Before and After photos of 1st or early edition of Diary of Anne Frank, 1947, Amsterdam, paper binding.
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When this binding came to me it did not have a spine and the sewing on the text was completely detached. I resewed the text, good straight lines in sewing and on the head of the text are important. The cloth boards were rebacked, using hand dyed linen cloth. I made a antiquated ink/paper label for the spine.
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