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Edition Binding | Journal and Magazine Binding | Thesis and Dissertation Binding | Transcripts and Closing Books | Book Repairs | Bible Repairs| Advertising Prototypes

Edition Binding

Short run edition binding is our forte. Whether the book be a collection of poetry, a research report, genealogy, cookbook, novel, suite of prints or photographs, we have a binding format to suit.

Since all work is custom, we can accommodate nearly any size format. We have in stock a wide variety of materials, both cloth and leather, and will special order on request. We have produced books with metal and wood covers and others with hand-woven fabric. We cast our own type for many applications and can order hot stamping dies from your artwork. We also offer design and printing services. Please call for price quotations.

Journal and Magazine Binding

Bessenberg Bindery can bind your journals and magazines to match nearly any format you may have had your books bound in before. We have nearly a hundred type fonts, in a variety of faces and sizes, and can usually replicate other binder's foil stamping. We carry 23 colors of buckram, and 25 colors/textures of imitation leather. If you need to have a magazine or organization logo stamped on the cover, we can arrange to make a magnesium die, from your artwork or our artist's.

Turn-around time for journal binding is usually 2-4 weeks. Prices generally vary from $37.00 to $45.00 per book, depending on size and advertising content. Hand-sewn books are more expensive. Please call us to discuss options.

Thesis and Dissertation Binding

Different universities have different format requirements for theses and dissertations. We can meet any format requirement. All our bindings are sewn and with hard covers. We include the full title, author name and date of acceptance foil stamped on the spine or front cover, as necessary. We also offer photocopy service, black and white and color. We accept work by mail on a regular basis, and can return ship nearly anywhere in the world.

Prices range from $36.00 for a single copy, down to $27.00 per copy for 10 copies or more. Photocopying is done for $0.063 per page. Please call to make arrangements for binding.

Transcripts and Closing Books

We can bind any format of document up to 14" in height, and 3" in thickness. All bindings are sewn and are covered in high durability buckram or imitation leather. Titling on the spine and front cover is in metal foil. Company logos can be included in the titling. We can match fairly well most other binders' stamping formats. Although we prefer to have complete sets of documents sent to us for binding, we do offer duplication service. Confidentiality can be relied upon.

The base price for transcript binding (11" format) is $43.00 per book, which includes the first 1 1/2" of sewing, and the first 20 words of text on the spine. Additional sewing and additional words of text on the spine, as well as front cover stamping, are extra. We can include map and CD pockets inside the covers if desired.

We recognize the time-sensitive nature of closing documents and priority is given to legal work in the shop. Turn around time is generally 2-3 weeks.

Book Repair

We began as a business repairing old books for collectors, booksellers and libraries. Our work is in private and public collections from coast to coast. We bind in many historical styles, in cloth and leather. All work is done with sensitivity to the book's original style of binding. We offer paper repair, including washing and resizing. If rebinding is not appropriate, or if repairs are too costly to undertake immediately, archival storage boxes may be the answer, and we can help here too. Because each book is unique, it is difficult to speak of prices for rebinding without seeing the object first hand. We offer no obligation estimates on all repair work brought / sent to the shop. Please call for specifics.

Bible Repair

A sub classification of book repair, Bible repair deserves special attention. We repair all types of Bibles and prayers books, from small pocket books to pulpit and family Bibles. As with all book repair, the cost of rebinding depends on the size and condition of the book to be worked on, as well as on the materials used, and whether the old covers and spine are to be saved.

Rebinding hand bibles begins at $60.00, and generally prices on large family Bibles vary from $250.00 to $500.00.

Advertising Prototypes

We've been active in providing prototype pieces and one-of-a-kind objects for the advertising industry in Michigan for twenty years. Our clients have asked for books and boxes and portfolios in leather, wood, metal, plastics and paper, to be painted, gilded, foil stamped, embossed, folded, to be used as props for photo shoots, to be sent to their clients, and to be given out at conferences and shows. We'll make one or a thousand. Whatever your budget will allow. We're experienced, creative and we'll work with you to make your idea work for you.