Popular treatments and average prices for books that come into our workshop
Average
cost to repair or restore a book: $100 - $250.
Most books fall into one of the areas below. Once the book arrives to the workshop, we will contact you with a firm quote that won’t change at the end of the project:
SPINES |
| When we replace a spine, we try to retain the old one to reattach and help the book retain its original look. |
Bookcloth |
Leather |
| New spine and outside hinges |
$125 |
$200 |
| New spine and outside hinges, strengthen binding, strengthen corners, repair some torn pages, reattach cover |
$200 |
$250 |
NEW COVER |
| Includes new endsheets on the inside and custom labels on spine. |
Bookcloth |
Leather |
| Inset original cover pieces into new cover, any size |
add $50 |
add $50 |
| New Cover up to 6 x 9” |
$125 |
$175 |
| New Cover Size up to 6 x 9'', strengthen binding, repair some torn pages |
$200 |
$250 |
| New Cover Size up to 10 x 16'' |
$150 |
$200 |
| New Cover Size up to 10 x 16'', strengthen binding, repair some torn pages |
$250 |
$300 |
RESEW BINDING and new spine or new cover. |
| Includes new endsheets if needed and custom label on spine. |
Bookcloth |
Leather |
| Resew complete binding up to 2”, new spine and outside hinges, repair several torn pages, reattach cover |
$400 |
$475 |
| Resew complete binding up to 2”, new cover (includes new spine), repair several torn pages |
$450 |
$550 |
OTHER INTERESTING THINGS WE CAN DO FOR YOU |
Restore Large Family Bible
These are the big heavy cover Bibles from the 1800's to early 1900's. Typical treatments are new leather spines, repair many torn pages, resew several sections, new endsheets, reattach cover(s) |
|
$250 - $600 |
| Clamshell Box to house frail or valuable books. Provides protection from sun and dust and bugs. |
$150 |
|
| Convert a Paperback to a Custom Covered Hardback |
$125 |
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Peabody
Book Services believes you should not have any surprises about our fees. We
provide 'before and after' pictures to the website for review before returning
your book to you.
Shipping
and handling for the books return trip back to you via USPS is normally
$10.
We're proud of providing quality services
for reasonable prices.
We provide a detail listing of what
was done to each book.
Agreement in advance on work to be
done for each book is required.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPALS:
If it isn't broken, don't fix it.
When possible, use products that are reversible with water treatment.
Make sure the customer understands financial and conservation consequences
of non-reversible repairs.
Document your work to include with book or project.
Questions? Click here to email us. |
