We have an international clientele which includes book dealers, collectors, libraries and publishers. Special collections holds primary resource research collections of the university of florida and includes the rare book collection, the manuscript collection, the university of florida archives, the p. Rare book conservation florida bookbinding and repair. For over twenty years the book doctor has provided custom bookbinding, book restoration, and book and bible repair services to customers nationwide. Their history, conservation, and restoration ecological restoration standards. We provide book restoration services for bibles anywhere from 2 months to 400 years old. Rehinging is a method to restore any broken hinge of a book.
We make flexible leather covers for personal bibles, and we use old world techniques to restore treasured old tomes and family bibles. The archives and rare books library at the university of cincinnati believes the standards used today are more or less the same as the standards literary historian and bibliophile johann vogt recorded over 250 years ago. The pages are brought back together and the cover reassembled and refinished where necessary while keeping as much of the original books structure in place. The cost depends on the size of your bible and the type of leather.
Restoration methods were skillfully used in combination with stateoftheart technology to end mold growth and then clean away mold spores before reshelving. Floristic inventory of south florida on may 12th hosted by george gann. This department treats damage to the pages, covers, spines. Dunbar old books has proactively suspended our hours until further notice in accordance with the cdcs recommendations for reducing the impact of covid 19 coronavirus. The best place to find a literary treasure is in an faba bookstore welcome to the digital home of the best booksellers in florida. We offer both a wide variety of inexpensive general used books and a large stock of rare, antiquarian and collectible books. Find book dealers used and rare in cocoa, fl on yellowbook. Rare books for sale, buy antique books from alibris. At aa leather bindery, we do a lot of custom bookbinding and antique bible restoration. Natives for your neighborhood on may 5th hosted by george gann.
Since 1997, bookfinder has made it easy to find any book at the best price. Raptis rare books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in fine first editions, signed and inscribed books, and. We scoured our vast selection of vintage books for the most beautiful dust jackets, and soon discovered that selecting just 30 was a nearly impossible task. Do anything that would alter the specific markings of a rare book to increase or decrease its value. Use this price list order form to order any of our historical specialty rebinding styles, including the american west iii. During the summer busy season brought on by textbook or library rebinds needed while schools are closed we hire teachers and personnel from schools to help out. Smythe books a full service antiquarian book shop featuring. Our faq page answers many bookbinding and restoration questions. Treatments include binding restoration, facsimile binding, box making, adhesive tape removal, stain reduction, washing, aqueous and nonaqueous deacidification, lining.
Our passion, expertise, and attentive customer service will guide. We have been providing fine hand binding and restoration services for over 25 years. Frank mowery is one of the worlds leading experts in paper conservation and restoration. Regular workers have years of experience with an average of over 23 years employment with the company. Rare cloth book restoration in some cases, we can clean, redye, and restarch old cloth. The rare books department preserves bound materials and takes great care to ensure the structural integrity of each volume. Antiquerare book restoration leonards book restoration.
Book restoration and repair in melbourne, australia. Contact him today for a free estimate on your project. We are members of the american institute for conservation book and paper group, the guild of bookworkers, and the texas association of museums. We use only the highest quality leather and archival supplies. For more information, visit the facebook event andor our website calendar event.
For custom bookbinding and restoration projects, we quote per job. Use the search box above to find fond treasures from your childhood or that one book that has escaped your collection thus far. Our mission is to make it easy for customers to discover and buy the books, fine art and. Jun 15, 2018 rare and unique restoration, sarasota, florida.
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Full restoration we often work on old gothic bibles, plat maps or other ornate books. We have distinguished ourselves by having a reputation for handling unique and. As a side note, gottlieb was also a founding member of the madison maennerchor, a german singing society started in 1852 which patterned after the similar groups in the old country. But stress got the better of him, and he decided to attempt to support himself with his 15year hobby. Treatments include binding restoration, facsimile binding, box making, adhesive tape removal, stain reduction, washing, aqueous and nonaqueous deacidification, lining, mending, and inpainting.
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Raptis rare books is an antiquarian book firm that specializes in fine first editions, signed and inscribed books, and landmark books in all fields. Book restorers preserve our paper past orlando sentinel. We create new hard cover bindings for one book or several. Our faq page answers many bookbinding and restoration. Other services include lectures, consulting, and hand bookbinding instruction. Oct 15, 2016 i briefly explain my recipe, methods and show how to restore the health and luster of old leather books.
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Read about cuttingedge international standards for ecological restoration. F or over twenty years the book doctor has provided custom bookbinding, book restoration, and book and bible repair services to customers nationwide. Whether you want the cheapest reading copy or a specific collectible edition, with bookfinder, youll find just the right book. Florida antiquarian booksellers association members can help you find the titles that are missing in your collection or provide help and advice in the care of books you already own. Welcome to smythe books, llc a full service antiquarian. A rare book fair is a trade show of sorts where booksellers from a specific region, country, or from across the globe gather, bringing their best and most interesting books to sell. After a mold outbreak was discovered in the american bible society s rare book collection, munters mcs oversaw the restoration of more than 1,100 volumes, some dating to the th century. Its a family heirloom, given as a gift to the clients grandfather, and stamped with his name on the cover. The books range in date from the 15th century through the present era. New book covers or spines come in black, brown, tan, forest green, navy blue, burgundy, and dark red.
We have distinguished ourselves by having a reputation for handling unique and important books that are in exceptional condition. We have thousands of rare and antique treasures brought to you by our network of trusted sellers from all around the world. Reconditioning old leather books leather book dressing. We have general stock in most fields with reading copies for the casual reader, as well as more expensive first editions and collector s copies of rare and fine books. Baker offers a full range of conservation services for books and printed works on paper and parchment. There can also be additional charges for repairs to the text block. Only a handful of book restorers practice in florida. The employees of grimm book bindery are like a close knit family in themselves. Rare books, antique maps and vintage magazines since 1978. We are members of the american institute for conservation book and paper group, the guild of bookworkers, and the texas. Rescued plant material becomes part of the national collection. The pages are brought back together and the cover reassembled and refinished where necessary while keeping as much of the original book s structure in place. He has maintained a private practice for over 30 years focusing on the conservation of rare books, manuscripts and works of art on paper.
Alibris is one of the premier rare and outofprint book sites on the internet. Today we are recommended by many libraries, bookstores, and dealers. About the harold and mary jean hanson rare book collection. This selection ranges from 1917 to 1969, and really is. Get updates on ircs initiative to expand the footprint of imperiled pine rocklands. Yonge library of florida history, the belknap collection for the performing arts. Ufdc home the harold and mary jean hanson rare book. Other than heavy water damage, we can usually fix or repair most other types of damage. Made for discovering that personal treasure, that book that you had as a child or something you read that changed your life. Restoration of damaged books, family bibles, albums and rare books.
We are closed until further notice and are not accepting any books if you want to support your local bookstore and small business, please send any. We do restoration work on books worth several thousand dollars, but any responsible restoration work takes caution. Raptis rare books fine rare and antiquarian first edition. Every book we restore is cleaned and repaired by hand by our inhouse book restoration expert.
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