Our pressing and comic book restoration services can take your most important and valuable comic investments to the next level. Find book repair glues and tapes, repair wings and corners, and book repair tools to get the job done. The pictures throughout this site will show you some before and after repairrestorations. We are extremely proud to be entering our 88th year of business. Unlike other book restoration services, we can usually repair your book within 15 days. You may contact us anytime at 18002281943 or email email protected. Today we are recommended by many libraries, bookstores, and dealers. Book rebacking repairing broken spines, preparing the original cover with new spine piece, and reattaching the text block pages.
Do any work that would detract from the value of a book. Book binding at, we are dedicated to bringing high quality and affordable bookbinding, book restoration and book repair services to corporations, businesses, and individuals alike. We do restoration work on books worth several thousand dollars, but any responsible restoration work takes caution. Our staff of skilled craftsman have many years of experience in bible repair and have developed numerous techniques unique to the bible rebinding industry. Regular workers have years of experience with an average of over 23 years employment with the company. Furthermore, our wide array of book binding services make us unique in the bookbinding industry. Pavel book restoration master bookbinder with 40 year of. This has made norris bookbinding the leader in bible repair and bible restoration. We insist that the customer gets their moneys worth. The archives and rare books library at the university of cincinnati believes the standards used today are more or less the same as the standards literary historian and bibliophile johann vogt recorded over 250 years ago. Bible rebinding, repair and custom restoration services. But we can also restore smaller bibles that are used.
Structurally sound, it was badly scuffed, with bumped corners, and some unfortunate blue paint splatters. Quickly and easily restore your beloved bibles, cook books, history books, or childrens books to like new with help from our experts. People often wonder where to get their bible rebound when it ages. Repair of leather bindings, cloth bindings, albums, and other items.
Of course, this is not always possible, especially if some pieces are missing. We have recovered millions of documents, legal files and books, as well as gained nationwide acclaim for successfully completing the most challenging book and document restoration projects. This kind of repair is used when the spine if offloose, and the hinges attaching the boards to the textblock are weakened or detached. Just terrific handcrafted goods book repair rochester, ny.
Book recovering creating a new flexible leather cover or hardcover using genuine leather or book cloth, then binding the text block to the new cover. Bringing a wide variety of materials and experience for your restoration and repair needs anywhere in the usa. The employees of grimm book bindery are like a close knit family in themselves. Make your comic grow in value, increase in eye appeal, and most importantly preserve them for the future. A stepbystep guide to book repair for beginners youtube. Book repair supplies glue, tape, and book repair tools. Our faq page answers many bookbinding and restoration questions. Its a family heirloom, given as a gift to the clients grandfather, and stamped with his name on the cover. If youre looking for book rebinding, bible repair, antique book restoration, leather bookbinding or handmade books crafted with care, you can trust your treasured book with just terrific. Book binder specializing in book binding, book restoration, bible and book repair, leather albums, leather book binding, diaries and sketch books. During the summer busy season brought on by textbook or library rebinds needed while schools are closed we hire teachers and personnel from schools to help out.
For over twenty years the book doctor has provided custom bookbinding, book restoration, and book and bible repair services to customers nationwide. Damaged document and book restoration new york fire. We also restore antiquarian books for collectors and preserve bibles, childrens books, family genealogies. Whether it is a bible, personal prayer book, siddur or other holy book, we at pavel book restoration will give it a new life. This amazing book arrived in the mail, and was my first official bay area book repair job. Many factors are considered before defining a book as rare.
I dont know about your community, but everywhere i look, i see great old windows windows that have lasted 100 years on the curb or in back of the replacement window truck awaiting. With more than 120 years of experience, were western pennsylvanias most trusted bookbinding companies, offering a full range of bindery services for a wide variety of personal, commercial, and academic applications. Whether its book restoration or book creation, only the finest archival materials are used. Quality in the old world tradition since 1932 turul bookbindery has been your source for quality handbinding, restoration, and printing, since 1932. Do anything that would alter the specific markings of a rare book to increase or decrease its value.
The condition of your bible will dictate the amount of bible repair required to restore it back to a condition that will give you many years of service. Classic leather restoration and book binding leather restoration. Whether you have one book or several that need repair, we can cost effectively restore your books to their younger versions. Located in upstate new york, just terrific works with clients outofstate utilizing the usps media mail shipping rates. We sell and buy books, prints, paintings, ephemera, autographs and photographs. Commercial companies that apply epoxiescarbon fiberpolymers to repair and strengthen exterior damaged concrete. Bible repair and bible restoration are two of our top services requested, and may appeal to customers interested in converting old delicate family bibles into useable copies capable of being picked up, handled, or even brought to a bible study. Use the contact form to get started with your book repair. Each and every book is handled and treated with respect as a treasured part of your life, whether it be a bible, family heirloom, or a very personal, special, precious book. As of spring 2020, most repairs are on a 23 month turn around. In 1984 i began restoring books in institutional special collections first at the university of saint thomas in saint paul, then, after a few years, moving on to carleton and saint olaf colleges in northfield mn, where i worked for five. Each repair is different and requires a unique process based on its condition and materials used. Book repair and restoration requires extensive skill with a wide variety of materials and techniques.
Not appropriate for special collections rare items. Photo restoration and old photo repair service of damaged. Wishing a happy and healthy 2020 to all our old and future customers. All work is done in house at our shop on 42 west 38th street. For more than 35 years, we have specialized in the restoration of antique bibles, family bibles, and custom leather bookbinding and repair of other bibles. Colorado bookbinders offering new binding or restoration to your books, bookbinding, book repair, book restoration let us help you with all your book binding needs. We are members of the american institute for conservation book and paper group, the guild of bookworkers, and the texas association of museums. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. For topquality bookbinding, book repair, and restoration, contact us today at steadfast bindery. Book rebinding, repair and custom restoration services we offer quality custom book repair, rebinding, wedding album repair, bible rebinding, hand crafted journals and much more. Rebind in entirely new cover we make a new cover for your book with your choice of cover material and hot foil embossing possibly the most durable option if buckram is chosen. We also offer the services of appraisals, book repair, rebinding and print restoration. In addition, the binder who undertakes repair and restoration must have knowledge of how books were constructed in different places and times. Yankee peddler bookshop volume ii rare books williamson ny.
Content on this site is 2011 paul belard all rights reserved web site by report a problem report a problem. Prima and iod transfers, homespice rugs, table linens. Was extremely professional and i would use services again. Book rebinding, repair and custom restoration services. Our specialties are americana, aviation, black studies, childrens, explorationtravel, foreign, illustrated, literary, military history and new york. Our nyc bookbindery is one of the few remaining businesses of its kind in the new york area.
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