I just finished Restoring/Conserving a very Rare 3 Volume set from the first woman to write a historical book about America, dating back to the early 1800's. (Warren's America) The volumes were in terrible shape. The spines were completly deteriorated. I did leather restoration rebacks on all of them. I conserved the boards and endsheets. (The boards were crumbling and one was missing a corner, which I reconstructed. I recreated the spines to match the originals as much as possible. The second volume was apparently rebound for the Whig Library at some point, so it was a slightly different size. It is tricky matching up spines when any of the volumes don't completly match. You have to measure from the tail going up. They came out very well and suitable for reselling. I can only post 2 pictures on this Blog, but if you go to my website at www.book-restoration.com under Leather Restorations I have all the pictures posted.
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