THESIS BINDING

As a student your university should give guidelines for theses preparation and binding. It is important to follow these as otherwise your work may have to be rebound. Several types of binding are available from York Bookbinding:

SOFT BINDINGS
Permanent Soft Binding
A lso known as 'Perfect Bound'. These have card covers and are fan glued with P.V.A. They also have spine tape which laps onto the front and backboards by approximately 1cm.

Temporary Soft Binding
This is a cheaper version of the above, and is often used for theses that are to be bound for a short time, whilst they are checked and corrections made. The idea of these bindings is that the glue can easily be removed from the spine in order for the pages to then be hard bound.

Please note, we ask that correction pages only be added when returned for hard binding.

HARD BINDINGS
Unless otherwise requested, these are sewn and bound to a very high standard, using the best materials and board cover, with lettering to the requested specifications. For this type of binding, it is essential to point out if the books have photos, folded pages or printing close to the margin. Pockets can also be provided for CD's and additional information at the back.

PERIODICALS BINDING

Magazines or periodicals on hobbies or interests held together in a binding can be kept tidier and cleaner than if they were left loose. They also look impressive in a private library or living room.

In addition to periodicals, we have also bound items as varied as reports, football programs, motorbike magazines and church records to name just a few!. Many different types of publications can benefit from quality binding.

OTHER

As well as the above, we can also bind your Photograph Albums, Leavers Books, Visitors Books, and any other corporate or finance books.

The usual place for a book to break is along the joint, this is the working part of the book, when this happens the book needs re-backing. Re-backing is the process of lifting the old cloth or leather, re-binding the back of the book in a matching material then re-fixing the old material on top, the old spine is then fixed to the new back, sounds easy but it takes a little practice, maybe 30 years! Corners are treated in a similar fashion and if the old spine is missing the book is re-lettered in a sympathetic way to match the age and style of the book.

Sympathetic restoration of old books in cloth or leather.

At Masters Bookbinding we have been lovingly restoring old and valuable books for nearly thirty years. The quality of the workmanship is first class; the materials used are the very best. Everything that can be saved, will be saved, old endpapers, headbands, inscriptions, old boards and spines.

Leather books, Sentimental books, Family books, Archives, Albums, Religious books, Large Family Bibles, Small Personal Bibles, Old Leather Account books, in fact any book that is feeling the passage of time and needs some TLC, Masters Bookbinding are the people to contact.