STEWART, Charles J., Sir. Report of Arbitration between the Bookbinding Trade Section of the London Chamber of Commerce and the London Societies of Journeymen Bookbinders. London: The Bookbinding Trade Section, 1903.

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STEWART, Charles J., Sir. Report of Arbitration between the Bookbinding Trade Section of the London Chamber of Commerce and the London Societies of Journeymen Bookbinders. London: The Bookbinding Trade Section, 1903.

8o. Contemporary red levant morocco gilt, bound for presentation to the author by Morell, gilt edges. Provenance: Charles Stewart; purchased from Emil Offenbacher, 26 December 1960.

The verbatim report of the arbitration proceedings between employers and journeymen in the bookbinding trade, an interesting contribution towards the history of the bookbinding around 1900. This PRESENTATION COPY is stamped in gilt on the upper cover: "Presented to Charles J. Stewart Esq. by the Bookbinding Section of the London Chamber of Commerce and the United Societies of Journeymen Bookbinders. January 1904."

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