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  • Collection: Douglas Cockerell Fine Bindings collection

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

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 the bookplate of Douglas Cockerell & Son

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

Photograph of Douglas Cockerell's workshop

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

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 in his workshop

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.

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

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…

Marbled endpapers

Item is a sample of marbled endpapers.

Drawings of patterns made with combing tools

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.

Cockerell Book bindings display

An assembled display of books from the Cockerell fine bindings collection.

Acadiensia Nova (1598-1779): New and unpublished documents and other data relating to Acadia ( Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, etc.).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

Item is a series of photographs displaying a binding of Acadiensia Nova (1598-1779): New and unpublished documents and other data relating to Acadia ( Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, etc.).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