Are your pages torn, eaten by vermin,
ripped into pieces or crumbling with age and neglect?
Have they been battered, creased, dog eared, scribbled in
with biro, crayon, ink, even sellotape water stains foxing or
library stamps?
They said it wasn't possible...............
Book restoration taken to an art form.
You wouldn't think it was the same page would you?
But we can assure you it is.
Knitting fibres together and invisible mending is painstaking but can be very rewarding
Bookbinding and Remove Foxing:
The mildew is attracted to and accelerated by the (F)errous (Ox)ide, (iron), one of the chemicals in the paper...This of course is where it gets it's name, absolutely nothing to do with Reynard whatsoever.
Period Fine Bindings have developed an entirely new aqueous formula which neutralises the mildew and removes the stain completely without altering the integrity of the fibres of the paper or the medium ....be it ink or water colour etc...it doesn't matter what the medium is.
Clean as a whistle whilst preserving the integrity of the paper.
Textile strength tests have shown that the paper fibres have not altered in any way, which means the page will bend and "dog ear" without snapping. The oxidation in the ink has been removed leaving a crisp clean original print. Whilst the mildew spore that causes the "foxing has been neutralised.
Bookbinding, Foxing Removal and Paper Restoration:
Bookbinding and Removing Ink Stains: Somebody sadly spilt ink on this edition of Cook's Voyages. The ink had penetrated through every page, an immense amount of page restoration was needed. Indeed if it were possible?
The ink was first analysed to determine it's properties and a formula was created for it's removal and then each page carefully 're-sized'.
Bookbinding and Page Restoration:
...And even though it had soaked all the way through and dried through the ages, Paul managed to restore this beautiful piece to its original condition...
without any compromise to the integrity of the ink or the paper.
I know they must have their reasons and I know a lot of really nice ones too....but what about "stamp happy" librarians?? Have they nothing better to do??
96 hand coloured plates in this rare book...every plate stamped :(
These are the nation's heritage....They belong to you and me ;) Librarians are only custodians of the nations property but is it vandalism?
A rare book with a stamp can be worth 60% less than one without....Look at the last Shakespear 1st folio sold in the UK a few years ago, stamps all over it (see my newsletter)....sold for £2.8m.......The auctioneers were disappointed at the absence of most of the big spenders....I wonder why?
Oxidation can cause serious problems.
I hate oxidation...especially when foxing has had a go at it too!
Water stains
Damp!!
I hate the damp!
Page tears...How do they happen?
Especially missing bits.....What do you do when that happens?....How do you know what is missing??
Go on!.....Explain that one!!
All this before you even bind the damn book!
Enjoy your tour through my site......I hope you find what you are looking for ;)
Period Fine Bindings
Email: Paul Tronson,
Master Bookbinder Next Page Book binding & Period Fine Bindings
with your queries at:
periodfinebindings@googlemail.com
This site was updated April 2011
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