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Summary: Scarlett O'Hara['s book] was not beautiful...
Review: At last someone has grasped the depth of personal sentiment attached not merely to content but to the medium, the books themselves, those volumes with their loose covers, cracked bindings and torn pages. Thank you, Ms. Ellis and Messrs. Wiggins and Lee. As I have watched my niece graduate from Ramona and Harry Potter to Judy Blume, I have wondered how I could give her my adored but crumbling copy of Gone With The Wind, worrying about her rejecting it for its evident decay, or worse, the book's ability to withstand another reading. Now a talented trio has put together a kit which will allow butterfingered me to repair the novel before passing it on. The Booklover's Repair Kit doesn't just tell me how to do it, in straightforward terms with helpful diagrams. Much more in fact, since everything I may need to fix the book comes with it. If you give a damn about the books on your shelf, you will want the Booklover's Repair Kit to join them with its handsome packaging and enough supplies to fix a dozen or so tattered books, be they Proust or Mitchell.
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Summary: Wow! I was looking for just this kit!
Review: I got an issue of a German women's magazine Freundin and theyfeatured this Booklover's Repair Kit. I'd been looking all over for a proper set of materials to repair some old bindings. This is simply brilliant. It would take me many trips or orders by mail, phone or internet to assemble all these necessary items. Not only is everything you need in this kit, but you can also use it to make your own bookbindings (you need some kind of press, but that can be a piece of wood and some clamps, and a bone folder which can be found in craft stores that carry scrapbooking items.) If you like to scrapbook or do your own journal OR if you collect old books, this kit is a must.
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Summary: worthless
Review: Just received the kit. It is much more beautiful than I expected, with a neat box (including almost secret drawer), nice tools, more supplies than I expected and a very well designed and written book. I don't know if I will ever actually get around to repairing my books, but this kit is worth the price just for the beautiful organization. It even smells nice. PS, I always have buyers remorse, so I am surprised how much I like this.
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Summary: First Impression
Review: Just received the kit. It is much more beautiful than I expected, with a neat box (including almost secret drawer), nice tools, more supplies than I expected and a very well designed and written book. I don't know if I will ever actually get around to repairing my books, but this kit is worth the price just for the beautiful organization. It even smells nice. PS, I always have buyers remorse, so I am surprised how much I like this.
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Summary: worthless
Review: You can assemble this so-called kit together yourself at only a fraction of the cost (even at the bargain-basement price). Let's face it, the tools provided here are poorer than poor, the same scissors, glue, and needles you'd find at any 99C store. As for the instruction book, you'd be much better off buying a real volume on book repair from either Amazon or one of those library supplies store (such as Gaylord). That leaves only the bulky box itself. I suppose it does look better than a shoebox on the bookshelf. But you'd be a fool to pay so much just for that. In short, for the same amount of money, why not buy yourself a nice new book instead?
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