Questions about book binding

[Ronny]

Does anyone have any experience with having books rebound? I have a book of poetry that was my grandma's, she had it since she was about 5 yrs old. The back cover & spine are missing, some of the pages have come lose but all pages are in good shape. I would like to have it rebound and a nice cover put on but I don't know anything about having this done. Any information would be really appreciated.

 

[mehastings]

I know nothing about it, but my partner tonight had an old family bible rebound by these folks www.chbook.com He said it was really well done.

 

[Ronny]

Their site does look good, I may call tomorrow and get a quote. I have no idea what something like this will cost but I'm willing to shell out a bit to save granny's book. It has some great poems in it but due to the cover damage and a missing title page I have no idea what the title is.

 

[mehastings]

It's usually pretty pricey. Rog says it cost about $50 for his bible, but I guess it was quite large. He says they did an awesome job and is trying to get his wife to bring it over here for me to see.

 

[Ronny]

They do have a cover pictured that I liked a lot, and I guess they can resew the pages, I would be ok with paying around $50 for it.

I guess it was the last thing her father gave her before he was killed, she was around 7, so it had meant a lot to her.