tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post158562134576827453..comments2024-02-19T09:19:13.164-08:00Comments on Bookbinder's Chronicle: British and Irish Salmonidae, 1887MHRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05865432334906927871noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-39485453957567412772018-02-18T19:54:05.782-08:002018-02-18T19:54:05.782-08:00Hi Peter,
As you might have noticed, I haven't...Hi Peter,<br />As you might have noticed, I haven't been able to free up time to create any new videos for years, and I feel sorry for folks who actually still wait for me to make more videos. Next one up is supposed to be about a simple & easy french-joint case making, so if I were to create instructional videos on restoration, it would be years from now. IN the mean time, if you have any questions, I'll try to give you advices over e-mail as much as I can.MHRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865432334906927871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-83999675138216236832018-02-11T08:47:39.567-08:002018-02-11T08:47:39.567-08:00This is an absolutely phenomenal repair! I have a ...This is an absolutely phenomenal repair! I have a couple of first edition books with similar rubbing and bumping (Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce and Murphy by Samuel Beckett at the moment) and I have been scouring the internet for how to perform a similar repair, but with no luck! I just finished rebinding a first of Les Plaisirs et les Jours (1906) by Marcel Proust that someone had given a full reback...in duct tape. I used your fantastic YouTube videos to teach myself how to do it! Now complete and restored in full calf. I was wondering, then...do you think it might be possible to explain or do a video on how to do a repair like the above, or might you be able to point me in the direction of that information? I would be immensely grateful. PeterAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05635042073276470209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-70101846693326148312014-08-23T00:18:11.237-07:002014-08-23T00:18:11.237-07:00*such a great (sorry...)*such a great (sorry...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-36415941433155539852014-08-22T23:49:31.655-07:002014-08-22T23:49:31.655-07:00This is suck a great restoration. I can't see ...This is suck a great restoration. I can't see the connecting between original book cloth and repair part... How do you do this? I can see you're using actual cloth to restore it, what else? Great job!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-6974498602941729282012-04-09T19:57:12.396-07:002012-04-09T19:57:12.396-07:00Hi Lizzie!
It's always good to follow your ins...Hi Lizzie!<br />It's always good to follow your instinct about things like restoring a book - if you don't feel confident to it, you shouldn't. (Murphy's law!?!?) Things like that come up occasionally to me as well, i.e. de-acidification of manuscripts. In which case, even if it's something I might be able to pull off (because I "sort of know" the procedure,) we refer someone else, who specializes paper conservation, to do the job. That's because I NEVER "test" my skills on someone else's property nor do I ever do things that I'm not perfectly confident about doing to them. It's not my specialty to begin with. Anyway, as you're a bookbinder, isn't it nice to know a real professional bookbinder in person!! The real bookbinder should profess all the knowledge and actual skills that involve "bookbinding", and your friend Karen must be someone like that, considering she's working for a museum!! I envy you! If I were you, I'd spend as much time as possible with her, watch what she does!! <br /><br />As for your "Alice" books, I don't know what kind of restoration they might require, but you can always make archival boxes for them. THAT you can do as it doesn't involve actual restoration on the books. Boxes will prevent farther damages to the book. :-) And for your mom's friend's dictionary, if it's something as simple as "replacing the case", you can definitely do it without any advice from a person like me, no? If you send me some pictures of the dictionary, I can tell you if it requires to preserve the originals and if it's something you can actually do. I'm saying this because it's just heartbreaking to know the dictionary's sitting there broken! She needs to be fixed and used again! :-)Well, in any case, can Karen do pro-bono work? Then you can watch her working on it, too!MHRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865432334906927871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-7479932670078525532012-04-09T19:26:23.970-07:002012-04-09T19:26:23.970-07:00Hello Mie,
yes, I read you blog with much admirat...Hello Mie,<br /><br />yes, I read you blog with much admiration and appreciation. Please, take the time necessary to do your best efforts. Arigato. Chetchetrosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065113815033415812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6582585744614656229.post-48440829693448206462012-04-07T07:01:14.478-07:002012-04-07T07:01:14.478-07:00I don't think I would want to tackle a restora...I don't think I would want to tackle a restoration project, as I have had no training in this area. My mother was quite cross, because she told a friend I would repair her old dictionary - and I refused, as I didn't feel competent. A difficult situation... <br />I have a couple of lovely old editions of "Alice in Wonderland" and "Alice through the Looking Glass" at home, which I would love to restore - but I'm nervous of making things worse (as you say, it's quite easy to do!). <br />My niece's next-door neighbour is a professional book restorer and repairer. She works for museums and private collectors. I was lucky enough to be taken into her studio for a look around (oooo!!) She was working on a collection of very old maps in a map case. It was so interesting to hear her descriptions of how they were tackling this work. <br />Perhaps one day I'll have the knowledge to try a few restorations for myself. <br />Meanwhile, I will leave it to folks like you and Karen!Lizziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918211625453430621noreply@blogger.com