Category: Rebindings

Tales from Shakespeare (no publication date) was not my favorite project. I ended up making the case three times. Yes, three. I wanted to to give this book a fresh, cheerful look, so I went with a beautifully-textured yellow cloth. Since the pages weren’t badly aged, I felt comfortable with off-white end pages. The headbands…

My second rebinding! The World of Words by Eric Partridge was printed in 1944. With chapters like “How Words Began” and “English: Good; Bad; and Worse,” this is definitely an interesting find! I avoided my mistakes from the last rebinding and can honestly say this is near perfect (downfall looming). The book was in pretty…

My first rebinding! Short Stories for High Schools by Rosa M. R. Mikels was printed in 1915 and holding up very well for its age when I bought it at the local library’s book sale. The book block was in good shape, binding holding, cover decent (a beautiful blue!), and the only marking from the…