Possible Clues:

• Adhesive strip
• Handle books: take off sticker
• Trade mark product used for sealing etc
• Adhesive stuff -- a lot peels off
• Promote old recording but it's tacky stuff!
• Reliable restorer of old manuscripts
• Record a payment Earl's returned for tacky stuff
• Adhesive material
• That seals it - a lot sleep around!
• Might 'elp to seal with this?