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  • Collection: Douglas Cockerell Fine Bindings collection

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.

Marbled endpapers

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Item is a sample of marbled endpapers.

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…

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.

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.

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 the bookplate of Douglas Cockerell & Son

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

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.