As opposed to the previous blog entry detailing a basic rebind, here's an example of a full rebind. Please bring the patient in for surgery.... What you see here was a first edition Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow from 1847. The orignal leather has completely rotted away and the text block has become unhinged and lost it's shape... *whoops, sorry for the blurry shot. This situation calls for a full rebind. What that entails is a complete disassemble of the book (remo

Here's an example of a basic rebind job. What I mean by that is that the only work being done to the original book is replacing the covers and endpapers (please see the next blog entry on the "full rebind job"). The books in question were the 2 volume set "Democracy in America" by Alexis De Tocqueville from 1864. As you can see, the covers have seen better days. The text block, on the other hand, was still in fine condition. The paper used was rag based mold paper which a 150