Report of the Committee on Leather for Bookbinding.

Cobham, The Rt. Hon. Viscount ; Wood, Sir Henry Trueman.

Published by Published For the Society of Arts by George Bell & Sons, London, second edition, 1905, 1905

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Cloth, small 4to, gilt cover-title within border, 20 pp, 11 colour plates, 12 leather samples pasted on the front and rear pastedowns (as issued). Contents include: Part I. Introduction; Part II. Report of Sub-Committee on Libraries and Bookbinding; Part III. Report of Sub-Committee on the Preparation of Leathers for Bookbinding. Appendices. I. Hints to Owners and Keepers of Libraries; II. The Fading of Colour from Dyed Leathers; III Circular to Librarians, and Replies. Index. "The samples of leather in the cover have been prepared in accordance with the conclusions of the Report of the Committee, and were supplied by the following firms : the calf-skin, goat-skin, and sheep-skin by Messrs. J. Meredith-Jones & Sons, Wrexham ; the seal-skin by Messrs. Edw. & Jas. Richardson, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; and the pig-skin by Messrs. John Muir & Son, Beith, N.B." Covers slightly marked, otherwise Good. Seller Inventory # ABE-39388

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Title: Report of the Committee on Leather for ...

Publisher: Published For the Society of Arts by George Bell & Sons, London, second edition, 1905

Publication Date: 1905

Binding: Hardcover