Advice on book Restoration

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Posted By: Jason Mishelow

Due to the weak market on books and a willingness to purchase less then mint/fine condition materials I have been able to put together a decent collection of late 19th century item such as Changing Base 1868. American Boy's Book 1864, Boy's Own book 1844, A ball players career 1900. I am less concerned about the appereance of the books then the fact it is difficult to look through them when they suffer from weak hinges, broken text blocks ect and would like to have them restored to be more stable. my question is does anyone have any suggestions for a good person to use- there is no one local so location matters little (though if you knew someone in the Milwaukee Chicago area it would be a plus) Second what if a fair price for the type of work i am talking about. Finally would I be better off justing having the books totally restored (i.e. rebound over covers) rather then trying to save a bit on just stablizing them

Thanks for Any suggestions