Other Services

Fine Binding, Book Restoration & Conservation

J S Wilson & Son bookbinders has 195 years of experience in traditional and academic binding and has worked with all of the Cambridge University colleges and departments at different times over the years, in addition working on valuable collections for famous libraries and museums, our bindery offers the best skills available.

Our conservation department can restore your most valuable bindings or documents using modern and traditional methods and materials.  We offer paper treatments in regards to foxing, paper tears, etc.  We aim is to retain as much of the book’s original character as possible unless requested otherwise.  With leather bindings we can also treat red rot with great success (depending on the stage of deterioration).    

Boxes

Our skilled craftsmen can produce boxes to any dimension (within reason) for protecting and storing your books, loose pages, photographs or records etc. We have a variety of materials and finishes that can be used.