ARS
OBSCURA Bookbinders
Book Repair
and Restoration
We perform book repair and restoration. Our speciality is antique book restoration. We will do whatever it is that the client desires, within reason. A minimal investment in restoring and rebinding a rare antique book makes the difference between the potential value & the realized value.
BEFORE (See wrinkles?) AFTER (Wrinkles are gone.)
We do paper restoration & mending. Topical paper deacidification can be accomplished on site. We utilize standard paper mending techniques & materials for tattered & torn pages. The techniques used are the standards of the last 500 years of traditional bookbinding in Europe.
Here are some other jobs that we're about to work on. These are typical problems.It is vital to trust valuable books to a bookbinder that won't let you down. It is a satisfaction, performing the magic on an important treasure, repairing it in the style of the original, that is our raison d'etre.
Do these look like problems you have? Contact us. When
the work has been completed, you will be notified to make payment
within 5 days, so your work can be shipped or picked up.
We accept credit cards and PayPal. Inquire about book restoration or
get a repair estimate.
An obvious problem that requires mending with Japanese tissue.
The wear and tear on the book is typically on the moveable parts, the hinges, the paper fold and by its nature of being an object, the corners.
Archival Boxes
We offer speciality
boxes for first editions & art, as delineated by the Library of
Congress blueprints & more. These include clamshell boxes in all
their variations as well as slipcases. The primary satisfaction in book
box creation is encasements for loose sheets, photographs or art prints
that the client may not want to have bound together but does want to be
able to shelve with the rest of their collection.