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... known to most people that con- dition and binding frequently regulate the market value of a book almost as much as any other consideration , * " Round and About the Bookstalls " ( L. Upcott Gill , 170 , Strand , W.C. ) . and , in ...
... known to most people that con- dition and binding frequently regulate the market value of a book almost as much as any other consideration , * " Round and About the Bookstalls " ( L. Upcott Gill , 170 , Strand , W.C. ) . and , in ...
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... known affinity of lime for water may be made use of in pro- tecting books , for if saucers of this chemical are placed up and down the library , the damp in the atmosphere will be speedily attracted . It is curious that this obvious ...
... known affinity of lime for water may be made use of in pro- tecting books , for if saucers of this chemical are placed up and down the library , the damp in the atmosphere will be speedily attracted . It is curious that this obvious ...
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... known materials , such as morocco , russia , calf , and the rest , would be unnecessary , as they are perfectly well known to most people , whether book collectors or not . Their applicability to any par ticular class of work depends ...
... known materials , such as morocco , russia , calf , and the rest , would be unnecessary , as they are perfectly well known to most people , whether book collectors or not . Their applicability to any par ticular class of work depends ...
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... known as " signatures " -those little numbers or letters , or both , found at the foot of many pages of almost every book , and which were first introduced as a guide to the binder by Antonio Zorat , of Milan , in the year 1470 . As the ...
... known as " signatures " -those little numbers or letters , or both , found at the foot of many pages of almost every book , and which were first introduced as a guide to the binder by Antonio Zorat , of Milan , in the year 1470 . As the ...
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... known elsewhere as " Flemish or German character . " Specimen of Black Letter . Block Books . - Books printed from blocks of wood engraved on one side of the leaf only . Boards . - Books are sometimes described as being in " boards ...
... known elsewhere as " Flemish or German character . " Specimen of Black Letter . Block Books . - Books printed from blocks of wood engraved on one side of the leaf only . Boards . - Books are sometimes described as being in " boards ...
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