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[BOOK BINDING]. ARNETT, John Andrews [pseudonym of HANNETT,...

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[BOOK BINDING]. ARNETT, John Andrews [pseudonym of HANNETT, John (1803-1893)]. Bibliopegia; or, the Art of Bookbinding, in all its branches. London: Richard Groombridge, 1835. 12mo. Illustrated with 8 (of 9) engravings. Advertisement leaf bound-in. Publisher?s full green cloth, lightly stamped in blind in a floral design, spine stamped in gilt (spine toned, binding worn, soiled, hinges starting, text toned, soiled, foxed, one plate loose). Provenance: bookplate of Geo. Beebee. FIRST EDITION of one of the earliest English books on the art of bookbinding. Pollard & Potter, Early?Bookbinding?Manuals 100.