This Woman Deconstructs 100-Year-Old Books To Restore Them | Obsessed | WIRED 

This woman needs a YT channel! I would watch her restore books all day.

I'm glad she has an apprentice, this is a craft that shouldn't be lost

I restored a book under Sophia's direction some years ago. I absolutely loved her workshop and it was a delight to take her class.

This woman is a true artist. Highly skilled, with an artists eye to restoration. Hats off to her !!!

My Dad used to repair books for the Newark NJ library. He would have loved to see someone else's techniques and love for books.

As an MD all I can says is she's waaaay more delicate than 96% of surgeons I've met.

Having a book restoration expert on is a novel idea.

I studied book binding and this woman is on another plain of existence 🤯 and she does every single part too? Amazing. Hope she has an apprentice so her craft can last as long as possible💖

This brings back memories. Years ago, I did an apprenticeship at a manual bookbinder's. On quiet days, I could help the bookbinder's wife restore antique books. Loved every minute of it. Pity I couldn't do restoration full-time, so I decided to become a teacher instead. Another way to spend time with books. 😉

Just followed her channel "Save Your Books"!! I hope she'll update more frequently, I could watch her restorations all day every day!!!

The fact that she loves her occupation is reflected in the outcome of each book that she restores.

So interesting. My mother entrusted me with some very old books that were crumbling apart. I dont think theyre anything particularly noteworthy or valuable to anyone else, but Id love to see them restored. Before this video, I hadn't even considered they could somehow be brought back into readable condition. Thanks for sharing.

I study Bachelor of Library and Information Science and I am a 2nd year student here in the Philippines. Preserving and restoring a book is part of our curriculum and seeing videos like this makes me more inspired in this programme.

She is so patience about her art. It good to know someone out there especially her clients are still apreciating the real book. I collect old dictionary myself - some of the words had becoming obsolete and archaic. It is the best feeling ever to keep reading it

It's always a joy to watch bright, cheerful and skilled people talk about their passions and the odd little tools they have (or even develop) to solve their very specific challenges.

As a followup to this, you should tour the Boston Athenaeum restoration and special libraries. It's a wonder and they have an event once a year or so where members can go in and make their own books. :)

My maternal grandparents were bookbinders, and they both passed away when I was very little. This is really interesting insight into some of what they might have been doing, thanks!

I love books and I love libraries. It's silly to me that I've never heard of this before today. Thank you for all that you do!

Wonderful story. I'm glad Sophia's story was told.

I have a 100 year old copy of Josephus's works that I found in a thrift shop but it needs restoration badly, indeed! To know that there are folk out there that actually care about Books is so good! Thank you for sharing this with us!

Every customer she has always pays, because it's a binding contract. I know where the door is.

I could watch this all day long! Book lovers rejoice that Sophia Bogle is out there restoring books to incredible condition.

The point that she adapts tools to suit her own particular needs is the sign of a proper craftsperson.

She has a great passion for restoring books.

WOW! Thank you so much Sophia for the artistry you've shown us here. This is gorgeous!

Having a book restoration expert that is not a serial killer : thumbs up

I loved watching this process. My father was a printer. I always wanted to learn how to bind and restore books. You are fortunate.

Paper books are a vital piece of keeping history alive. 🤝 Thank you Sophia

something that would sound very boring for some people at first but when you met and see such a very nice and passionate woman that loves what she is doing, it is just a wonderful experience to watch

I did this job in college too although with a lot less complex repairs. It was the best job I’ve ever had!

Wonder if she can help restore my life the way she fixes these books so beautifully

I have one for her then, I have an 1800 copy of Les Miserables both in French and English. It started falling apart a couple years ago, it needs to have the front cover put back on.

i love how she has working antique equipment that she really uses for this. that's so cool!!!

I own the entire set of the first edition Oz books. All the ones that L. Frank Baum wrote, and all the ones his daughter wrote. My dad was given them as a child by his parents (my dad was born in the 1930s and the books had belonged to his mother), and he used to read them to my sister and myself every night before we went to bed. They are a wonderful set!

Wow the first words out of her mouth is a well known concept in tradecraft. The client doesn’t need to see the messy part😂. I like her.

As a bookbinder, myself, I am slowly working my way toward restoration of the two books I have that are 100 and 120 years old.

This level of craftsmanship is inspiring

Do you know how many times I’ve tried looking up Book Restoration ASMR on RU-vid and came up short? I bind my own hard covers for journals and this stuff is so relaxing it knocks me out while I’m working. I can’t ever finish a cover in day. This lady needs to start her own RU-vid channel.

Thank you for your many years of service Sophia , preservation of books is greatly important in the digital age . I could imagine your service restoring scrolls and ancient books for the library of Alexandria if it had survived .

The first time I restored a book, I knew I wanted to do that. I'm still new to this, but I love it. I understand how Sofia feels. Wish she had a YT so I could learn even more.

Bookbinding fascinates me, but knowing there is a step further at restoring books... Just wow!

sewing books and binding them back together sounds pretty cool

This was amazing! It makes me so happy that people are still learning these crafts!

This was so satisfying to watch ❤ I wish this was longer

A woman after my own heart. I started collecting turn of the century books about 30+ years ago. They are a fascinating look at the past!

This lovely lady is not only preserving and carrying forth our history, but she has made herself a part if it. Amazing!

She is a professional bookbinder. Very skilled craftswoman.

I first learned of the craft when i read Inkheart as a child and always found it sooo fascinating!

I just received 5 1890's Shakespeare books, and I just may get them restored thanks to this video!

