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Conservation and Restoration
Kathy Abbott, the head of our bindery since 2000, was awarded a Diploma with Merit on completion of her HND course in hand bookbinding at the London College of Printing. She then studied at Roehampton University of Surrey, where she gained a BA (Hons) in Bookbinding in 1997. She has taught bookbinding at Hampstead Gardern Suburb Institute and Shepherds Bookbinders Ltd and currently teaches at West Dean College, Chichester, and the City Literary Institute, London. Kathy is assisted by Tracey Rowledge, who has a BA (Hons) in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths’ College and gained a distinction in the diploma course in Fine Bookbinding and Conservation at the Guildford College of Further and Higher Education, and (on an occasional basis) by Dinah Swayne, an Accredited Conservator-Restorer and Member of the Institute of Conservation, who trained in Paris and at the London College of Printing, where she obtained an HND in bookbinding and book design. Paper conservation is undertaken by Kate Edmondson, an Accredited Conservator-Restorer and Member of the Institute of Conservation, who graduated from Camberwell College of Arts with a Diploma and Higher National Diploma in Paper Conservation and was until 2005 Conservator at the Natural History Museum, London. Yoko Nagumo has recently joined us as a trainee bookbinder.
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Quaritch is unusual in having an in-house bindery and prides itself on the high standard
of its conservation and restoration work. The fully-trained staff keep constantly up to
date with the latest techniques and practices. All work is carried out using conservation
materials and methods. For further information, please
