Book Binder - Commissioned Bookbinding Projects

Margaret Stead – Your website says that you can be commissioned for individual projects. What sorts of projects have people have you been doing for people?

Paul Tronson – I have a worldwide clientele who send me real treasures, I have recently finished a very rare book in English Mitre (that is two languages, one page English, one page Hebrew), which has been received back in New Jersey, every page demanded attention for various stains such as ink, damp, mildew or “foxing” not to mention torn pages and missing corners. I am currently working on a rare religious book for a collector in New York and one for Trinity College, Dublin. There are also the large family bibles and general literature people either send me or bring in personally, customers work needs to be booked in early as I generally have quite a long waiting list. I have around 500 hits a week on my website and lots of email enquiries.