York

Welcome to our Gallery.

Below you will find examples of our work.

If you do not see what you want here we can supply any custom product to your exact specifications

 

  • Commissioned set of poems - Printed by a local printer - Then 1/4 bound in green goat skin and raised bands on the spine, with title labels on skiver in the panels. Hand made marble sides.
  • Antiquarian papers, hand sewn, then hard bound in 1/2 buckram and hand made marble sides. Blocked in gold on the spine
  • Customers courtship e mails to girl in Hawaii - Full bound in purple goat skin with an airbrush colour picture of an Hibiscus flower on the front and gold lettering.
  • Wedding album - 1/4 leather bound, with purple suede sides - Clam shell box, lined with hand made marble paper to match the inside of book.
  • Professionaly taken and printed wedding pictures - hard bound with laminated picture cover and metal protector corners.
  • A personalised address book. With 1/4 embossed calf and smooth skiver sides. Embossed with the family name. Includes a made to measure presentation box.
  • A recent binding of 1984 by George Orwell. Bound in black embossed calf with raised bands and skiver title labels. the front board has an Airbrush design of an eye looking out of the book covered with clear Velum.
  • Various samples of our own design DVD/CD holders, which can be produced in any of our selection of cloths. Then lettered on the front to show the contents. Ideal for wedding pictures, presents, special presentations etc.
  • We were recently commissioned to bind ten pre sewn bindings for the “Joe Cornish Galleries” in Northallerton. (Joe Cornish is a landscape photographer who works mainly in the north east). This was to celebrate their 10th Birthday Celebrations on the 10th of the 10th 2010 from 10am -10pm. All of the books are titled “Roseberry Topping”, a small Mountain in North Yorkshire. The book gives the history of the mountain and shows many pictures by Joe Cornish, as well as other artists and photographers. We were given a free hand with the binding styles, but with a budget. We appreciated the opportunity to exhibit our work, so we decided to put a little extra time into the bindings and have some fun. The picture above shows two of the leather bindings with there slip cases Learn more about Joe Cornish Galleries at; www.joecornish.com
  • Joe Cornish Galleries; Hard bound in 1/4 white buckram with hand made marble sides. Spine lettering in blue
  • Joe Cornish Galleries; Dark brown buckram with the top corners in nand made marble paper
  • A traditional bible, presented to York Bookbinding as parts, made up of sewn sections .The customer requested that the book should be hard bound in the half green goat skin with marble sides, spine panels and title labels.
  • Joe Cornish Galleries; Hard bound with a mountain design on to calf skin, using a mixture of analine dyes and spirit dye, with blue goat skin on the top corners and dark blue paper sides. The title label on the spine is inlayed sheep skin. The cover boards are made from green coservation mill board. This has its own made to measure slip case. Available to buy at Joe Cornish Galleries, Northallerton in Yorkshire.
  • A recent new case on a small bible. The case is of thin mill board with round edges covered with black grained calf skin. Raised bands on the spine with blind lines either side and lettered
  • These are a set of old books, which have been re covered in a traditional style specified by the customer, They have leather (calf) spines, with raised bands making the panels for the title labels.
  • “The Bells of York”. A special edition binding, organised by one of our regular customers. He had them printed, folded and collated by a York printer. We sowed and bound the books as a traditional rounded and backed binding, then covered them with a gained cloth. The case is embossed with the York crest and blocked using gold foil on the spine and front board.
  • HOLY BIBLES. Every year we are asked to repair or rebind many of the large, black, embossed bibles. They arrive in many forms. From unbound parts to bindings that have been stored in damp or other improper conditions. The spine is usually with the book, but detached due to the weight of the binding. The picture above shows the general condition of one such book. Please see the following picture for the finished restoration.
  • HOLY BIBLES – The finished bindings are constructed to be stronger than before, with added strength to the spine and board joints. A new leather spine is made and if possible the old spine is added on the top of the new one. If the spine is missing a new spine with raised bands to make panels and “HOLY BIBLE” wording is added to the make it look like the original. The cover is then dyed to make an all over, even colour, then a feed is applied (to consolidate the old fibbers) followed by an application of polish.
  • “The Dragon Tree”. A special edition hard binding of this wonderful book. Written and illustrated by Irma Gemmell. This book is available to buy as a paper back and soon to buy as an e book. The hard binding is section sewn by hand, with blue end pages. Before lining it has had its spine rounded to help it keep its shape. The case has laminated shapes of card added to be able to inlay the picture cover from the paper back. If you would like to purchase this wonderful book I can pass on your contact details to Irma and she can add it to the list for the limited editions.
 

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