Michael Keller / Bookbinding and Restoration

Buckram Grove Press

Revised September, 2024

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Restoration Gallery

All images have accompaning explanatory notes and comments

Complete restoration with new leather
binding - in detail

Part One: disbinding; cleaning; guarding; general repairs

Part Two: sewing; backing; split board, leather preparation, etc.

Restoration of a severely damaged folio

Restoration of a 'limp' binding with new hardcover binding

Restoration of a 'publisher's binding' with facsimile reproductions

Converting a paperback into a *real* book

Faux spine sleeve and slipcase

Restoration of a specialty binding (wooden boards)

A typical Reconstruction of a missing corner

Complete Restoration with a new 'half-leather' binding

The creation of a new binding with 'printed wraps'

Miscellaneous: slipcases, folding boxes, endpapers,etc.