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    Bookbindings in Paper and Cloth, 1800 - 1925

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    2004-03-03
    Author
    Lock, Margaret
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    Abstract
    This exhibition featured both utilitarian and

    quality bindings. Most were publishers’ bindings or

    edition bindings; that is, one of many copies of the

    same title given an identical binding by the publisher.

    Modern book buyers take this for granted but, in the

    early nineteenth century, only certain categories of

    books (such as those for children) were given

    permanent bindings before they were sold.

    Bookshops stocked many books in temporary

    bindings made of paper-covered boards; bookbuyers

    then ordered a leather binding of their choice. Until

    the 1840s, publishers’ bindings were often dull, as

    publisher-booksellers wanted an inexpensive

    binding. Gradually, paper and cloth bindings were

    accepted by the public as a permanent binding and

    print runs (and immediate sales) were large enough to justify a well-designed and attractive cover.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/1974/23971
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