Constance Wozny, Bookbinder

Constance Wozny
P.O. Box 3
Eastwood, KY 40018

513-874-2665
(513-874-BOOK)

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Covering materials used can be from bookcloth, calf or pigskin leather, to goat leather. Colors to pick from besides black can be burgundy, navy, red, maroon, and dark green. Flexible covers that need to be limp work best in leathers. Basic satin ribbons are used. In stock colors are red, gold, black, purple, and green. Custom colors can be ordered. Stamping is usually done in gold, but silver can be requested.

Family Bibles: Price varies on these large Bibles due to their age. Spines can be reattached to the original boards, or new spines made.

Bibles that come to us in this condition can be restored like the Bibles shown below:
Large Bible: A new leather spine was made and reattached to the original covers. The Bible was completely resewn with new decorative end sheets. The clasps were polished and reattached.
Marian Bible: The Bible was recovered using Maroon bookcloth and padding added to the front and back covers. Gold foil stamping of designs, cross, and lettering added.
Restored Family Bible: This is an example of a Bible that had the original spine separated from the original covers and reattached. All pieces were used and conditioned to make the Bible look like new again.
Holy Family Edition of the Catholic Bible: Deep burgundy goat leather was used with a flexible cover as the original Bible had. Also duplicated are the extended edges that go around the text block. The gold foil stamping dyes are copies of the original art work. The inside endsheets were decorated papers from France.
Red Letter Edition Bible: Black goat leather on a very limp flexible cover. You can personalize your Bible by adding your name to the lower right corner on the front cover. There are 2 satin ribbons of black and gold used.
Family Bible: Before shows what the original Bible looked like with the torn cover. Natural goat leather was used making an extended lip edge around the book. The original picture was salvaged from the front cover and placed onto the new cover. The Bible was decorated with new gold foil stamping designs and lettering.
Holy Family edition of the Catholic Bible was recovered using brown pebble grain calf leather with a hard cover. The gold stampings were duplicated from the original art work.
Master Art Edition, Holy Bible, Red Letter by World. The bibles were recovered using goat leather, flexible cover, and new ribbons. The gold stamping was duplicated from the original art work used on the Master Art series.