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VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BINDINGS
Ball, Douglas
S-K 7108. First U.S. edition. A look at cloth binding during the period 1820 to 1880 with some discussion of paper bindings, leather, paier mache, etc. Gives lists of the designers with their prominent designs.
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MEMOIR OF THE LATE ALFRED SMEE. F.R.S. BY HIS DAUGHTER. W...
by (Odling, Elizabeth Mary)
First edition. Contains three plates. Smee (1818-1877) was a noted English chemist and surgeon who pioneered the field of electro-metallurgy. With the bookplate and pencil signature of Gavin Bridson. Ex-City of Leeds Library with embossed ownership stamps, accession stamp in title page verso, and bookplate laid down on front paste-down. The book has been recased with original spine laid-down. Inch-long section of spine missing near title.
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