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19th century A. E. HOUSMAN advertisements American antiquarian booksellers auction AUTHORISED EDITION bibliographical binder blank leaves BLOCKBOOKS boards book-collecting books printed calf called CANCELS catalogue century books COLLATION collectors COLOPHON colour common commonly continued covers decoration described distinct dropped letter dust-jacket early edges EDITION-BINDING Encyclopædia Britannica endpaper English engraved errata slip examples facsimile folded folio FORE-EDGE FORE-EDGE PAINTING French GATHERING gilt half-title illustrations impression INCUNABULA inserted issued labels leaf loose manuscript margin MCKERROW means Michael Sadleir modern books MOROCCO normally nowadays number of copies occasionally octavo original pamphlets PAPER COPY PART-ISSUES plates printed books printer PRIVATE PRESS proofs publication published PUBLISHER'S CLOTH quarto QUIRES rare rarity RE-BACKED RE-CASED RE-JOINTED reprint Sadleir sections signed seldom sewn sheet SHORT-TITLE signature sometimes Sotheby's specialised spine Stanley Morison style tion title-page TRADE BINDING uncut usually variant vellum VERSO volume word wrappers