The boards were broken off this two volume folio book, Fosebrokes' Gloucestershire, published in 1808. The original binding would be described as half bound in calf. Before... The two volumes were rebacked, an exercise where the defective leather was removed from the spines and new headbands sewn on both head and tail. New calf leather, stained to match the original was let in under the leather still on the boards and attached to the spine. The hinging secured by a piece of linen cloth sewn and glued underneath the leather on the spine and attached to the boards on the inside under the marbled pastedown. After... History of the Duchy of Lancaster C 1806. This folio volume was completely disbound. The original printed boards were retained but the book was completely re-sewn, many repairs needing to be made to the backs of the sections using japanese tissue. Before... New headbands were sewn head and tail in linen thread. The book was then half bound in a rich brown calf with marbled sides on new boards. The spine had raised bands tooled on either side with a single line palette in real gold. A leather title label in a contrasting coloured leather and lettered in gold also decorated the spine. After...