More Detail of the wear and tear to the map

More detail of the wear and tear to the map

Closer Detail of the Ragged Map Edges

this is closer detail of the map edge which is very badly worn and ragged. How to fix?

Very Worn and Ragged Map

There are a couple of Maps in the book all of them very worn and ragged at the edges. The map has torn in two at the horizontal fold.

Book Block Pulled Apart

This is the book block all in bits. It's in pretty good condition with some wear in the outer pages of each signature at the join at the bottom of the book. Quite a strange (to me) sewing pattern with seemingly a combination of sewing onto tapes with a loop taken around a second piece of thread?

Percy M Kerrison

The books original owner, my Great-Great Uncle Percy

The Book Block

Details of the remains of the spine lining

The Book Block

Here is the separated book block complete with the obligatory damage from sellotape the remains of the tape and the note by my Great-Great Uncle.

The Spine

This is the rather battered spine. Its complete but the bookcloth is coming away from the spine backing.

The War Illustrated Volume 1

A new project. This is volume 1 of The War Illustrated or rather its the front cover of same. The book belonged to my Great-Great Uncle and has seen better days