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Sandy Bill of Texas / Beadle's Pocket Library v.37 (1893)

Remove pamphlet binder; reverse previous mends; wash; deacidify; line; fill losses; rebind in post binding

Before Treatment

Sandy Bill
Item in pamphlet binder
Sandy Bill
Cover image faced with repair tape
Sandy Bill
Severely brittle, restricted opening

Sandy Bill
Severely brittle, restricted opening

During Treatment

Sandy Bill
Brittle cover page with losses, repair tape removed
Sandy Bill
Toning Tengujo lining tissue with acrylic paint & methyl cellulose
Sandy Bill
Toning handmade Western paper & preparing cover fills
Sandy Bill
Paring cover fills
Sandy Bill
Trimming out lined sheets
Sandy Bill
Custom L-sleeves and post binding

After Treatment

Sandy Bill
Post binding
Sandy Bill
Cover sheet with fills, tape removed
Sandy Bill
Lined leaves in custom L-sleeves
Sandy Bill
Lined leaf, tape removed
Sandy Bill
Cover sheet with fills, tape removed
Sandy Bill
Leaf with toned lining

 

 

 

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