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Report of the Committee on Leather for Bookbinding

Second edition. First printed in the Journal of the Society of Arts, July, 1901 · Leaf containing "A report of the procedure adopted by Alfred Seymour-Jones to produce the samples of leather illustrated in Plates II, to IX inclusive ..." inserted before p. [1] · "Samples of leather prepared in accordance with the conclusions of the Committee's report" inserted into inside of front and rear covers · Introductory -- Report of Sub-Committee on libraries and bookbinding -- Report of Sub-Committee on the preparation of leathers for bookbinding -- Appendices. Hints to owners and keepers of libraries -- The fading of colour from dyed leathers -- Circular to librarians, and replies · Includes index

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