Cloth re-back and lifting of original cloth.
Restoration & Binding of Period Cloth Books
- Re-backing the worn material with closely matched cloth/paper in appropriate weights, colors and patterns.
- Re-back with spine over, as with leather, reapplying the original material on newly reinforced spine, colored to match.
- Reinforcing hinges or head and tail caps.
- Re-cornering , rebuilding damaged book board, cloth and paper.
- Rebinding in full, half or three quarter cloth/paper period bindings.
- Dust jacket repair on modern first editions. Please see the section on dust jackets in Paper Conservation.
- Refurbishing, re-coloring, cleaning and conserving
