Customer Reviews:
This book is a must-have!.......2003-05-22
This was my very first "Beatiful Cookbook". I used it all the time, until it mysteriously disappeared after a dinner I cooked for friends... I am a Chinese food junkie and felt lost without it until one day at an airport bookstore found it again and was overjoyed to pay FULL price and cram it into my bulging suitcase.
It was worth it! I had an asian friend who read the book and was amazed at how authentic the dishes are. While I haven't been adventurous enough to make some of the dishes, I still love the photos and history, and have many favorite recipies!
i've been there- and this is for real.......2000-03-06
This book encompasses all regions- not just Canton. And its genuinely authentic- just like what you would find at fine restaurants in China (i've been there). A lot of great regional recipes (good schezuan).
If i had to pick one cookbook for restaurant style chinese food, this would be it. Note,though, that: a) its authentic and assumes some knowledge (not a starter cookbook); and b) its not exactly homestyle comfort food. The dishes are spectacular, though. Beautiful coffeetable book.
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Asia the Beautiful Cookbook: Authentic Recipes From Japan, Korea, China, the Phillipines, Thailand, Laos, and Kampuchea, Vietnam, Singapore, and Malaysia, India, Burma, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka
Manufacturer: Stonehenge
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0867066253 |
Product Description
Beautifully illustrated over-size cookbook with numerous color photographs of dishes and the countries of their origin.
Book Description
The King is back! Collectors and fans will love this handy new reference of everything Elvis, with 300 classic photographs, a complete price guide to Elvis collectibles including every record he ever made, and an array of other fascinating information.
Designed in a convenient carry-along format, this full-color guide offers collectors up-to-date pricing information for records and other collectibles, as well as information on Elvis' personal history. No other guide to Elvis collectibles offers this much information in such a convenient size and affordable price.
-Current pricing for Elvis collectibles, including an Elvis Records Price Guide from records expert Tim Neely -300 classic Elvis photos -Convenient pocket-sized format
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Title: KP Books.(Warman's Elvis Field Guide)(Antique Trader Stoneware and Blue and White Pottery Price Guide)(Warman's Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide)(2006 Standard Catalog of World Coins)(Book Review)
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Date: October 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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One of a kind * Everything in one * Do-it-yourself
Every booklover knows the feeling when a favorite book is damaged: by water, a ripped dust jacket, a loose page. To throw the book out is unthinkable! The damage isn't serious enough for professional attention, but you don't want to risk further damage. What do you do?
This elegant do-it-yourself kit containing manual and mending materials provides the solution.
* mending tears
* reattaching loose pages
* flattening wrinkles or folds
* drying water damage
* reinforcing covers
* repairing dust jackets
* repairing book corners
* tightening books in their cases
* fixing loose labels and bookplates
* reattaching paperback covers
* cleaning and care
* resources
-- -- -- -- --
-- Kit includes:
* The Book Repair Manual -- written by experts on the preservation of books and illustrated with photographs and drawings -- provides step-by-step instructions for more than 20 repair projects and includes anecdotes about book collecting and book lovers. The Manual is handsomely designed and bound in hardcover.
* 25 repair items (many in multiples), run the gamut from neutral pH adhesive, a bamboo brush, transparent mending tape, a stainless steel microspatula, and mat board to cotton gloves and bristol board. The mending materials are of the highest archival quality, and the only materials not supplied are common household items such as paper towels and scissors. These tools and materials are not only difficult to find, but would cost well over $100 if purchased individually.
* A source list for materials.
This unique kit provides step-by-step instructions and all the materials you need to patch, preserve, repair, and restore the books you love in your own home--with no previous experience required.
The kit includes:
o The Booklover's Repair Manual:
81/4 x 101/4, 160-page hard-cover, gloriously illustrated with more than 65 photographs and instructional drawings
o pH-neutral adhesive
o document-cleaning pad
o transparent mending tape
o mounting and hinging tape
o red cotton library tape
o bone folder
o art gum eraser
o soft white eraser
o Pink Pearl eraser
o microspatula
o dust cloth
o silicone release paper
o binder's board
o archival mat board
o Canson paper
o cotton gloves
o bamboo brush
o china bristle brush
o artist brushes, #2 and #4
o knitting needle
o plastic cutting board
o bulldog clamps
o archival permanent glue stick
Book Description
This title is a booklovers' delight. Here in one witty, instruc-tive volume is everything needed to know about storing, clean-ing, fixing, shelving, mending, oiling, mailing, dusting, pasting, bind-ing, gluing, de-bugging, deodorizing, and otherwise guar-an-tee-ing a long shelf life for your treasured tomes. The authors are pro-fessional booksellers who know exactly what supplies to use, where to get them, how to use them, and how to weed a collec-tion. Their aim is to help all booklovers to preserve their own books without great expense, inordinate effort, or exten-sive train-ing. This is a splendid gift for anyone who cherishes their books.
