• Michael L. Chrisman is a world recognized master bookbinder and rare book conservator/restorer. Mr. Chrisman is also a former rare book conservator at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., where he was one of the five conservators of the President Thomas Jefferson Collection Conservation Project. His fine restorations and design bindings are found in public and private libraries throughout the America’s and Europe.

DISC ONE

1. Paper Repair

2. Leather Paring and Knife Sharpening

3. Repairing Cloth Corners

4. Repairing Leather Corners

5. Consolidating Dry Powdery Leather

6. How to Make Period-Style Headbands (Late 18^th Century-19^th Century)

7. How to Sew Single Core Silk Headbands

DISC TWO

1. The Correct Guarding/Repairing of Sections (When Not Washing the Book)

2. How to Make a Period Style Spine Label

3. How to Correctly Install End Papers of the Early 19^th Century

4. How to Make Hollow Tubes