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  • Collection: Douglas Cockerell Fine Bindings collection

Photograph of the bookplate of Douglas Cockerell & Son

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Item is a photograph of the bookplate of Douglas Cockerell & Son of Letchworth.

Photograph of Douglas Cockerell's workshop

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Item is a photograph of Douglas Cockerell's workshop. The photograph was published on page 45 of The Chronicle No. 222 in December 1935.

Photograph of Douglas Cockerell's workshop

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Item is a photograph published on page 37 of The Chronicle No. 250 in November 1947. The photograph shows the workshop of Douglas Cockerell in Letchworth, England.

Marbled endpapers

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Item is a sample of marbled endpapers.

Drawings of patterns made with combing tools

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Item is an illustration (Fig. 108) published on page 242 of Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Text-Book for Book-Binders and Librarians by Douglas Cockerell, with drawings by Noel Rooke.

Title page of Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Text-Book for Book-Binders and Librarians

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Item is the cover page of the fourth edition of Bookbinding, and the Care of Books: A Text-Book for Book-Binders and Librarians by Douglas Cockerell, with drawings by Noel Rooke.

Photograph of Douglas Cockerell in his workshop

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Item is a photograph of Douglas Cockerell sitting at a table in his workshop in Letchworth, Herts, England. The photograph was published on page 44 of The Chronicle No. 222 in December 1935.

Catalogue of Old Bindings collected by Douglas Cockerell, Bookbinder of Letchworth, England… Vol. 1-2.

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Item is a series of photographs displaying a binding of a Catalogue of Old Bindings collected by Douglas Cockerell, Bookbinder of Letchworth, England, Vol. 1-2, by Douglas Cockerell. Edition Statement: A bound catalogue describing 127 titles with…

Pamphlet case designed and handmade for a manuscript letter by Richard Phillips

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Item is a pamphlet case designed and handmade by Douglas Cockerell for a manuscript letter by Richard Phillips, Governor of Nova Scotia.Binding Description: A full brown morocco leather binding; blind tooled single fillet borders on front and back…

Acadiensia Nova (1598-1779): New and unpublished documents and other data relating to Acadia ( Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, etc.). The actors: Sir William Alexander, Jacques de Meulles, Gargas, Vincent de Saccardy, Marquis de la Roche, Delabat and J.F. W. des Barres

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Item is a series of photographs displaying a binding of Acadiensia Nova (1598-1779): New and unpublished documents and other data relating to Acadia ( Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, etc.). The actors: Sir William Alexander, Jacques de Meulles,…