LONDON BOOKBINDERS' PAPERS. Records of the Society of London Bookbinders; 1794-1919. These papers of the bookbinders' trade organization were largely collected by John Jaffray. Published work based on them includes the following works by E. Howe, A List of London Bookbinders 1648-1815, Bibliographical Society (1950), The London Bookbinders: Masters and Men 1780-1806 (1950), and (with J. Child) The Society of London Bookbinders 1789-1951 (1952). Purchased 16 April 1966 and incorporated Oct. 1...
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Trade and Commerce: Bindings: Booksellers: Society of London Bookbinders: Trade Unions: Records of Society of London Bookbinders: 1796-1919.
LONDON BOOKBINDERS' PAPERS. Vols. IV-XXXIV. Minute-books; 1796-1919. Containing the minutes of several committees, but the original labels of some volumes have been removed or obliterated. Thirty-one volumes. Notebooks and volumes of various sizes.