Book Repairs
These are some of the book restoration projects carried out by Crappy Old Books. Click any repair to see the full story, before-and-after photographs and the restoration process.
Busmans Honeymoon
Upon being bought I noticed the cover was very delicately adhering to the book block so I decided to add a paper hinge to reinforce it.
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Selected Short Stories
This is an odd repair as there was nothing wrong with the book, however, it appears that a previous owner, presumably a library, added hinge supports sometime in the past, possibly
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England - Their England
This was a fairly complex repair, in part because I chose to paint it after. THe damage to the spin meant that the covers were not attached and were flapping, so I needed a new hin
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Kirkeskuden
This was a repair to a Danish book that had a split along the spine hinge.
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The Brothers Karamazov 1
Occasionally I find a book that has just been sold is not 100% perfect and needs a spot of glue in order that the customer doesn't notice. In this instance, the spine at the base w
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Unity Mitford
Whilst scanning this in I noticed it was falling to bits. I also noticed that it seemed quite valuable, so I glued it all back together and left it to dry in a press.
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Mary Queen of Scots - Immortal Queen
Whilst scanning this in I noticed that the spine was peeling away so I glued it back.
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Doomed Oasis
This si a stock item that I noticed was falling to bits so Iglued the cover and spine back to the book block.
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Love and Will
In this instance I noticed that a stock item was falling to bits so I glued it all back together. Hopefully the customer that bought it wont notice. No other images.
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St Bernadette of Lourdes
This is hardly a repair at all, but it was still something I did. This was bought and I thought that the spine cloth at the top was a bit loose. There was not much I could do reall
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As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning
As you ca see, the book block came away. A common issue. Its a simple task to glue it back in and its all good.
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The Naked Island
Clearly the boards are faded. Following on from the Kirkeskuden example, I intend to use some ink here to gradually restore the colour.
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The Vixens
Like many of its time the binding deteriorated leaving only loose pages, which I glued back together.
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The Evolution Of Modern Sculpture - Tradition And Innovation
Put in a quick repair to the dust jacket to prevent this tear getting worse.
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