Restoration

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Paper Repair Before	Paper Repair After	Paper Repair: Torn pages, signatures, and missing pieces can be mended with Japanese tissues of a complementary color and weight to restore integrity and function to the pages.
Cover Repair Before	Cover Repair After	Cover Repair: Broken headcaps and corners can be mended with cloth, leather or Japanese tissue, as appropriate for the book. We will also clean surface grime from cloth and paper covers and oil leather covers.
Resewing Before	Resewing After	Re-Sewing: If a book's sewing thread has broken, it will be resewn with an appropriate weight linen thread. Damaged cords and tapes will be replaced as well, if necessary.
		Re-backing: If a book's covers and spine have become detached, we will reattach them by placing new cloth, leather or paper under the original material to form a new spine. Interior hinging will be added or strengthened as part of this process.
		Re-casing: If a book's binding has deteriorated so much that it is not possible to restore it, we will re-bind the book in a period-appropriate cloth, paper or leather case.
		Titling: New leather or paper labels can be made to replace torn or missing labels on single or multiple volumes. We use genuine gold foil, and have a variety of typefaces on hand to match original type as closely as possible.