I’m trying to find a good place to have a Bible re-bound. My parents gave it to me on my 20th birthday when I was in Seminary. It’s falling apart. I have others, but this one is special.
It’s a dying art. I haven’t met one since my mom quit five years ago. She is now at a retirement community and she asked that I donate all her bookbinding tools, letterpress, leather sheeting, etc to the local library.
30 years ago until recently, she would rebind all their valuable books. So when they built a new library location, they built in a display case that has been left empty, waiting for her equipment.
She still used presses from the 1800’s and a letterpress from 1910’s.