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Total number of records: 76

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Books and printed items75
Archives1

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Brotherton Collection42
Herbert Read Collection5
Ripon Cathedral4

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
bookbinding76
books10
printing9
illumination of books and manuscripts8
rare books8
bibliography7
book collectors7
engraving6
incunabula4
bookbinders3

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France3
England1
Italy1
Pennsylvania1
United States1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1776-1847)6
Hobson, G D (1882-1949)5
Nixon, Howard M5
British Museum4
Abbey, J. R. (John Roland), 1896-19693
Arts Council of Great Britain3
Bodleian Library3
Davenport, Cyril (1848-1941)3
Fletcher, William Younger (1830-1913)3
James, Philip3

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From 180020
From 190054

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Up to 199954

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Royal English bookbindings

Davenport, Cyril (1848-1941)

1896

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Royal English bookbindings

Davenport, Cyril (1848-1941)

1896

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Bookbinding in France

Fletcher, William Younger (1830-1913)

1894

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The Stonyhurst Gospel of Saint John

Brown, T Julian; Powell, Roger Bookbinder; Waters, Peter Bookbinder; Roxburghe Club

1969

Introd. in English.

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Room and book

Nash, Paul (1889-1946)

1932

Includes index.

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London bookbinders, 1780-1840

Ramsden, Charles; Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)

1987

Introduction (pages 1-22): How far can the names in the alphabetical list be regarded as those of persons or firms possessing their own binderies?; Trade directories ; Cowie's bookbinder's manual ; Ma...

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Binding variants in English publishing, 1820-1900

Carter, John Wayneflete (1905-1975)

1932

"Parts of chapter II originally appeared in the Colophon and the Book collector's quarterly." [p. xiii]. "This edition... is limited to 500 copies".

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Early stamped bookbindings in the British Museum : descriptions of 385 blind-stamped bindings of the XIIth-XVth centuries in the Departments of Manuscripts and Printed Books

Weale, William Henry James (1832-1917); Taylor, Lawrence librarian; British Museum. Department of Printed Books

1922

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Roger Powell & Peter Waters

Nixon, Howard M

1965

"The letterpress has been printed by Alfred Page and Harry Greenaway... Photo-lithography and plates by Don Beard and Sid Weston and printed by Roy Crossett ... 450 copies produced and bound at The Sl...

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The evolution of publishers' binding styles, 1770-1900

Sadleir, Michael (1888-1957)

1930

"This edition is limited to 500 copies."

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