Bookmarks missing cant restore from json file

All of my bookmarks have suddenly vanished. [Firefox also started to crash and would show no bookmarks until I later created a new profile.] I tried....
1] restoring from Bookmarks - Show all bookmarks - Import export - Restore.
[I can see a list of earlier backups of my bookmarks , the Json files, but when I try to restore I get Error 'unable to process the backup file] .
2] using Places Maintenance add-on but it didn't resolve the problem [I tried all the options, several times and I left it for a long time to run, but it did not seem to do anything at all really].
3] creating a new Firefox profile using profile manager, and then tried to restore from a .json via restore backup in bookmark manager. I also tried copying and moving file to a different location.
4] uninstalling and re installing Firefox.
I still have a all the auto back ups of my bookmarks the [.json files, but no .html backups]. If the .json files are corrupted, is they a way I can repair them and restore a back up?
I don't know if it happened after an update or not, it might have been an auto update, and I cant really recall doing anything to cause it.
[I am using windows 7 Home premium 64 sp1, and now have Firefox version 33.0.]
Really hope you can help, many thanks.

Use these instructions to get a copy of the old bookmarks backup
and place it in the new profile. If you need better instructions, just ask.
'''(Open to the old profile)'''
Type '''about:support'''<enter> in the address bar.
Under the page logo on the left side you will see '''Application Basics.'''
Under this find '''Profile Folder.''' To it’s right press the button
'''Show Folder.''' This will open your file browser to the current
Firefox profile. Now '''Close Firefox.'''
Enter the '''bookmarkbackups''' folder. This is where Firefox makes backups
of your bookmarks. Look for the '''jsonlz4''' file you want to restore
(check the time / date / size). Right click on that file and select '''Copy.'''
'''(Close current Firefox, then open to the new profile)'''
'''(Repeat above steps to open the new Profile Folder)'''
Now go back to the profile folder where you started. Rename the file
'''places.sqlite''' by adding '''.old''' to it. Now right click in the folder
and select '''Paste.''' The file you just pasted here, rename it to
'''places.sqlite.''' After you are done, restart Firefox.

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