In this case, a portion of the spine was missing and leather had to be replaced.  I rebacked the book, so there is new leather under the old spine.  You can see the crack down the middle; the leather on the left is new the leather on the right, old.

For this book, the upper half of the spine was missing.  Again, the entire spine was rebacked.  The top half in new leather; the bottom half, old.

This Book of Mormon had just a piece missing from the top.

Have you ever seen a book covered in marbled paper where the edges have all worn away?  It’s a common sight in my world.  Here is a restoration of that problem.  I repapered the edges and then hand marbled them to match the paper that was left.

Before and After Samples

Total spine replacements

Sample Total Rebinds