I spent today in Greenville, NC (about 2 hours NE of home) at a Book Repair Workshop. Pretty fun stuff. Not exactly "real" conservator work, but still very useful knowledge for weirdos of my ilk.To give you an idea of what I was doing, this was one of my play books. I removed the spine, tore several pages, removed a chunk of the text block, simulated a stain, ripped the end papers, and hurled a few curses at it that I learned from the gap-toothed carnie who runs the Zipper ride at the Midco Traveling Fun Show.
Then, I put it all back together and did my best to make the book suitable for lending and reading. Like I said: Fun stuff.
