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looking for collectors who restore books
I am interested in communicating with anyone who has worked on restoring books
who is a member of this group. I am currently working on restoring a leatherbound volume and would like to exchange ideas with anyone who has done the same. So we don't take up other people's time on the newsgroup, please e-mail me at . Thanks, Les |
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"BookEditions" wrote in message
... I am interested in communicating with anyone who has worked on restoring books who is a member of this group. Whatever you do, don't take advice from Palmjob! |
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On 05 Sep 2004 03:05:19 GMT, (BookEditions)
wrote: So we don't take up other people's time on the newsgroup, please e-mail me What else are people here for ? Yes, I've done some restoration and binding work, as have many others. What are you trying to do, and have you read http://palimpsest.stanford.edu yet ? -- Smert' spamionam |
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Thanks for linking me to the standford.edu site as I was not aware of it. It
looks like I will find useful inofrmation there. As to what I am involved with now, I have a leatherbound set of four volumes in varying states of decomposition. I have started work on the most seriously flawed volume which requires replacement of the end/fly papers, replacing the spine (which I want to do by using as much of the title on the current spine as I can "lift") and putting on new leather covered boards. I understand that much of what I am attempting to do should be handled by the pros, but after studying in depth many "how to" manuals and after a couple of hours of work so far, I have been able, without any problems at all, to seperate the spine and boards, remove the old end paper/pastedowns, and prepare the boards to receive the new treatments. My may concerns now are making sure I have completed all prepatory work before starting the rebinding, and then working with leather to do the rebinding itself. I do have an initial question: I would like to keep, on the front and back boards, at least some of the original leather binding so that I can still enjoy what it "used" to look like. I am considering applying new leather as a type of border, about 1-2" wide, around the edges of the board, leaving the centers in the original leather. There is some red rot which I believe I have removed. Am I taking a chance of a reoccurance of this, which mught also affect the new leather, i.e., am I better off just recovering the entire boards in new leather? Thanks again for giving me another resource. I wouldn't mind doing some more posting here as things progress, so people with your experience can offer feedback. Just don't want to offend folks who, like me, visit this group on the topic of actual collecting. Les Yes, I've done some restoration and binding work, as have many others. What are you trying to do, and have you read http://palimpsest.stanford.edu yet ? -- Smert' spamionam |
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