We offer a comprehensive book repair and restoration service to suit most budgets and are happy to give free advice. This includes ledgers, bibles, notebooks and diaries.
We offer both Japanese tissue and tissue encapsulation page repairs using conservation grade materials.
We stock a wide range of historically accurate replacement end papers and leathers that enable us to achieve as near as possible match to the original.
We are currently commissioned to conserve books for The Wren Library of Lincoln Cathedral.
We offer a full colour range of cloth hard back bindings which can be lettered and gold tooled on the spine and front board to your specification.
Ask for our helpful pdf. guide with all the details needed to produce your own fabulous hardcover family history.
We started our careers as Library Style Bookbinders with The City of Hull Library Bindery.
We offer tradionally sewn, rounded and backed journal and magazine bindings which last a lifetime.
We can offer a repair to suit any budget from new covers to an extensive restoration.
We treat each book as a museum piece, preserving all its original features. Our reversible repairs go underneath the original structure preserving your books original look and feel.
Ask for our pdf. on bible repairs for a detailed description of the repair process
We have worked alongside Chevington Press and Newbold private press for many years producing exciting bindings.

Full bound in Arbelave Buckram. Lettered in gold on spine with name (initials, surname), degree and year of submission. Also lettered on front board with title, name, year of submission. Unlike others, these are hand stitched, the cover tailor made and lettered using deep hot foil embossing.
Hard Binding - from £75 per copy. Soft Binding from £20. HYMS £95.
Privacy Policy
Your data is handled securely and is not shared with third parties. You are welcome contact us if you have any questions about your privacy.
Contact details
Post
The Bindery, Carnegie Heritage Centre, 342 Anlaby Road, , HULL, , HU3 6JA, GB
Telephone
01482 353558
bindery@haveitbound.com
What information we collect, use, and why
We collect or use the following information to provide services and goods, including delivery:
Names and contact details
Addresses
Lawful bases and data protection rights
Under UK data protection law, we must have a “lawful basis” for collecting and using your personal information. There is a list of possible lawful bases in the UK GDPR. You can find out more about lawful bases on the ICO’s website.
Which lawful basis we rely on may affect your data protection rights which are in brief set out below. You can find out more about your data protection rights and the exemptions which may apply on the ICO’s website:
Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information. You can request other information such as details about where we get personal information from and who we share personal information with. There are some exemptions which means you may not receive all the information you ask for. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to correct or delete personal information you think is inaccurate or incomplete. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to delete your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to limit how we can use your personal information. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you. You can read more about this right here.
Your right to withdraw consent – When we use consent as our lawful basis you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can read more about this right here.
If you make a request, we must respond to you without undue delay and in any event within one month.
To make a data protection rights request, please contact us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
Our lawful bases for the collection and use of your data
Our lawful bases for collecting or using personal information to provide services and goods are:
Contract – we have to collect or use the information so we can enter into or carry out a contract with you. All of your data protection rights may apply except the right to object.
Where we get personal information from
Directly from you
How long we keep information
We keep written order form until your order is complete. Email and website contact and enquiries are kept for a maximum of 2 years.
How to complain
If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us using the contact details at the top of this privacy notice.
If you remain unhappy with how we’ve used your data after raising a complaint with us, you can also complain to the ICO.
The ICO’s address:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Helpline number: 0303 123 1113
Website: https://www.ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint
Last updated 14/02/2025