Welcome to Blissetts

With over 100 years experience in bookbinding, one of the areas we naturally thrive at is producing custom bespoke logbooks and visitor books. We even have the added option of creating the artwork for your records.

Our special projects section has tended to focus on some of the amazing books we’ve had the pleasure of designing, printing and binding. It’s difficult sometimes, as Royal Warrant bookbinders with over 100 years experience and the finest artisan craftsman, not to be so proud of the books we are asked to produce that we forget to spotlight some of the other areas we’re rather good at! Hopefully this feature will correct that, as well as inspiring you with your next project….

With over 100 years service as bookbinders, our expertise in helping individuals and organisations preserve precious manuscripts remains a big part of what makes us special, and special is definitely the right word for these beautiful collected editions for Eton College.

From Brentford with love: When the wonderful folk at The History Press gave us a licence to thrill by asking us to work our magic on their fine press edition of The 007 Diaries by Roger Moore it excited the living daylights out of us. Here’s a preview for your eyes only…

With over 100 years experience in fine binding, our reputation for the finest craftsmanship and attention to detail precedes us and makes us the perfect choice for restoring and recreating the most cherished books.

A recent project saw our team of artisans create this stunning presentation for Stephen King’s classic horror novel “Needful Things”

However battered or complex recreating a beloved book might seem, there is very little that we can’t produce. As one wonderful client said last week, “it’s literally like watching magicians at work!” - and our team certainly worked their magic on recreating this beloved manuscript for a birthday gift…

Working with Pallas Athene, it was our pleasure to print, bind and box this beautiful full-size facsimile of John Ruskin’s Flora of Chamonix - his as yet unpublished book of pressed plants with notes, collected and compiled during 1844 from the mountains and forests around Chamonix, France.

When lifelong Wrexham AFC supporter and historian Peter Jones first contacted us about printing and binding his ‘statistical bible’ dedicated to the Red Dragons, they were yet to have one of their greatest days in modern times - promotion back into the football league after a 15 year absence…

When we were tasked with repairing this beloved edition of works by William Shakespeare by the wonderful Clara Durodie, our fine binding team went to work exhibiting skills and craft that the great man himself would have been impressed by…

We were honoured to be asked to produce a special presentation for James Purdey & Sons, celebrating their shotgun, the US Centenary Gun. Our team were tasked with producing assorted prints on parchment paper, presented in custom chemise folders and housed in a matching bespoke clamshell boxes.

With trademark French panache that led to international acclaim, it was our pleasure to help put the perfect finishing touches to the outstanding Facel Vega Grand Luxe Sportif by Martin Buckley.

It was our pleasure to work with Michael Veys and the wonderful folk at Palawan Press to produce this stunning presentation box to compliment a Bentley book and portfolio.

Sometimes, we are very lucky to work in unison with publishers on titles that inspire and fascinate. That was truly the case with Letters From Titanic by George Behe, produced by the amazing folks at The History Press.

It was our pleasure to put together these wonderful photobooks for the fantastic folk at Team England. These books, produced as gifts for staff at Team England, featured stunning red leather covers handcrafted by our binders, and beautiful custom gold foiling to compliment the amazing photography taken at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022…

We thought we’d treat you all to an amazing look at a project that our Senior Binder & Restorer Piotr Sakowicz recently created, a great example of bookbinding at its finest, and the production process involved in creating the bookcase to compliment it.

We are very honoured to produce some amazing special commissions for institutions and individuals, a wonderful example of this was a special set of The Cambridge Greek Lexicon, a dictionary of the Ancient Greek language. Our team was tasked with producing a bespoke edition of 2 volumes, plus a custom slip case to house the titles.

Sometimes we are lucky enough to work hand-in-hand with authors on their books from start to finish. Our creative team have vast experience in book design and thrive at enhancing and immersing themselves in the written word. Working with the wonderful Clive Williams on his latest title ‘The Cravens’ was a great example of this..

Occasionally, we get to work on projects that are so stunning and unique, that the results speak for themselves. That is definitely the case with this wonderful presentation and celebration of the iconic Jaguar D-Type.

It was our pleasure to put together this masterful collection for Little Brown Books - including these stunning bespoke boxes with foam inserts. Bound and printed by Blissetts.

Ever wondered about the process and work involved in recreating an ancient book?

We thought it would be interesting to share with you all the process and skill involved in the restoration of an old Holy Bible. Click on any picture below to zoom in and see more details.