I have my grandmother's 90 year old bible and the spine is a very soft paper which is all torn and the front and back covers are actually wood. I was starting to think restoration would be impossible but I won't be so sure after this.

I get that some of these would wither away to nothing eventually if not restored, but at the same time, if you restore too much of it, it’s eventually not going to be an original. The one with the suede binding kinda of put me off because it was changed. Idk if that was part of the original book when it was first bound, but I feel like that should have been kept in place or replaced as it was if so. I actually had one of the first Frank Baum Wonderful Wizard of Oz books. It was given to me by my teacher when I was in 3rd grade and I remember that it was such a huge book for me to read at that age, but I felt like it was super special. I remember I clung onto it the whole year and tried to return it to my teacher before school let out for the summer, but she insisted I keep it! I brought it with me that summer to my great grandmother’s, great aunt’s and grandfather’s family camp and would read it sitting on the dock at ‘The Tomahawk Lodge’. I spent so many hours in that book amazed at the art and the story inside that year. I don’t even know how many times I read that book, but it was my favorite! I kept it until I had my first son but it ended up getting lost in my move a few years later. That was nearly 20yrs ago. Even when I first received that book, it was already in a fallen apart state. I’m sure that the many hours I spent in it after I got it, only added to it, but I can still feel it in my hands; the worn cover, the weathered corners, the super soft pages because it was so well loved. I still wish I was able to of hang onto it because I’m sure finding another one like it would be very slim to nothing by now. I honestly don’t think my teacher would have given to me if she knew how priceless it would end up being over the years, but to me, it was far more priceless than she would have ever known!

We need a series

Wonderful. The techniques are similar to some I've seen in art preservation.

Amazing skill! With the care and attention that went into the restoration this book could get treasured and passed down for generations. It's wild to think how long it could be before Sophia's personal note is read!

Wow! This was very informative. It’s so nice to see old books come back to life for new generations to read and enjoy.❤

Thank you for this interview. I wish I had known about this when I was young enough to have learned to restore books as well.

I once watched a museum clean the pages of antique books with a sandblaster that used a very soft medium and it worked beautifully, no damage to the book whatsoever

I would listen to her all day long ! The way she explains her passion is wonderful.

She looks so happy doing her job

Wow, please more of her!

Very nice. I just got a copy of the Lost Princess of Oz. Thankfully it is in good shape.

Amazing craftsmanship!!!! You have to admire a person so dedicated to their craft.......

watching her being passionate about books makes me happy

The skills, the knowledge and the patience needed is of the scale.

her energy is so contagious!!!

I wish someone had introduced this to me when I was in college. I’ve tried to fix a couple of books. I love doing it. I’m going to look up her account Save Your Books!

cool skills she is artist and an engineer and mechanic all lumped together. similar skills i want to gain when working on autobody or various other things. its like a healer ability for items.

I just love watching your gift and love of these precious books!

What an incredible lady doing such incredible art! If she hasnt she should write a book of her story!

This woman is absolutely adorable! She has a special gift for this artistry!! Her passion is beautiful

She is saving so much history well done to her. What a fantastic lady.

I am reminded of the Disc World librarian in the late Terry Pratchett novels. Not, obviously i looks but in love of books.

OMG, can this lady start her own channel already? I'd listen to her all day talk about books and restoring books!

Few of this generation has been to the land of Oz Brought back some of the best childhood memories Thank you❤️

I'm annoyed with the RU-vid algorithm for not having recommended her channel to me yet. I also have books I want to send to her! Doubt I can afford her though, lol

Che lavoro meraviglioso! 💖Mi piacerebbe tanto imparare!

Thank you for restoring these precious pieces of history. I love history.

So cool! Thanks to her and to Wired.

This was, and still is, my dream job ever since I saw The Ninth Gate in highschool. Maybe it is not too late yet?

This is amazing! Great post!

10-12 hours actually seems hella fast!

This woman is fantastic, saving history one book at a time.

Such steady hands.

She really needs a YT channel. This is super satisfying!

I barely have the patience to sit down and read anymore, and this woman is restoring books one page at a time. I am truly impressed.

Thank you. God bless you. Restoring a book brings its story back. What you do ends up preserving something that means a lot to many

Omg this was amazing, I absolutely adore this woman!! Great find.

Cuánto me gustaría estar ahí con ella para aprender a hacer éso! Qué maravilla !

These are amazing to watch, I watched a documentary on the restoration of the Jefferson Bible on TV. It's takes a steady hand.

This is so incredibly interesting! Thanks for sharing this!

This is wonderful, I would love to do this. I have a set of Encyclopedia Brittanica, leather, in great shape, some one suggested cutting them up, I wondered what kind of idiot cuts up books, it’s blasphemy, she said, “well they’re old and useless!”. I thought j he is can a book ever be useless!

Amazing! I wish I had learned this 40 years ago.

What a fascinating video. Thank you for sharing your story ☺️💜

Her passion for her profession is adorable

This was one of the most enjoyable ten minutes of content ever!

I want to be an apprentice to Sophia Bogle!

Wonderful! Wonderful person, always wonderful to see someone who is good at a craft

As a book lover, this is fascinating!

She's delightfully skilled. I wouldn't call her obsessed at all: books are neither disturbing nor unreasonable (that's by the merriam-webster definition for obsessed). Wish I knew why the title felt the need to be so judgemental-- learning skills that the current industrialized, commercial era deems not so important is very useful.

I’m a school librarian and I restore books with packing tape and tacky glue. 😂 I specialize in Dog Man.