Who is the best person/company to contact for book repairs? I have a readable Rags to Rifleman that has it's cover ripped off. I would like to repair it to newer condition.
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Pushout said:Depends. Will probably depend on how much is left where it was ripped. Hard covers are much easier to do than paper, as long as the original material is present. I was in the bookbinding trade for 27 years.
Up close to a thousand???? According to who??
Smorgass Bored said:Supply and demand. A search of all booksellers, turns up absolutely none for sale.
Title: "Buddy Hall: Rags To Rifleman"
Author: W.W.Moody
Search: http://used.addall.com/
Doug
accustatsfan said:To show where priorities are at my ex left some time ago and the only thing she took, destroyed or threw away was my copy of "Rags to rifleman". I tried to get another copy but haven't found one. Don't like it so much I'm going to spend $100 for it. Does anyone know the reason why its not still in print?
Pushout said:Just regluing the cover is not going to be of much use. The cover itself is in BAD shape. And, from your pictures, the spine is not good and it looks like the whole book is in not too great shape. When looking at this kind of repair, you have to take the overall condition into consideration. Is the book signed and by whom? Mine is signed by Buddy and the author. It's worth more signed, but still.
You can look in your phone book yellow pages and probably find someone who does book repair and get a quote. They will have to see the book. I'm afraid that it wouldn't be worth the cost of the repair. As I said to Smorg, the market for this kind of thing is pretty small and I don't know if the repairs you could get done to this would be worth it.
bud green said:Copies have sold for over $300 on ebay but its average value is probably closer to 125-150 for this book in good condition.
bud green said:Its at $275 on ebay for a "buy it now" copy. I've seen it as high as $320 but don't really see why this book is worth that much. Its definately a nice book, but only its rarity makes it worth more than 30-40 bucks.
At least Eddie Robins one pocket books that sell for over a hundred bucks are hardcovers- $275 for a paperback is nuts.