Book Repair: part 1

I got an interesting request from a friend the other day...she has a Bible that is in serious need of repair. Had this been a library book, I would have requested that we purchase a new copy. However, since this has great sentimental value to her, I told her I would do the best that I can.

As the below pictures show, there are many pages/chunks of the book that are loose or have come out completely. There are also some torn pages, and the spine has to be torn apart and glued/taped/pieced back together. There is a lot of work to do and it will have to be done in stages over the course of several days.

 The chunks of pages to the right are from the front of the book, and above is the worst torn page.

 Here are some loose pages...there are far more then seen here (there were a lot of individual loose pages within the chunks of pages that had torn out.

Above shows how out of repair this book's spine is! It's barely staying together: I'll have to finish taking it apart to rebuild it.

And interesting thing to note about Bibles is the thinness of the pages--it makes it difficult to repair these types of books because they can easily tear or soak up too much glue (I suggest trying to rely more on book tape for these types of projects), and they also wrinkle very easily (I've found that smoothing out the pages beforehand helps keep a book mender from wrinkling the pages too much when they lay down the book tape).

Below are the tools that I will be using.

Above is my book repair kit that I received as part of my course work for a technical services class I took. There is a variety of book tape, including colored and clear, as well as book binding glue, gauze (for spines), as well as other repair equipment (but I won't need to use those for this project). There is also this amazing how-to guide that guides you through the processes of book preservation (trying to prevent books from falling apart before their time), as well as repairing them.
Below are additional tools that come in handy but were not included with the pre-made kit. A knife (spine repair), small or medium brush (for delicate or precise gluing), scissors and something to smooth in and press down tape (I'm using an incense holder, but a flat edge of a comb or something similar would work as well).

I will keep posting as I go along! Wish me luck. :)