Personal Binding
We offer limited edition printing and binding services for personalised books and projects.
All our personal bindings are made to order. We can work to any size and offer a range of high quality papers and cover materials. We can also work with customer-provided materials subject to suitability (contact us for advice).
We have worked with customers to design a wide variety of volumes including memoirs, poetry books, recipe books, guest books, bespoke diaries and ship's logs.
Contact us to discuss your binding projectChoose from a selection of Cover Materials, Handmade Papers and Printing, Binding & Embossing options below:
Cover Materials Options
Buckram is a high quality coated and wipeable fabric
Rexine is a high quality coated and wipeable fabric with a light texture
Linen is a soft matt open weave fabric
Compound leather is high quality leatherette fabric
Our leathers range from Book calf and Antique leathers used for repair work to speciality leathers such as, Nigerian and Indian Goat skins, Grade 1 Calf skins and Sheep leathers which we use throughout all of our work. We source our leathers from Hewitt’s (UK) and Franz Hoffmann (Germany)
Buckram is a high quality coated and wipeable fabric
Rexine is a high quality coated and wipeable fabric with a light texture
Linen is a soft matt open weave fabric
Compound leather is high quality leatherette fabric
Our leathers range from Book calf and Antique leathers used for repair work to speciality leathers such as, Nigerian and Indian Goat skins, Grade 1 Calf skins and Sheep leathers which we use throughout all of our work. We source our leathers from Hewitt’s (UK) and Franz Hoffmann (Germany)
Handmade Paper Options
We also stock decoratively printed and hand-made papers from Germany, England and Italy . All of our special papers may be used for endpapers, special inserts with embossed dedications or in the covering of books and boxes. These papers are used with our leathers and cloths.
These are from Nepal and India, are delicate handmade papers into which real petals and leaves have been embedded.
Each sheet of hand-marbled paper is unique. Water-based inks are floated on a size made from Carragheen moss and the pattern carefully combed. A sheet of paper is then laid on the size and the pattern is picked up. When the paper has been rinsed and dried, it is pressed. By this method a fine line and clarity can be achieved which is not possible by other methods. With care and skill a good match can be made giving uniformity whilst still retaining the individuality of each sheet.
We use hand-marbled papers from Jemma Lewis Marbling, England, and Marbled Arts, Italy.
These are handmade Japanese papers. These contain screenprinted repeat patterns.
These are from Nepal and India, are delicate handmade papers into which real petals and leaves have been embedded.
Each sheet of hand-marbled paper is unique. Water-based inks are floated on a size made from Carragheen moss and the pattern carefully combed. A sheet of paper is then laid on the size and the pattern is picked up. When the paper has been rinsed and dried, it is pressed. By this method a fine line and clarity can be achieved which is not possible by other methods. With care and skill a good match can be made giving uniformity whilst still retaining the individuality of each sheet.
We use hand-marbled papers from Jemma Lewis Marbling, England, and Marbled Arts, Italy.
These are handmade Japanese papers. These contain screenprinted repeat patterns.
Printing, Binding and Embossing Options
Printing
Margins should be minimum of 2 cm on the binding side
Double sided printing - Use mirrored or centered Margins, consider adding blank pages to accommodate title pages/new chapters
We only Print from a PDF file – no word docs will be accepted
All our printing is on good quality paper available in a range of colours, weights and textures
Crop marks only need to contain these on the first page
Binding
We can bind up to up to 500 pages (6.5cm width).
Any size up to A1 – all our bindings are custom.
Glue bound, ring bound (up to 80 pages)
Handsewn section stitched books on request, with standard or Coptic stitch options available.
Embossing
We use traditional typesetting methods to emboss all of our books. As well as gold embossing we use various coloured foils. We also have facilities to emboss corporate logos and bespoke designs.
We have a selection of fronts to choose Times Roman, Kent, York, Fournier.
Blocks can be personalised with logos.
We have a variety of coloured foils – pink, red, grey, blue, silver, gold, black, white, orange, yellow and black
Margins should be minimum of 2 cm on the binding side
Double sided printing - Use mirrored or centered Margins, consider adding blank pages to accommodate title pages/new chapters
We only Print from a PDF file – no word docs will be accepted
All our printing is on good quality paper available in a range of colours, weights and textures
Crop marks only need to contain these on the first page
We can bind up to up to 500 pages (6.5cm width).
Any size up to A1 – all our bindings are custom.
Glue bound, ring bound (up to 80 pages)
Handsewn section stitched books on request, with standard or Coptic stitch options available.
We use traditional typesetting methods to emboss all of our books. As well as gold embossing we use various coloured foils. We also have facilities to emboss corporate logos and bespoke designs.
We have a selection of fronts to choose Times Roman, Kent, York, Fournier.
Blocks can be personalised with logos.
We have a variety of coloured foils – pink, red, grey, blue, silver, gold, black, white, orange, yellow and black
