I never realized how much work really goes into this! Definitely a traditional craft. I hope it stays alive.

I’d give everything to apprentice to a master book binder. Move to another state, live on a couch, anything.

God bless the people who love books.

thank you for being a sane vision of a beautiful craft. The Internet is so full of quick fixes and DIY; this is so refreshing and rewarding.

what I would give to work in a workshop like this one.

That is a lot of works, time, materials, and patience just to bind a book. wow. It is an ART.

Oh how I would love an uncut version of this. I’d watch the entire process!

Pure magic. I could watch it forever.

The most awesome part of this clip is that some people are still preserving this beautiful craft & art to this generation...and may be the following generation..hats off to the team!

Absolutely magnificent. It's so nice to see that this wonderful art is being kept alive today.

Now I understand why the binding of valuable books in leather with golden letters never can be done automatically by machines, and why this costs a bit, and why some editions are limited. Very good and instructive video. Thank you. Regards from Germany.

This is great preserving a lost art. I believe we will always need books especially the Bible. God Bless

This is wonderful! Beautifully done. I'll watch it again and again.

I love my maths and physics and electronics textbooks, they are my friends. I found your channel, so that I can learn bookbinding techniques and repair my old books and ones I purchase online. Bookbinding is such a beautiful trade to watch when done by Artisans.

Small wonder that personal libraries were treasured for generations❤️.

I now appreciate books for not only their printed words, but for their entire treasure of a master work. How l wish l had learned this in my youth.

Done to perfection!! Bravo!

Beautiful. Creating works of art.

Those books are absolutely beautiful!

Wonderful work. Thanks for uploading.

Please post more videos. This was absolutely fascinating.

absolutely stunning work -- thank you for posting - so thoroughly enjoyed!

I wish I could work here. I’m only 17 but I’m extremely interested in bookbinding. It is such a beautiful craft.

This was a phenomenal video. Thank you for posting it.

Wow....such art work and as a book lover, I am drooling! Great video!

Wow, this is absolutely beautiful!

I'm just watching your spot on Alan Titchmarsh and had to say how much I enjoyed it. My mum was a bookbinder, seeing all the old tools being used took me right back to my childhood watching her as she sewed books making them good again. She also used to work on the big bank ledgers, so many happy memories and I feel very proud of the amazing work she did.

I've always wondered how books were binded. Thank you for bringing to viewers such a lovely video

OMG - that is so beautiful. It just wonderful to know that someone still does things this way.

What a beautiful process. thanks

This is a true magic! Unbelievable craftsmanship

I’ve probably watched this video 50 times so far this year.

True masters of the craft.

I have always wanted to see how this is done. What a gorgeous work

What a wonderful video. I love Books and have a love of Handmade things. Thank you for this great video, Jeff

This video feels like heaven ! Thank you for making something so everyday work into something soooo special

Very well done--the craftsmanship and the presentation in this video.

I accidentally landed here and couldn't stop watching this video! Mesmerizing and yes me too, I'd love an opportunity to apprentice to this sort of craftsmanship.

This is the best ved I’ve seen on bookbinding for beginners as well as people who just want a refresher coarse!

Beautiful work ❤

Simply exquisite

What a wonderful world!

Best video on the web.

What an absolutely beautiful process this is how great literature should be kept..

I would love to be trained and to work there. heaven such beautiful art work. nice choice of music and level too.

🤩I love watching bookbinding, and would love a chance to learn it in-person.

Beautiful!

Wow! High class!

Great video! Enjoyed this very much! Thank You

I was a letterpress printer/compositor in a small/medium jobbing shop in the North East of England. I have never seen the end result of finished print made into a book. This is most absorbing and thoroughly entertaining, thank you for sharing.

Wow, amazing!

FASCINATING!! Utterly brilliant, and spell “binding” if you will. This is such a beautiful art, and the history alone just makes me admire your skill even more so. I am so grateful to know that you will keep this tradition alive and well. I would have loved to apprentice there with you. I am certain that this would have been a very interesting and fulfilling job. Warm regards, from Canada eh!

I had no idea how much work went into this

Fantastic!

Well done indeed !

what a wonderful video. Craftsmanship is nearly gone

Excellent!

what a beautiful workshop it would be to work there😍😍😍

this was a dream to watch

Great video. My father was a hand finisher. Always wanted to follow in his footsteps but by the time I started my apprenticeship it had all became mechanised. What I would give to learn this. I'd work for free.

love this video

The Chelsea bindery is more meticulous than most binderies, and their prices reflect their devotion to the craft. Some of the books for sale on their web site -- classic books rebound in leather -- are priced in thousands of dollars. Very few are available for less than $1000. Of course, the price is directly related to the quality of the leather chosen and the amount of tooling ordered for the cover. Which is why a sixty year old leather book with fine tooling that sells for, say, $300, cannot be replicated today for twice that amount. The cost of leather, gold leaf, and labor keeps going up each year, and the number of competent binderies keeps shrinking. Collecting fine bindings is not a hobby for the penurious. For those that can afford it, Chelsea is among the very best.

My dream to be a book binder. Great video!

Beautiful

amazing!

beautiful...

Thank you

Peter Harrington: The World’s Finest Bookseller

Olá sou do Brasil. Me apaixonei por essa arte. É muito linda. Eu gostaria muito de aprender.

fantastic

Amazing

Very interesting.

Bello trabajo.

Very good

Respect.

Great!

Very buetyfull work

superb

very interesting

شكرا جزيلا لحضراتكم وياربي ارسال اى فديو جديد وشكرا لكم

WOW!

Maravilhoso!

wow!

what beauties!!!

Godly satisfying

Thank you very much for your excellent explanation and for showing the workshop. why do you use animal glue?

Mravilhoso, aqui do Brasil.

Its service to mankind

So basically most hardback books of the 19th century were actually hand-made? Great video BTW, very informative.

There are several variations on the process of carefully aging and stretching Biltong into a pleasantly scented and malleable leather for this very purpose; in the form of seminars and workshops with qualified instructors and lecturers. Check your local listings for more info.

Hello! very interesting video, i enjoyed every bit of it. If i would like to learn the art of lether book binding, how could i do so? are there any institutions that could offer any courses?

Craftsmanship!

How do I find popular fiction ready to be cut and put into signatures? I have been binding blank sheeted notebooks but would like to bind books to read. Thanks much. Ps, bloody steady hand in skiving off the edges!

Can you do this to my kindle?

Until my dad, this was our family profession for centuries.

Can you bind digitally and freely available books from Google books?

Eu gostaria imensamente de estar ai. Sou estagiàrio de conservação e restauro aqui em Salvador/BA/Brasil

How long does the whole process typically take?

Wonding how much such a book would cost... beautiful :)

How hard is it to rebind a book? Once the leathers get so brittle and falling apart but the body of the book is still in great shape. Does binding have to be from the beginning all the way through or can old books be saved?