The Vespiary Book Binding & Book Conservation

Sometimes people try to help out when books begin to fall apart. One of my favorites is the hammer and nail technique. Usually someone will either nail all the way through a book and bend the nail on the other side, OR if the nails don’t go through, they’ll add more nails on the backside of the book. Check out our latest find:

So folks, unless you’re making some kind of creative artist’s book, let’s stay away from the nails.