| Book Restoration 16:23 - Jul 14 with 924 views | Kropotkin123 |
I'm in the London area and had a family book from the early 1800s returned to me by a randomer via a family tree website. It was out of the family for a good 40-50 years and has been returned in poor condition, so needs proper care and attention.
Has anyone done this? Can anyone recommend a place from personal experience? I feel somewhat out of my depth!
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| Book Restoration on 16:26 - Jul 14 with 903 views | footers |
You are JR Hartley and I claim my five pounds.
I do know an old skool bookbinder based in Nodge. I can ask her if she also does restoration work too if you'd like, or knows someone that does. |  |
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| Book Restoration on 16:35 - Jul 14 with 876 views | Kropotkin123 |
| Book Restoration on 16:26 - Jul 14 by footers |
You are JR Hartley and I claim my five pounds.
I do know an old skool bookbinder based in Nodge. I can ask her if she also does restoration work too if you'd like, or knows someone that does. |
Because of the condition of the book, I don't really want to entrust the delivery to a third party. So I'd prefer to go somewhere in the London area, so I can deliver it in person.
I appreciate the offer though and if I don't have any luck I will DM you. Thank you. [Post edited 14 Jul 2020 16:35]
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| Book Restoration on 17:18 - Jul 14 with 849 views | GeoffSentence |
I can't help you I am afraid, except to ensure that you avoid the schoolboy error that I made a few years ago in a similar situation. I had an old, but loved book that I felt could do with rebinding perhaps in leather or something nice. This was in the days before the internet was a thing so I looked up bookmakers and binders in the yellow pages and found a place on Foxhall Road and rang them up.
They p1ssed themselves laughing because, of course, they were a bookmaker, as in a bookies, not a bookbinder.
That said I have just looked in the yellow pages again and there is someone listed as the Book Surgeon under bookbinding, in Kesgrave they list their numbers as 07563 709355 and 07921 125119. |  |
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| Book Restoration on 17:39 - Jul 14 with 820 views | factual_blue |
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| Book Restoration on 18:18 - Jul 14 with 781 views | Perublue |
| Book Restoration on 17:18 - Jul 14 by GeoffSentence |
I can't help you I am afraid, except to ensure that you avoid the schoolboy error that I made a few years ago in a similar situation. I had an old, but loved book that I felt could do with rebinding perhaps in leather or something nice. This was in the days before the internet was a thing so I looked up bookmakers and binders in the yellow pages and found a place on Foxhall Road and rang them up.
They p1ssed themselves laughing because, of course, they were a bookmaker, as in a bookies, not a bookbinder.
That said I have just looked in the yellow pages again and there is someone listed as the Book Surgeon under bookbinding, in Kesgrave they list their numbers as 07563 709355 and 07921 125119. |
This was in the days before the internet was a thing so I looked up bookmakers and binders in the yellow pages and found a place on Foxhall Road and rang them up.
They p1ssed themselves laughing because, of course, they were a bookmaker, as in a bookies, not a bookbinder.
I am guessing this would have been Krullind (Now Ladbrokes) next to the closed again Railway pub. |  |
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| Book Restoration on 21:44 - Jul 14 with 722 views | Jasper |
I think one of wife's friends is involved in book restoration, but don't really know exactly what she does (I really need to listen more). Let me check and I'll let you know. Definitely somewhere in London. |  | | |
| Book Restoration on 22:32 - Jul 14 with 701 views | Coastalblue |
I'll be interested to see what responses you get as I'm also in the London area and my Mum has a family bible which has been around since the year dot and has the scars to prove it. |  |
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| Book Restoration on 08:03 - Jul 15 with 638 views | Kropotkin123 |
| Book Restoration on 21:44 - Jul 14 by Jasper |
I think one of wife's friends is involved in book restoration, but don't really know exactly what she does (I really need to listen more). Let me check and I'll let you know. Definitely somewhere in London. |
Thank you, that would be awesome. | |
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| Book Restoration on 08:59 - Jul 15 with 608 views | BloomBlue |
What a fantastic program, the BBC at it's best and they recently did a book restore on a book from approx 1905 if I remember correctly. Plus if they accept you onto it they do the restore for free |  | | |
| Book Restoration on 09:06 - Jul 15 with 594 views | Chondzoresk |
Try Tomblands area of Norwich. Plenty of Antiquarian bookshops there. |  | | |
| Book Restoration on 11:04 - Jul 15 with 568 views | GeoffSentence |
| Book Restoration on 18:18 - Jul 14 by Perublue |
This was in the days before the internet was a thing so I looked up bookmakers and binders in the yellow pages and found a place on Foxhall Road and rang them up.
They p1ssed themselves laughing because, of course, they were a bookmaker, as in a bookies, not a bookbinder.
I am guessing this would have been Krullind (Now Ladbrokes) next to the closed again Railway pub. |
That was the one, I couldn't remeber its name. | |
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