Hey everyone,

I've been ordering UAs left and right, trying to find one with a good binding. No luck and now I have a half-dozen UAs

Which happens to be enough on which to start experimenting with rebinding. Has anyone rebound or otherwise attempted to restore a hardback 1e book? Would you mind sharing your experiences about that?

Of course, the usual disclaimer, that this restoration is solely for my own benefit and not to be resold without indicating the restoration had occurred! But all that aside, anyone with advice on fixing up the binding, I would sincerely appreciate it!

Local university libraries are also good places to check into rebinding, or your local public library if it's pretty large.

Our local university actually offers a course in book rebinding; you might look into enrolling in something like that if possible.  One of my college girlfiends took the class, and the "final project" was to find an old hardcover and rebind it.  As I recall, it was pretty easy and turned out well.