Book Restoration. . .

I know already that some of my friends will accuse me of geekiness. But here's a really interesting article in Print Week about the restoration and saving of ye olde books.


"Ripped pages, tea stains, sun damage, brittleness, flood damage, an extended stay in a heap of manure - most people think that these ailments spell the end for a favourite book, family bible, collectable text or tome of historical significance. But this assumption is not necessarily correct.

"I don't think there has ever been an instance where there has been a book we could not put back together," says Ivor Stone, manager at Chivers-Period Bookbinding. . ."

The whole article can be read here