Stephanie J. Gibbs | Bookbinding & Conservation

Consultations are available by appointment : please email stephanie.gibbs@gmail.com or telephone (413) 570-0077.

– Bible restorations – paper repair – unusual items – rebacked books: leather – rebacked books: Japanese paper –
– custom boxes and enclosures – historic bookbindings –

When a cover has detached from a book, then rebacking is done, using a range of archival materials to remake the spine. If the value of the book does not justify the cost of leather, then dyed Japanese tissue is an archivally sound technique which returns a book to a strong condition, while retaining the aesthetic of the original book. [1] [2]
Wild Flowers: a two volume set


The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Roycroft full leather binding

– Bible restorations – paper repair – unusual items – rebacked books: leather – rebacked books: Japanese paper –
– custom boxes and enclosures – historic bookbindings –

Please email stephanie.gibbs@gmail.com or telephone (413) 570-0077 for an appointment.
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