Old books carry history in their pages and bindings. Maybe you inherited family volumes, collected first editions over the ...

We at the Appalachian State University library would like to note that the sadly tattered books in the dramatic cover photo of the September 20 issue were damaged items returned to our library and ...

FRIDLEY, Minn. – Using century-old equipment to restore century-old books is an ancient craft, but one that's still very much alive. In this week's Finding Minnesota, John Lauritsen shows us how a ...

Student workers and full-time faculty are working to repair, rebind and renew old books in the BYU conservation laboratory. Repairs can be made by sewing new bindings on old pages, patching up pages ...

First comes a love of books. Great patience and skill is required to restore old books, but equally important is the belief that each one is a work of art. The women who run the Atelier Devauchelle in ...