Alan Isaac Rare Books

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Author: COBDEN-SANDERSON

Published by: English Illustration (1891)?

245 x 170mm, 5 leaf journal article 9323-332p). Illust. 9 mono. plates of C-S bindings and an engraving of the binder in his studio.  Sewn within a card cover with typed paper label.

An interesting contemporary article on the work of the binder with samples of his work.  Slight handling marks.

Cat. ref. 149

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