Customer Reviews:
Easy to read and helpful for beginners.......2007-02-12
This breezily written guide to repairing books (and many other aspects of book buying and collecting) is a good introduction to its topic for the casual collector. The writing is extremely clear and simple, and the authors do not give advice on more advanced repairs in which you might do damage to the book. It is more of the "how do I get the price tag off the jacket?" or "what do I do about a dirty fingerprint on a page?" variety. And that IS helpful.
At some point, the reader becomes aware that the book is no longer talking about book repair but about various topics that become less and less related to the original topic: how to store books, how to handle books, libraries, book borrowing, and so on. I found this somewhat entertaining, though it does not fit into the book's putative topic, as given in the title and subtitle.
The authors write in a style that is very informal, with many references to their own lives and experiences. This makes the book easy to read, and it is generally not overdone so much as to become cutesy-wutesy. However, the authors' constant references to dog, including the most far-fetched analogies between book care and dog care, did become tiresome. No matter how much the authors love dogs, they should understand that most such references are not actually useful and that some readers may be cat people--or even just book people. However, the effect of this was not to impede understanding; it was simply annoying a few times.
Overall, a good, short introduction to this topic that is easy to read.
You're Better off Leaving Your Books Alone!.......2007-01-23
As a Librarian who specializes in Preservation Management, I found this book somewhat appauling. I found it to be full of factual errors. Many of the cleaning and repair procedures described in this book would actually do more harm than good in the long run - while book tape, rubbing alcohol, homemade paste, and Elmer's glue might seem like harmless substances, these items will break down over time, yellowing, cracking, and damaging your treasured book. The bookbinder's motto is not as these misguided souls profess "Don't make it any worse", but rather "Don't do anything you can't undo". Readers of this book will come away with just enough knowledge to do some real damage! If you're unsure of your methods, you're better off leaving your books alone! If you're really interested in learning book repair, there are many manuals written by trained professionals who actually have some idea what they're talking about.
Repair Your Beloved Books.......2005-05-15
The Care and Feeding of Books Old and New is a lovely little volume that provides the novice book repairer with all the information they need to make minor repairs on damaged books. The authors do an excellent job of describing the tools needed and methods to be used, and are very clear about what sort of damage should be tackled only by an experienced book binder. The repair of loose pages and broken hinges are covered, as well as what to do about a stinky book.
I believe this is an excellent book for any bibliolater (defined by the authors to mean anyone with an extravagant devotion to books) to have on their book shelf. With the dust jacket in a protective cover, of course.
Great book for a LIBROCUBICULARIST.......2004-10-26
This book got my attention when I saw it in a bookstore.As I have done some minor book repairing,I bought it without looking at it too closely;thinking one can always learn something new.This book is extremely elementary and a relaxing read; if you don't let the "dog talk" annoy you too much.
Some of the few books I've seen on basic care and repair of books;are the books by Jane Greenfield,referenced on page 152.I feel they still are the books that cover the subject best.The rest of the material in this book is okay for someone who is just beginning to look into "books on books";but again it is extremely superficial.
I am also surprised that "A Passion For Books",by Rabinowitz and Kaplan was not mentioned;one of the best I've read.
Like I said,a very elementary book on books.It might serve the purpose for a collector just starting or for a Librocubicularist.*
*Reads in bed
The author should write a book about her dogs and bookstore.......2004-08-24
I didn't find the information contained in this book particularly helpful, although someone with less experience than I might learn a thing or two. However, I love the author's attitude toward dogs and found her references to her dogs very amusing. I think her publisher should offer a contract for a book about her dogs and her bookstore (book people love to read about the pets who greet us in bookshops). The author's talent for lighthearted, humorous writing combined with her obvious love for animals would result in a funny, highly enjoyable book that should sell well. I would be the first to buy it!
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Practical Guide to Book Repair and Conservation
Arthur W. Johnson
Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 0500275181 |
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Modern Bookbinding
Alex J. Vaughan
Manufacturer: Robert Hale Limited
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Books
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| Arts & Photography
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| Reference
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ASIN: 0709058209 |
Book Description
Out of print and virtually unobtainable for many years, this facsimile of the 1950 edition with a new foreword by Maureen Duke, sometime chairman of the Society of Bookbinders, is a welcome reissue of one of the standard books on the craft of bookbinding. It deals in great detail with what used to be called the "letterpress and stationery" branches of the trade and includes sections on finishing and design. The detailed description of binding materials and technique also provide invaluable insight for the conservation of both hand- and machine-bound books.
Customer Reviews:
Bookbinding and the Care of Books.......2006-10-21
Douglas Cockerell was perhaps the premier bookbinder of the early twentieth century. Many of his pioneering techniques are still used today by hand bookbinders and curators of fine books. In this, his classic exposition of the bookbinder's art, he details the steps used in hand binding of books, various decorative techniques, and provides useful, practical information on the proper care of books. This charmingly written and supremely practical book gives a unique look at an increasingly rare art form by one of it's greatest practioners.
--- from book's back cover
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Form and Freedom in Korean Poetry
David Richard McCann
Manufacturer: Brill Academic Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 9004085483 |
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- Country Living The New Flavors of Country Cooking (Country Living)
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