Conservator: Patrick Layton
Date: 10/12/2021
Title: Australian Gazette 1853
Owner: University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Hamilton Library
Description: Cloth tightback binding with a hollow
Dimensions (w x h x d): 220x335x88 mm

Condition Report

• Board cover separating from spine
• Spine flapping
• 2 signatures loose on front cover
• Loose pages at rear of book

Completed Treatment

• Lifted cloth edges on cover
• Caught up loose signatures with a link stitch
• Attached Japanese tissue under lifted cloth to spine
• Lifted cloth from the spine tube to attach toned tissue
• Attached toned tissue under cloth on cover and spine