I'm working on a very interesting re-imagination of the holy grail.
I'm working on a very interesting re-imagination of the holy grail.
Start with a book that is horribly damaged, and mostly can not be restored...
Intrigued..
That book looks like it's been Cujo's breakfast. Intrigued RF...
Looks like that water damaged copy of The Stand
Oh it is too - the Stand S/L... Save it RF! For the love of baby Jeso, SAVE IT!
I'm doing the best I can, but the paper/pages expanded and the gilt exfoliated from the page edges.Originally Posted by peripheral
The coffin case was severely damaged also.
As I may have mentioned, it's a reinvention/reincarnation.
I'm starting to get excited about the progress.
Reinvention / Reincarnation for the coffin box Stand S/L sounds even more appropriate... A second life. A Frankenstein.I'm doing the best I can, but the paper/pages expanded and the gilt exfoliated from the page edges.
The coffin case was severely damaged also.
As I may have mentioned, it's a reinvention/reincarnation.
I'm starting to get excited about the progress.
Saved it from the watery grave! Look forward to seeing the progress
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Is that a real Stand S/L? If so, it's so damaged...it hurts.
I'm intrigued by this.
Wanted list:
Ubris
The book pages were swollen from water damage, and the case was also damaged:
Looking forward to the end result. Interesting to see what can be done with a book with that much damage.
Without spending thousands of dollars for a professional restoration, I had to use the parts of the book that were salvageable, and re-imagine it.
I'm not sure I would have even brought that into my house.
This was on Ebay if I remember it... you actually bought it RF?
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
LOOOOL Me either.
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
The box has been repaired to Very Good + condition (pics coming soon). The book did have this in it:
Cannot wait to see! WHen you showing us?The box has been repaired to Very Good + condition (pics coming soon). The book did have this in it:
HELP ME FIND
Insomnia #459
ANY S/L #459
The book won't be finished for a few more weeks. We are having trouble finding similar red endpapers that the S/l had in it. Damaged endpapers:
Kudos for undertaking such a rescue, but the real question is: who...WHO ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN???
Eastasia has always taught college students to feel pride or shame according to their race.
They say it was flood storm damage. I have no reason to disbelieve them.
I'm excited for this. It's always great when a book has a story along with it. Good luck RF and hope it all works out well.
Out of interest, was it sold by the person who suffered the flood? I would have thought if they claimed on the insurance, it would be the property of the insurance company...
Also interested to see a "re-imagination"
"A real limited edition, far from being an expensive autograph stapled to a novel, is a treasure. And like all treasures do, it transforms the responsible owner into a caretaker, and being a caretaker of something as fragile and easily destroyed as ideas and images is not a bad thing but a good one...and so is the re-evaluation of what books are and what they do that necessarily follows." - Stephen King
A book press would work wonders on that thing. Trim the page block edges and either re-gild or "re-imagine" the edges. A new binding and it's a nice book.
I hope you can find the endpapers.
"One day you're going to figure out that everything they taught you was a lie."
Book presses don't make a page block that is water absorbed flat. Feel free to take a PB book, soak it, let it dry and warp, then use a 10 ton press to flatten it out.
You can try to repair each page one-by-one, but it's very very time (money) consuming.
The bottom line is I had to remove the pages that were worth saving; the signature page and each art page, and abandon the rest. Fortunately the leather binding could still be used.
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