PCT No. PCT/GB85/00147 Sec. 371 Date Dec. 4, 1985 Sec. 102(e) Date Dec. 4, 1985 PCT Filed Apr. 3, 1985 PCT Pub. No. WO85/04669 PCT Pub. Date Oct. 24, 1985.In two-short perfect binding of books, excellent results in terms of binding strengths, cold flow and cold crack properties, ink solvent resistance and thermal degradation susceptibility may be achieved using as a first adhesive a water based primer, e.g. a synthetic rubber latex emulsion, and as a second adhesive a hot-melt adhesive comprising a segmented monoalkene-vinyl acetate copolymer, e.g. a segmented ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer optionally in admixture with at least one other ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer.