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After Restoration
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Category Archives: paper
Baptism Certificate Repair
Baptism Certificate original form before restoration, flattening, cleaning, mending and deacidification. As of this post tape from the back has been removed, it’s been rehydrated and flattened between blotting paper weighted with heavy glass sheets. Tomorrow I will mend it … Continue reading
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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Pete Seeger Ballads Complete
From wikipedia: Seeger was one of the folksingers most responsible for popularizing the spiritual “We Shall Overcome” (also recorded by Joan Baez and many other singer-activists) that became the acknowledged anthem of the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement, soon after … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, cleaning, heirloom, paper, paper binding, paper mending, perfect bound, touch-up
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Pete Seeger’s American Ballads
Pete Seeger’s American Favorite Ballads is in for repair. The book needs a lot of attention. Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, paper, paper binding, paper mending, perfect bound
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Clothbound Books Restored
Example of two clothbound books repaired by the bookbinder. Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, closeup, cloth binding, corners, paper, reback, spine, touch-up
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