Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) by Douglas Cockerell

Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)

Douglas Cockerell with Noel Rooke (Illustrator)

208 pages • first pub 1901 (editions)

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Douglas Bennett Cockerell (1870-1945) was a British bookbinder who revolutionised modern bookbinding. At fifteen he went to Canada and worked as a farm hand, a wool carder, and a bank clerk. In 1891 he returned to England and was introduced to the...

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