Bookbinding & Period Fine Bindings

Bookbinding & Period Fine Bindings - Tronsonus Bibliopegus - Bookbinding Commissions Accepted

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"To the Bookbinder
Has my muse made a fault? Friend I entreat,
Before you bind her up, you would her beat.
Though She's not wanton, I can tell
Unless you beat her, you'll not bind her well."
Clement Barksdale 

                                           A selection of fine bindings
comprising of 17th & 18th Century 'Cambridge' panelled calf, Morocco,
goat skins, 2 & 3 vegetable dyes, half bindings with hand marbled sides etc.

Bookbinding and book restoration Watch the video of Paul at work
For all your bookbinding and book restoration enquiries Email Paul at:
[email protected]

Bookbinding & Period Fine Bindings - 'Before' - Well-read, manhandled, lost, neglected and destroyed?

Typical Original Condition. 19th Century publishers edition binding in half sheep with jaconette cloth sides
Broken and torn leaves, missing pages, water damaged, crumbling to dust, binding broken or non-existant, biro, felt tip pen, carpet tape, sellotape, library stamps, ink stains, extreme foxing etc - all can be restored and bound to the original style of the period.

Bookbinding & Period Fine Bindings - 'After' - Restored using period tools & materials and natural ingredients.

Paul Tronson, Master Bookbinder uses secret ancient recipes, antique tools, handmade papers, 23 carat gilding and past master's techniques are cunningly combined by to restore the living beauty of your precious volumes and the rarest of the rare.

Bookbinding & Period Fine Bindings - Foxing - A problem? Not Anymore!

   

Paul Tronson is a Master Bookbinder who can replace missing pages or text, knit paper fibres together, remove watermarks, remove sticky-tape, sellotape and library stamps, also ink stains, felt tip pen, biro, crayon - he can also remove foxing, mildew and other damp stains without any detriment to the paper - by remaining true to original formulae and period styles, his masterly book restoration or rebinding only adds value to your book or bible.

 

Bookbinding & Foxing Removal

Page restoration doesn't come much worse than this...............or does it?
Period Fine Bindings have developed an aqueous  formulae for removing stains like this without any compromise to the integrity of the paper or ink..   

Period Fine Bindings - 35 Years restoring your treasures.

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