New books, printed elsewhere but bound here. Remember that first machine? These books went through that.
Many of the old books that come in to be repaired are Bibles.
This job gets done often, steaming and scrapping off the old glue.
Here is the old spin, the covers have been put back on, the new spine will be made to replicate the old one.
Of course not all old books are bibles. the new spine is in place, looks like the old cover didn’t need to be replaced.
Imagine my surprise when I saw this, Gebete der Israeliten.- Prayers of the Jews.
Of course what caught my eye first was the Jewish star. I really shouldn’t be surprised, being the people of the book, we cherish and care for our books. 
I found the woman who is working on this project, she was kind enough to open the actual book for me. It is in good shape. It is also not just any Prayer book but the book we use on the three holidays, Passover, Shavuot and Succot.
Back in the front office, I see a Clamshell cover of a favorite author of mine, Tim Powers – this book is all about crafting beer, with a little magic thrown in.
I am so glad to have found Society Obscura they will be seeing a lot more of me.
Leah