Encyclopedia Britannica Map Volume
This volume had substantial self-adhesive tape damage, having been kept in one piece by taping the spine back onto the boards, and taping the first section back together. Some of the tape had become brittle, stained and lifted from the paper, however the majority remained tacky and still adhered. Once the tape and tackiness had been removed, I was able to go about repairing the textblock, attaching the boards and creating a new spine. The brief from the client was to retain as much of its originality, wear and age as possible.
Extended sewing stations 
Tape damage 
Cleaned spine 
Substantial tape damage 
Detached boards
CONDITION
- Substantial tape damage to endpapers, first and last sections.
- Sewing is deteriorated and sections are loose at front and back.
- The bulk of the sewing is still in tact.
- First fly leaves and contents pages are damaged and detached.
- Foxing throughout – to leave as is.
- Endpapers are loose, buckram guttering is damaged at the back, front is loose, tape damaged, but still in tact.
- Leather spine has become detached and re-adhered using self adhesive tape to the leather edges of boards.
- Boards and corners are deteriorated at edges.
- Spine lining is brittle and deteriorated.
TREATMENT
- Remove self-adhesive tape from cover, spine, endpapers, first and last sections.
- Repair first pages and recreate first and second sections.
- Remove spine lining.
- Extend sewing supports.
- Sew loose sections back onto textblock
- Repair endpapers and create new buckram gutter on back end paper.
- Line spine with aerocotton and manilla.
- Create hollow and false raised bands.
- Split boards, lift board edges and neaten.
- Reattach boards to textblock.
- Create new spine piece from toned goatskin.
- Reback volume.
- Reattach original spine piece and consolidate.
- Consolidate board edges and corners.
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