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Click here to try a can. Bookbinder's Dressing is my formulation of of an ancient recipe handed down from master to apprentice for over 500 hundred years. I make this in small batches and will mail it the same day your order is received.
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Category Archives: hinge
Small Bible Rebound
This little Bible has just gotten worn out. The spine is an embrittled hide glue mess. After this picture was taken, I took the binding apart, made page repairs, sweated off the old glued spine and then locked it in … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, bible, bindery, conserve, hinge, leather, reback, restore
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Gray’s Memoirs – 1775
Gray’s Memoirs in the bindery for a hinge repair. Continue reading
Posted in 18th century, hinge, leather, paper, rare book, spine, tightback
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