http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments.html The treatments illustrated here were done on our own books. http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments.html#0 5db9d9ee-e86e-4e93-8817-454394d87591 http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010021.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010021.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style"><span class="style">Mount Spine</span> is used in books that have either partially or totally lost the spine portion of the case.</p></div></div> http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments.html#1 97055586-42b2-4925-9883-fe84059dc1a6 http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010022.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010022.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">A new piece of fabric is cut for the spine, wide enough to extend out onto the boards on either side. The textblock is not disturbed.</p></div></div> http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments.html#2 c40487ee-0019-4683-87b8-d89ab004bb9a http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010023.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010023.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">The new spine fabric is lined on the inside with paper, and reinforced with headbands at the top and bottom, where fingers pull.</p></div></div> http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments.html#3 ec1341a0-bfc9-4206-ad82-49d67f5f61e1 http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010006.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010006.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style"><span class="style">Recase with Spine Repair</span> looks like a Mount Spine, but there’s more going on, including removing the boards from the text block, making cloth-jointed end sheets, which are sewn onto the existing text block. </p></div></div> http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments.html#4 2cdb46db-1db4-4638-bc5f-26cf1a2511b4 http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010008.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010008.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">A new spine is then constructed, and the back of the text block is relined with fabric that will attach it to the rebuilt case.</p></div></div> http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments.html#5 fa082185-47c4-4b04-bcdc-bd17fc781b88 http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010009.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010009.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">The original spine information is retained where possible.  Otherwise, a paper label with the information is printed and attached.</p></div></div> http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments.html#6 cd8bf4ac-a6ae-4d55-bdd7-45d8f4c14f63 http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010010.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010010.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">A <span class="style_1">New Case</span> is called for when the old case is too battered to protect the text.  This one arrived wrapped in more duct tape than cloth.</p></div></div> http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments.html#7 2627de32-6c78-4c1c-829c-f35fce73b776 http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010015.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010015.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Everything except the text block is new: boards, covering material, paste downs, cloth-jointed end sheets, and headbands.</p></div></div> http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments.html#8 08833d4e-18f4-4935-843a-72801fff1ea2 http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010017.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.boundtobearound.com/Bindery/Treatments_files/Media/P1010017.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Here the original text block, on the right, is seen where it is sewn onto the new cloth-jointed end sheet.</p></div></div>