Book conservation

Have your famiy Bible repaired quickly with Stanley Book Repair & Restoration. We provide book restoration services for Bibles, cook books, archival books, childrens books, and much more!

While many people today aren't even considering reading paper books, Japanese craftsman Okano Nobuo has been repairing old, tattered books and making them look brand new. Using simple tools like a wooden press, chisel, water and

This wonderful and inspiring video, featuring Eliza Gilligan, a book conservator at the University of Virginia, is reach with an old book's details and close-ups. A real pleasure to watch. As a bonus: some insights into how a conservator works and thinks

Breathing new life into a favorite old book by repairing it - Cookbook repair by Ruth Bleakley with photos

Bookbinding community is not a very small one. However, when it comes to sharing secrets of trade online, some bookbinders prefer to not to participate. Luckily, there still are quite many blogs to allow both beginners and experienced bookbinders to educate themselves. The list below contains top 30 of almost 100 blogs that are related to bookbinding, book history, book arts and book conservation. Some of the blogs are also covering some other issues. Some of the sites are not really blogs…

Every book is special. As book lovers, we want to extend and preserve the life of our treasured old books. Here's how to keep them in good condition.

Treasured family heirlooms often come to us for restoration, and these projects are some of the most gratifying to work on. Paper-based items like family bibles, marriage certificates, portraits and photographs of ancestors can suffer damage over time that make them fragile and difficult to access.

William Cobbett's A French Grammar, published in 1829. Artist Kyra Clegg took this sad, battered old book and turned it from thi...