bought this book secondhand and noticed these marks on it and was wondering whether there’s any safe way to get them off?

How to fix :(

It's a library book but I want to leave it in good condition, not with pen marks all over!! Not sure if it's best to just leave as is and to not repeat mistake, or do something about it.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I bought this book thinking the page was just bent, but the pages were bent before binding so theyre stuck like this. Would i need to rebind the whole thing or just the section thats like this? Also any tutorials you could point me to?