Taking care of your books and maps
Binding & Conservation
About our partners
The Chelsea Bindery was established 2000 and is based in central London. They specialise in fine leather bindings, and many of their books are highlighted with morocco inlays and onlays.
They are also justifiably proud of their reputation for their hand-made solander boxes, which are beautiful, clamshell-style preservation boxes used to house and protect important books and manuscripts.
As well as binding, they also handle all aspects of book restoration, conservation and repair.
In their own words
With our highly trained and experienced staff, we offer traditional leather bookbinding services in London, as well as conservation services. We use hand finishing and the finest materials to ensure a superior product of the highest quality. We offer a bespoke service in:
- Traditional leather bookbinding
- Restoration and conservation of books and paper
- Box-making
An Example of their Beautiful binding
Description
Octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in red morocco to spine and front cover, purple morocco to rear cover, titles and decoration to spine gilt, raised bands, panel to front cover after the original cover design in coloured onlays with title and author’s facsimile signature in gilt; rear cover gilt ruled, figure of Dumbledore in various coloured onlays with gilt and silver stars; ivory moiré silk doublures and endpapers; edges silver with hologram stars. Housed in a red leather entry slipcase.
Condition
A fine copy
Notes
First edition, first impression, with all the requisite points: Bloomsbury imprint, 10-down-to-1 number line, copyright Joanne Rowling, and the repeated “1 wand” on the list of equipment on p. 53. The first and most scarce of the Harry Potter books.