peabody book services
Prices Do it Yourself

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  

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.

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4333 SE Robin Road
Portland, Oregon, USA 97267-3036
Phone: (971) 404-9420