Restorations

Repair of Pilgrim’s Progress (1852)

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Another gorgeous leather book just waiting for its former beauty to be restored, this 163 year old binding of the Pilgrim’s Progress was mostly suffering from typical problems: deteriorated leather, worn joints, cracked inner hinges and bumped corners. With some leather restoration, new period-appropriate endsheets, and strengthened corners, the book looks beautiful while still gracefully displaying its age and is structurally sound enough to last another hundred years.

Bumped corners and worn edges
Bumped corners and worn edges
Cracked inner hinges and acidic old endsheets
Cracked inner hinges and acidic old endsheets
Worn and faded spine and worn joints just beginning to crack
Worn and faded spine and worn joints just beginning to crack
The finished result with restored spine
The finished result with restored spine
No more worn and cracking joints or bumped corners!
No more worn and cracking joints or bumped corners!
Repaired inner hinges and new, period appropriate acid-free endsheets
Repaired inner hinges and new, period appropriate acid-free endsheets