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.

Che
1st Ed., 1997
Jon Lee Anderson
              &
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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