Chesil Beach

Bristol Bound offers a wide ranging spectrum of traditional hand crafted bookbinding skills. This can vary from student dissertation and thesis binding, to restoring family Bibles, to binding family memoirs and journals, to restoring a 1529 book of Seneca’s letter’s by the Froben Press or a copy of Raleigh’s History of the World. We also make up Artist’s books, photobooks, visitors books and can bind magazines or limited edition book runs. Our work includes corporate presentation bindings, tender bids and box making We also undertake projects for PR companies and graphic designers.

Bristol Bound are a friendly, traditional and family owned bookbinding business based in Southville, Bristol run by husband and wife team Richard and Rachel.

We aim to provide a professional and approachable service and are always happy to discuss your requirements.

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Services available from Bristol Bound Bookbinding

Our range of services caters to a diverse clientele, ranging from students and academics to antiquarian book dealers and TV production companies.

If you are looking for a service which isn’t listed here, please get in touch.

Dissertation & Thesis Binding

Stack of dissertation bindings

Restoration & Conservation

Artist Books

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Corporate & Presentation

Bespoke & Limited Edition

Photobooks

Martin Parr Japanese photobook

Family Histories & Memoirs

Embossing

Slip-cases & Boxes

Can’t find what you’re looking for?

Everything we make is bespoke and made to your specifications, so please click here to get in touch and discuss your project.

Handmade with quality materials

All our books are made from scratch with materials and techniques which are designed to last. Every book is bespoke, so we can work to your exact specifications and material requirements.

Leather

We use best quality Moroccan goatskins and calf leathers, available in a range of colours..

Cloth

Good quality bookcloths and hard wearing buckrams.

Thread and glue

The linen thread is waxed for strength and durability. All our books are restored using specialised bookbinding PVAs.

Embossing

We use gold, silver and colour foils for all our restoration work.

Leather paring knife
Leather

Custom materials

If you’ve got something different in mind then let us know and we will try to incorporate it into your book. Here are some of the unusual materials we’ve worked with over the years:

  • Toad leather
  • Sail cloth
  • Hospital gown cloth
  • Embroidered fabric
  • Recycled plastic
  • Copper
  • Wood

“My sincere thanks for my recent binding project. The final product is a beautiful piece, and the few people I’ve shown have all complimented the excellent standard of production”