🔴 Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK No. 67: Sophia Bogle update: Wizard of Oz restoration projects PODCAST

Sophia Bogle, book restoration expert and author of Book Restoration Unveiled, returns for a visit on Rare Book Cafe to give us an update on a recent set of projects restoring two volumes of L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
One book is finished and we have before and after pictures. The other one is still to be done. Sophia discusses the challenges involved with the second volume.
Sophia mentions her series of Live Book Restoration she does most Thursdays about 10 a.m. Pacific time. Current Series is restoring a second printing of Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery. / diybookrepair
Sophia also mentions the helpful book she wrote: Book Restoration Unveiled. She suggests obtaining a copy from a local independent bookstore or on Abebooks.com.
Sophia is also developing a series of Book Repair Certificate Courses. To learn more about them, she suggests signing up for the Save Your Books newsletter at saveyourbooks....
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Our Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK series offers short programs, usually on a single topic. Watch for more in the series.
Co-hosts Ed Markiewicz and Lee Linn are veteran antiquarian booksellers. Ed owns Montgomery Rare Books & Manuscript and Lee owns The Ridge Books in Calhoun, Georgia.
Rare Book Cafe COFFEE BREAK is made possible by the Florida Antiquarian Book Fair, the oldest and largest rare, used, and collectible book fair in the southeastern United States. The Florida Antiquarian Book Fair will be presented March 1-2, 2025 at The Coliseum in downtown St. Petersburg. More information at floridaantiquarianbookfair.com
The program also is made possible by Biblio.com, a website featuring used, rare, and out-of-print books from independent booksellers. Biblio is celebrating 20 years of serving book lovers. It’s better than ever. Biblio spotlights “the core of our business model: the independent booksellers who bring their expertise, enthusiasm, and professionalism to soon the used and rare book trade.”
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Music by Kevin MacLeod Hyperfun Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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