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Bookbinders & Printers

Plate M-3 · 28 stores · curated ORBIS register

Louise James runs The Binding Studio from the Waitakere Ranges west of Auckland, taking commissions for hand-bound books. Barcelona's La Guineu Bindery binds manuscripts and special editions at its Carrer de Pàdua workshop in Sant Gervasi. The same bindery restores damaged fabric and leather bindings, extending its work from new commissions to existing books.

What makes great bookbinders & printers?

This plate lists 28 shops in 14 countries. Edinburgh has the most, with 3. Among these shops, 4 describe made-to-order work and 4 offer repairs, going by their own descriptions.

Ask what materials are used: ask about the paper and the cover material before you commission a binding.

Ask for a timescale: hand binding and printing to order take time, so agree a date and a price in writing.

Ask how it will be sent: ask how finished work is packed and whether it can be posted to you.

Explore bookbinders & printers

Use the city plates when they appear below, or open any store for its official door and related ORBIS city and craft links.

The Binding Studio — Auckland · New Zealand
La Guineu Bindery — Barcelona · Spain
Anchor Printing & Graphics — Baytown · United States
Reflection Printing — Baytown · United States
Two Hands Paperie — Boulder · United States
Premier Nyomda — Budapest · Hungary
Printa — Budapest · Hungary
Buchbinderei Schaumann — Darmstadt · Germany
Signal Return — Detroit · United States
Crescent Print Ltd — Edinburgh · United Kingdom
Edinburgh Copyshop — Edinburgh · United Kingdom
Mail Boxes Etc. — Edinburgh · United Kingdom
Giulio Giannini e Figlio — Florence · Italy
Il Torchio — Florence · Italy
Dreiviertelart — Leipzig · Germany
Hatch Show Print — Nashville · United States
Atelier Rozo — Paris · France
Pergamena — Rome · Italy
Knuckles & Notch — Singapore · Singapore
Slanchogled Sofia — Sofia · Bulgaria
Papier Labo. — Tokyo · Japan
Buchbinderei Prouza — Vienna · Austria
MBMore — Global / Online
Princetown Press — United Kingdom