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LEATHER FOR LIBRARIES.
BY
E. WYNDHAM HULME, J. GORDON PARKER,
A. SEYMOUR-JONES, CYRIL DAVENPORT,
AND
F. J. WILLIAMSON
LONDON:
Published for the Sound Leather Committee of the
Library Association
by
THE LIBRARY SUPPLY Co.,
Bridge House, 181, Queen Victoria Street, E.C.
1905.
LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.
CONSTITUTION OF THE SOUND LEATHER
COMMITTEE.
CYRIL DAVENPORT, _British Museum Library_.
J. P. EDMOND, _Signet Library, Edinburgh_.
DR. J. GORDON PARKER, _London Leather Industries Laboratory,
Bermondsey_.
E. WYNDHAM HULME, _Patent Office Library_. (_Hon. Secretary._)
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Page
History of Sumach Tanning in England, Degradation of
the Manufacture of Leather, and History of the Reform
Movement. By E. WYNDHAM HULME 5