Spine repair
New cloth spine with the original lettering piece laid back on.
Book repair · hand binding · small runs
We mend books so they can be read again, not just kept.
Most of our work is ordinary: cookbooks with split spines, family Bibles with loose boards, paperbacks someone loved too hard. We repair with reversible materials wherever we can, and we tell you up front when a book is better left as it is.
Rebacking
Boards reattached with new hinges; text block resewn if needed.
Page and tear repair
Japanese tissue and wheat starch paste. Priced per page.
Boxes and slipcases
Clamshell boxes for books too fragile to rebind.
Before you bring a book in
- Do not tape loose pages back in; tape is the hardest thing we remove.
- Keep any loose pieces, even small corners, in an envelope inside the book.
- Estimates are free. We will not start work until you agree the price.