Antiquarian Childrens Book for Conservation/Restoration - Book Conservation

Hierloom Antiquarian Childrens Books are usually in the worst shape of all the genres.
They have been read hundreds of times, as a result the cover and text is usually in tatters.

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1892 Osler's, Practice of Medicine for Conservation - Book Conservation

Before and after photos of a 3/4 leather binding in bad condition.

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2 Antiquarian Bindings for Conservation

The 3/4 leather binding required saving the original boards but replacing the leather; conserving the interior hinges, new gold tooling on spine.

The cloth binding required a cloth reback.

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Modern 1st Ed.

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1st Ed., 1997
Jon Lee Anderson
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Che Guevara Currency

1890 Antiquarian Cloth Bindings - Book Conservation -

Before during and after photos of a job I just completed.
Cloth restoration rebacks and map repair (not shown).
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Oversized Full Leather Rebacks - Book Conservation -

Photos of a 2 volume set of Shakespeare originally bound in NY for rebacking.

During and After Photos.

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1815 Antiquarian Paper Binding for Conservation - Book Conservation

This is a paper binding that was  missing the spine except for the original paper label.
I rebacked it using a matching archival paper and reattached the label.
Paper bindings are usually more difficult than cloth or leather as paper is much more delicate.
Also paper binding boards are usually much thinner and more difficult to work with.

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