Mrs Beeton's Spine

The spine in close-up

Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management

The same book from the spine-side

Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management

Hmm bit of a tricky one this. The outer part of the spine is missing but the bookblock is sound and there are no pages falling out. I can do the repair using the Inside Spine Repair feature here.

The problem is what to do about the spine racking out of shape, remove the old lining paper and re glue, glue over the top of the original lining paper, or do nothing and hope the repaired spine supports the book better?