"They come to the small shop in the Bishop Arts District with books. And stories. The wife whose husband accidentally spilled bleach and salsa on a book he borrowed from a friend.
The father who wanted his Bible restored so he could give it to his son before dying of cancer.
The daughter who wanted to repair the books that belonged to her sick mother as a way of keeping her mom's memory alive.
They come to see...the Book Doctor."
The Dallas Morning News
Bible Repair 1
A contemporary bible with a broken binding and worn cover. We repaired the binding and created a new cover in leather.View Before/After Images
Bible Repair 2
This bible was originally covered in a stiff paper cover material that would not hold a repair. Rather than lose the cover completely, we saved the original image and designed a cover around it.View Before/After Images
Dog Damage 1
Dogs love glue. A dog took a chunk out of the spine of this book. We saved it by repairing the pages along the spine and rebindingView Before/After Images
Dog Damage 2
A nervous dog chewed on the book's cover. We plugged the book board and blended our repairs with the original cover.View Before/After Images
Dictionary
This beautiful edition of Webster's came to us with a dry leather cover and broken binding. We repaired the binding and treated the cover. Additionally, we lightly touched up the color in order to return it to its former beauty.View Before/After Images
The Bumper Book
This children's book came in with a weak paper cover and badly damaged pages. We repaired the pages and made a new cover with a set in of the original.View Before/After Images
Miss Nellie
A beautiful album that needed rebinding and repair work to the decorative elements.View Before/After Images
The Circus Book
The original cover was badly damaged and not salvageable. We removed pieces from the front and spine to set into a new leather cover.View Before/After Images
1903
The book came in with a broken spine, loose coverboards, and damaged corners. We repaired the binding and flysheets, then created a new spine and corners in the style of the original.View Before/After Images
Latest Restorations
Image 1: This volume of the Daily Siddur survived Hurricane Katrina but was badly water damaged. We removed the decorative piece from the original board and set it into a new leather cover.Image 2: The Song of Hiawatha had a broken spine and loose coverboards. We reattached the boards and built a new spine with cloth we make in the studio. The original spine is over the new material, which has been painted to blend. The corners have also been reinforced and repaired.
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