Preserving the past, one book at a time
Keep your treasured books in great shape for generations to enjoy.
Book repair and restoration in Central New York
Cover and spine repair or replacement
Book covers and spines can often be reattached by using archival glue. In some cases an entirely new cover will be needed to be constructed to replace the old one.
Rebuilding signatures
Books are typically constructed by binding individual sections together then combining all the sections together into what’s called a text block. Over time these sections or signatures can detach from one another. When this happens in order to repair them they need to be reconnected either by using archival glue or by sowing them. Then reattaching the text block to the book’s outer cover.
Reattachment of loose leafs or pages
Sometimes just a few single pages will become detached, in cases like this archival glueing or archival tape can fix the problem.
Rebinding of signatures
Pamphlets and other ephemera printings can sometimes become historically important to preserve. Basic steps to begin this process include, cleaning and removal of acidic adhesive.
Basic stabilization of pamphlets
Pamphlets and other ephemera printings can sometimes become historically important to preserve. Basic steps to begin this process include, cleaning and removal of acidic adhesive.
Treatment plans
Treatment plans will be written for each object and submitted for approval before restoration work begins.
About Us
Bradley J. Hudson
Bradley has been a bibliophile all his life. Acquiring and caring of books began at a very young age. He has developed his conservation skills at the following institutions: The Walker Art Museum, in Minneapolis MN, Baker Library at Dartmouth College Hanover, NH , Westlake Conservators in Mottville NY, and the Graduate Program in Museum Studies at Syracuse University, Syracuse NY. Books and manuscripts represent one of our societies greatest repository of humanities’s accumulated intellectual culture. Specializing in the preservation of these precious resources is the goal of our business.
“Yea, the first Morning of Creation wrote What the Last Dawn of Reckoning shall read”
From a poem by Omar Khayyám
Preserve your treasures with Bradley
Services priced at reasonable rates
Contact Bradley at bjhudson2@gmail.com