This is not a new title, but a second edition of Lesley Durbin's well-known book of 2005. Having said that, it is, nevertheless, radically different in many ways, all of which are improvements. The new edition is worth celebrating for several reasons. Firstly it demonstrates a publisher's confidence in a specialist area which is close to the heart of many TACS members. In a sense it recognises that tile conservation has come of age and can now easily take its place amongst other areas of specialist skills and knowledge relating to historic building materials. The author has well over 30 years of direct experience in the field and the new book is an excellent way of distilling and disseminating that experience. There have been advances in techniques over the past decade which can now be assessed and brought to a wider public.
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