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I do book restoration and repair and binding on the side. As you read the lost books of the bible you feel as you are right there with christ as he walked in the holyland. With the simple addition of end papers to your book block, you can attach a hard cover to any book. The spine of a perfect bound book should be at least one quarter inch. My older sister bought an out of print book off of ebay for her kids this christmas. The perfect bound book printer serves flawlessly for a broad range of publications, reports and even the soft cover books consisting of hundreds of pages. Handmade, h and bound leather books, journals, diaries, printed books, wrap scrap memory books or sketchbooks. Questions about a perfect bound book indesignsecrets. Burge, originally aired in the united states on the wb from october 4, 2001 through may 16, 2002. For wholesale art prints, mugs, tea towels, magnets, coasters, tote bags and more. But when i went to all the bookstores, they only had drab dreary new copies of the book. In fall of 2018, she relocated to beautiful provo, utah, where her and her 3 kids are currently exploring new places to hike, and the art community of the salt lake city area.
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