Bookbinding

Materials. We offer a wide range of archival quality stocks and cover materials. All materials are professional-grade, from the glues and end papers through the headbands and davy boards. Click the Leather Swatches link for additional details and to view leather samples.

Equipment. PWP, Ltd. uses the traditional hand-crafted approach to bookbinding, which has endured for centuries. Therefore, except for a few manual devices such as a lying press, nipping press, sewing frame, some gilding palettes, and a guillotine trimmer, we work with the implements pictured below:

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