Book Repair
Red Letter Bindery gives new life to old books damaged by age, water, and wear and tear by making them readable again. Click on any thumbnail below for a better view.

Services offered include:

Repairing or replacing bindings












Reparing tears and damaged pages





Custom fitted enclosures





If a book cannot be safely repaired but is too important, or has too much sentimental value to be thrown away, Red Letter Bindery can provide you with an attractive custom container to store the book so you can prevent further damage but keep it accessible.

Contact us for more information and to arrange for an estimate on your project.

             Giving new life to old books.
Phone:
(773) 430-8278

Email:
jen@redletterbindery.com


"Bambi"-before treatment.'Bambi"-after treatment. Full cover replacement, retaining a small piece of the original cover image, recessed into the new cover.A water damaged, and stained back cover-before treatment.A new back cover, and spine-after treatment.Stained and damaged covers-before treatment.New cloth binding, saving parts of the original title-after treatment.Misshapen, damaged Bible-before treatment (1 of 5).Bible pages flattened and organized-during treatment (2 of 5).Bible signatures, fully repaired, and reordered-during treatment (3 of 5).Bible signatures sewn onto tapes-during treatment (4 of 5).Completed Bible with new cloth cover-after treatment (5 of 5).Leather binding with detached front cover-before treatmnt (1 of 3).Leather binding with toned tissue repair-after treatment (2 of 3).Leather binding with toned tissue repair, detail-after treatment (3 of 3).Damaged cloth binding with missing spine (1 of 3).Spine repair with toned cloth (2 of 3).Spine repair detail, with toned cloth (3 of 3).Damaged cookbook with missing spine (1 of 2).Damaged cookbook-after treatment (2 of 2).Leather binding with detached  cover (1 of 2).Leather binding-after treatment (2 of 2).