Repairing Books

We offer a range of treatments to mend, rebind, and prolong the life of your items.

Prices and time frames vary widely depending on what work needs to be done.

We would usually only be able to give you prices and binding options after we have been able to assess the item.

We offer a free service of assessing your work, suggesting options, and developing cost estimates for you, and will try to arrange timeframes to meet your special requirements.

Having a special enclosure made may be a better option for protecting the book.

For further information about the preservation of books we recommend the information found on the National Library of New Zealand website.

Binding New Material

Please get in touch with us to find out more information about this.

We have a range of binding styles, prices vary greatly depending on what binding is needed.

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Single Sheet Binding

We have a range of hard covered and soft covered binding options for this material.

Prices start at $15 and will vary depending on the materials and title information you want to use.

For single sheet binding we recommend a margin of at least 20mm on the binding edge of the sheet.

For all binding options the material will be usually be trimmed by up to 5mm on the other three sides of the sheet.

We offer a free service of assessing your work, suggesting options, and developing cost estimates for you, and will try to arrange timeframes to meet your special requirements.