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 Books bound to order
Individual books or small editions can be bound to order using traditional
hand-sewing onto archival-quality materials. Special attention is paid
to the customer’s requirements.
Leather bindings in vegetable-tanned kangaroo, goatskin or bookcalf,
hand-marbled and custom-printed endpapers are available. These bindings
may be either quarter-leather (with leather on the spine only), half-leather
(with leather on the spine and either the corners or the foredge), or
full leather. The cloth-reinforced endpapers are usually made from papers
harmonizing with the paper of the text; coloured or hand-marbled paper
to complement the leather may be used. Edges may be coloured or gilt with
23 carat gold leaf.
Although provision is made on this site for a quotation to be sent by
email, it is strongly recommended that the final selection of leather
and marbled paper be made by personal consultation.
A range of book corners is also available for that very special presentation
book. Corners can be made to order from brass or sterling silver; Art
Nouveau corners struck from original dies, bosses and corners cast from
medieval and renaissance originals can also be added.
Please request a quote using this
form. Scribe bookbinding will respond with a quotation and a time-frame
within which the work will be done.
Conservation Bindings
Books of special value may need to be restored according to modern standards
of conservation, using archival quality materials, specially tanned leathers,
reversible adhesives and techniques which make possible the ongoing protection
of the original and the future non-destructive maintenance of the book.
Scribe Bookbinding employs conservation standards taught at the Istituto
per l'Arte e il Restauro in Florence and the Centro del Bel Libro
in Ascona, Switzerland, and follows the Code
of Ethics and the Code of Practice of the Australian Institute for
the Conservation of Cultural Materials
It is sometimes appropriate to bind a book without the use of adhesives
or to protect the pages from contact with adhesives. Several techniques
are available for such treatments, including vellum bindings onto alum-tawed
thongs and reversible bindings with paper coverings.
Please r equest a quote for Conservation
Binding. Scribe bookbinding will respond with a quotation and a time-frame
within which the work will be done.
Historical Bindings
Books can be bound according to historical models, traditional materials
and techniques. Medieval bindings of manuscript vellum sewn onto alum-tawed
thongs laced into wooden boards have recently been made on commission.
Such bindings are suitable for books of particular medieval interest as
well as model books demonstrating medieval techniques. A 45 minute DVD
of the binding of a medieval manuscript, showing in detail each of the
processes involved in a medieval binding, is now available from EVellum This manuscript was commissioned for teaching purposes at the University of Melbourne and bound by Scribe Bookbinding.
Request a quote by emailing,
or phoning 03 9347 0039 for an appointment.
It is best to discuss the design of the binding early in the process of book production so that the appropriate selection of paper and design can be integrated into the binding technique.
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