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19th century A. E. HOUSMAN abbreviated advertisements antiquarian booksellers auction AUTHORISED EDITION bibliographical binder blank BLOCKBOOKS boards book-collecting books printed calf called CANCELS catalogue COLLATION collectors colour common commonly continued covers decoration described distinct dropped letter dust-jacket early edges EDITION-BINDING Encyclopędia Britannica endpaper English engraved errata slip examples facsimile folded folio FORE-EDGE FORE-EDGE PAINTING French GATHERING gilt half-title illustrations impression IMPRINT INCUNABULA inserted issued labels LAID paper leaf leaves 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 Railroadiana rare rarity RE-BACKED RE-CASED RE-JOINTED reprint Sadleir sections signed seldom sewn sheet SHORT-TITLE signature sometimes specialised spine Stanley Morison style tion title-page TRADE BINDING uncut usually variant vellum VERSO volume word wrappers