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"When our son was getting married, we wanted to give the couple a gift of some family silver. We needed something special to put it in. The box that Ruth made for us is beautiful. It was just what we wanted! Her workmanship is excellent and she was very responsive and helpful to us in figuring out how what we had in mind could best be achieved." Ditta & Frank Hoeber (You can read more about the silverware story here)
"We hired Ruth to create custom clamshell boxes for our vulnerable 18th century bible collection. We were very pleased with her attention to detail, particularly in regard to matching other boxes that were already in our collection. Ruth also crafted beautiful paper bindings for two of our severely damaged bibles, and carefully repaired volumes with damaged leather. We highly recommend Ruth's work, and look forward to utilizing her versatile skills for years to come." Sarah Seraphin, Special Collections Librarian, Connelly Library, La Salle University (You can see documentation of this work here)
"My personal Bible (King James Edition) was a gift from my parents at my Confirmation and was over 70 years old. The text and binding was still in good condition but the leather cover had greatly deteriorated. Ms Blackson was able to recover the Bible with a new, more secure and protective cover and include gold lettering (my name as well). She did a great job. My old Bible will now be a Family Heirloom! Thanks, Ruth!" Steve Ross
"I am thankful to Ruth for her help making my book 'The City in Her Desolation' (2017). Ruth proved to be a fantastic resource before I even began printing the pages by suggesting appropriate papers and binding cloths and giving me basic information about paper grains and weights. She assembled the pages I gave her and bound them beautifully. I'm so happy to have worked with her!" Leah Modigliani
"I sell rare books. I contacted Ruth when I needed needed three substantial oblong atlases restored for a client. She did a phenomenal job and my client was very pleased. I also asked Ruth to restore a rare pop-up-book and two rare book covers for early children's books. Again, she did a fantastic job. I am very happy that I found The Book Restorer." Michael J. Osborne LLC - Rare Book Seller
An absolutely wonderful experience! They restored my first edition copy of Masters of Atlantis and I couldn't be happier. It was absolutely falling apart and unreadable when I purchased it. After their work, it's now going to last a very, very long time. Prices were reasonable and communication was great! I would absolutely patronize them again! Robert Alesiani
I was looking to have pages bound for a gift and found The Book Restorer. Ruth did an excellent job and turned a pile of papers into a beautifully cloth-bound book. The process was quick and Ruth was incredibly responsive to every question and request I had. Julia Applegate