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sewn pages, hand-glued leather and cloth and even a hand-operated titler. This is a tool that imprints the title on the cover of the book. It’s done with old fashioned type and is imprinted in the book one letter at a time! It really is amazing that anyone devotes this kind of time and attention to anything these days.

The finished product is a work of art to be cherished and each one is unique. I was lucky enough to get to see a family Bible from a local Amissville client. She showed me the before picture and it’s truly amazing that it’s been put back together! She also has a photo album showing the process of restoring a family Bible that had been almost destroyed in Hurricane Katrina. The before process definitely looks like something unsalvageable. But Nancy was able to bring it back and the final pictures are of a family treasure restored.

Nancy’s business comes

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