Leather, gold, amber and hand-painted edges. PIMAX binds books one at a time — special editions, Bibles, chronicles and gifts — and booksandcatalogues.com brings that work to clients across Europe.
PIMAX is an artistic bindery in Koszalin, near the Baltic coast of Poland. For more than twenty years it has made leather-bound books entirely by hand: sewing the book block, covering the boards in vegetable-tanned leather, tooling ornaments in gold and finishing each copy with painted edges, metal fittings or stones set in silver.
Every binding is made to order, from a single personalised copy to a limited run for a publisher. As PIMAX’s authorised representative in Europe, booksandcatalogues.com handles the whole commission for you — brief, quote in EUR, proofs, production and delivery — in English, German or French. If you also need the book printed, we print the block in one of our partner printing houses and PIMAX binds it.
Numbered leather editions of classics and new titles: full or half leather, gold tooling, painted edges and a slipcase. Ideal for a publisher’s anniversary, a signed edition or a crowdfunding top tier.
Rulebooks, grimoires, artbooks and portfolios with gold-tooled symbols, fore-edge art taken from your illustrations and matching slipcases — the deluxe tier your backers remember. We can produce the game components and standard edition too.
Company and town chronicles, guest books and jubilee volumes up to A3 and beyond, with titles, crests or logos gilded, embossed or inset in metal. Presentation binders, desk pads and diaries complete the set.
Multi-volume works bound to match — in leather or bookcloth with gold tooling and coloured edges, delivered in a shared slipcase. Ideal for collected editions, sacred texts, archives and anniversary sets.
Leather Bibles and prayer books with painted edges, amber or turquoise set in silver, metal corners and clasps. Personalised with names and dates for weddings, baptisms and anniversaries.
Wedding guest books, family chronicles and albums, sculpted or painted leather covers, bookmarks with dedications — keepsakes made to be handed down.
Need the book printed as well? See our book printing and board game production services.
A picture painted across the edges of the pages, visible when the book is closed. PIMAX paints portraits, landscapes and ornaments by hand, matching the subject of the book — a Sacred Heart for a Bible, a battle scene for a fantasy rulebook, roses for a gift. Edges can also be gilded or coloured.
Lettering, frames and ornaments are pressed into the leather with heated hand tools and gold leaf. Blind tooling (without gold) and relief embossing add depth. This is how names, dates, monograms and logos are added to a cover.
Icons gilded by hand, brass or silver corners, clasps and straps, Baltic amber and turquoise set in silver bezels. These jewellery techniques turn a binding into a one-of-a-kind object — and protect it for generations of use.
Besides tooling and gilding, PIMAX paints directly on leather. A mountain range wraps around a family chronicle, peonies spread across a diary, branches rise in relief on a book of nature stories. Painted covers suit wedding books, chronicles and personal gifts, and can repeat a motif from your logo, coat of arms or illustrations.
Most binderies need a finished book block. We can produce it for you: we print and sew the block in one of our partner printing houses in Poland, PIMAX covers and decorates it by hand, and we deliver the finished edition to your door. One order, one contact, one invoice in EUR.
Tell us the title or occasion, format, quantity, text and any logo or crest. Photos of bindings you like help.
PIMAX proposes leather, decoration and finish; you receive a quote in EUR and approve the design.
Sewing, covering, tooling, painting and setting are done by hand in Koszalin — each stage takes the time it needs.
Each piece is packed for transport and shipped to you anywhere in Europe.
Yes. Every binding is made to order, from a single personalised copy to a limited edition.
It depends on the format and the decoration — hand binding takes the time it needs. Tell us when you need the book and we will say honestly whether that is possible.
Each piece is quoted individually, depending on format, leather, decoration and quantity. Send us a short brief and we will reply with a price range in EUR within one working day.
Write to us with the details of the book and we will check the options. We can also print your text or images and have the block bound by PIMAX.
Yes — by gold or blind tooling, relief embossing, painting or a metal plate inset into the cover.
Yes. We deliver across Europe, packed for transport, and invoice in EUR.
booksandcatalogues.com is PIMAX’s authorised representative in Europe. We handle your enquiry in English, German or French.
PIMAX Introligatornia Artystyczna was founded in 2003 in Koszalin, Poland. The workshop combines traditional bookbinding with metalwork and jewellery techniques, and has bound books for game studios, universities, cultural institutions, companies and private clients. booksandcatalogues.com is PIMAX’s authorised representative for clients outside Poland.
Tell us about the book and we will come back within one working day with ideas and a price range in EUR.
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