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Reliques of Robert Burns
Yesterday I found a copy of the Reliques of Robert Burns,
Consisting Chiefly of Original Letters, Poems, and Critical Observations on Scottish Song (ed. by R. H. Cromek) (Fourth Edition, 1817) with unfortunately a missing spine and detached front board, but otherwise in pretty good shape. Obviously, it is another book to be repaired. Reattaching the front board is easy enough, but I don't want to undertake it without a plan for the spine. I am quite sure I cannot replicate the original spine. Indeed, I doubt if a professional bookbinder could, since, among other reasons, the now faded reddish-purple boards have a blind-stamped pattern. I am still at a loss as to the most acceptable method of spine repair in these circumstances. I am leaning toward a spine that contrasts with the boards so that there is no doubt about any attempt at a bungled restoration of the original. What say you all? -- Francis A. Miniter In dem Lande der Pygmäen gibt es keine Uniformen, weder Abzeichen, noch irgend welche Normen, Und Soldaten sind dort nicht zu sehen. Siegfried von Vegesack, "Es gibt keine Uniformen" from In dem Lande der Pygmäen |
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