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A.L.s. from Robert Montgomery to Mr. Carpenter
Montgomery, Robert
A letter from Robt. Montgomery to Mr. Carpenter, New Bond Street, London, Bookseller. The letter, dated 30 August 1800, mentions that the writer is "just setting out for York" and expresses his obligation to Carpenter for "the trouble you have been at." The Exeter Working Papers in Book History list a James Carpenter, bookseller and bookbinder, at 14 Old Bond Street, 1799-1835. Over time, James Carpenter had partnered with various relatives and others. His business dealt mainly with art publications, having a large collection of painting. Carpenter's son William Hookham Carpenter became keeper of prints at the British Museum (DNB III:1077-8). Tanned and lightly stained. Copy of biography in Exeter Working papers laid in.
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> Watt, Ian, PUBLISHERS AND SINNERS: THE AUGUSTAN VIEW.
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MESSAGES IN WOOD
by Smith, Harold and Alma
Printed in an edition limited to 103 numbered copies, this being a presentation copy to an unidentified printer with the ink signature of Harold and Alma Smith. Text includes wood engravings by Harold Smith that are accompanied by prose descriptions of the origin of each piece. Ephemera loosely inserted.
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