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1818 STEVENS FAMILY BIBLE, WASHINGTON STATE LIBRARY

leather bound, tear repaired with Japanese paper (Kozo), colored to match

Custom Box  housing Bible with removable tray to display ribbons

custom box with removable tray

RE-BINDING IN LEATHER WITH CUSTOM BOX

cloth bound before re-binding in leather

re-bound in leather

custom box

10 ISSUES BOUND INTO ONE VOLUME

destapled and sewn

leather spine; boards covered with marbled paper

corner re-inforced with leather

PASTEL DRAWING

pastel drawing before treatment

pastel drawing after treatment

MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

before treatment

after treatment humidified, flattened and lined with Japanese mending paper; losses will blend in using cream colored backing paper 

VICTORIAN BIBLE

before treatment

after treatment inside board attachment with aero cotton; outside board to spine cover Japanese paper dyed to match  

after treatment detail

CHICAGO EVENING POST 1871

before treatment

washing and deacidification

after treatment

G.F. WHITWORTH

DIARY 1855, vellum binding

WHITWORTH COLLEGE, SPOKANE WA

back endsheet before treatment

back endsheet after treatment

HUNGARY

cloth bound, detached spine cover

original spine piece over new cloth spine

MISSALETTE with celluloid cover, 1906

hinge before treatment

detail: hinge before treatment

hinge after treatment; old coth hinge was removed and replaced with new cloth

detail: hinge after treatment