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Extract from a letter from Mr. G. Martin, Staplehurst, July 8th 1923 : "My mare's legs are quite well now since I have given her two or three of the powders I had from you... / G. Martin.

The bookbinder's complete instructor : in all the branches of binding, particularly marbling, staining and gilding the covers and edges of books, with all the late improvements and discoveries in that useful art / by a practical bookbinder.

Two early nineteenth-century bookbinding manuals.

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Martin, Gérard, 1944-

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The bookbinder's complete instructor : in all the branches of binding, particularly marbling, staining and gilding the covers and edges of books, with all the late improvements and discoveries in that useful art / by a practical bookbinder.

Two early nineteenth-century bookbinding manuals.

Extract from a letter from Mr. G. Martin, Staplehurst, July 8th 1923 : "My mare's legs are quite well now since I have given her two or three of the powders I had from you... / G. Martin.