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  • The library was turn of the century, masonry and blown lights, tall windows, and I pictured myself pushing a laden cart through the stacks, amid the book-cloth greens and worn reds.

    The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007

  • The library was turn of the century, masonry and blown lights, tall windows, and I pictured myself pushing a laden cart through the stacks, amid the book-cloth greens and worn reds.

    The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007

  • English book-cloth, that peculiar fabric to which the connoisseur of books is so sensitive, and which, for some inexplicable reason, it is, apparently, impossible to manufacture in this country; or in neat boards, with cloth backs.

    Walking-Stick Papers Robert Cortes Holliday

  • A practical designer always chooses for the ground color of a design a cloth that is to be found at one of the regular book-cloth manufacturers.

    The Building of a Book A Series of Practical Articles Written by Experts in the Various Departments of Book Making and Distributing Various

  • A rubber brayer helps to make sure that the book-cloth goes on smoothly and the glue is spread evenly.

    Apartment Therapy Main 2009

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