Re: [BKARTS] freeing the pastedowns

[Alan Shalette <AlShal@xxxxxxx>]

Color photocopies may be OK for constructing
ep's in certain circumstances.

Alan Shalette


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J. J. Foncannon" <bolu.bolu@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <BOOK_ARTS-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 4:05 PM
Subject: freeing the pastedowns


|
|  Occasionally, people want me to recase a book, but want the old flyleaf
| and the old pastedown saved, because there may
| be important graphics or signatures on them. I have always had to decline
| these jobs, since I have no idea of how to
| save the old pastedowns. Ideally, I would like to create a new cover, with
| new boards and leather, but save the old
| endpapers and attach them to the new cover.
|  I have tried various techniques--- steaming, solvents, ironing--- to free
| the old pastedowns from the boards on
| practice books, but nothing seems to work. Is there anyway to do this? It
| seems the older the book, the more fragile
| the pastedowns, and the more avidly they adhere to the boards.
| Thanks,
| Jet
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