Stackpole example

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Full leather tight-joint style binding. Fine grain dark blue goatskin "sky" across top of binding; spine and part of both boards covered in navy blue Niger goatskin, with induced wrinkles signifying the river; rest of boards covered in dark green Niger goatskin with blind linoleum-cut embossings, signifying the land. Title tooled in curves down the spine in blind. Colored top edge. Marbled paper endpapers by the binder, with leather hinges. Sewn on flattened cords, hollow spine; worked silk headbands.

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Twain, Mark

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Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Wood engravings by Harry Brockway. London: The Folio Society, 1993.

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Book

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The 3rd DeGolyer Competition

Citation

Twain, Mark, “Stackpole example,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed March 16, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/2068.

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