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Constable & Co. Ltd. 1932. First Edition, limited to 500 copies, xviii,172pp., frontis., 13 plates, printed on blue paper, orig. quarter vellum with marbled sides, lower spine bumped with slight tears to lower hinges, uncut. Tracing the history of the development of the bindings with emphasis on how detective work can often yield interesting conclusions on the priority of issue for both the bibliographer and collector. Carter’s comments on method of dating bindings, library bindings, jobbing and remainder publishers, and other curious aspects of publishers’ bindings are essential in the study of this subject. |
