Traces of the Original Binding

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Title

Traces of the Original Binding

Description

I chose this copy of The Fishing Tourist for rebinding as the text block was generally clean but the binding had suffered serious damage. When I received the rebound book from Debra Frances, I was delighted to find a portion of the original binding’s spine and endband pasted to new front free endpaper. Small details such as this that preserve the physical history of a specific copy of a book are one of the things I love about book collecting.

Creator

Justin Hanisch (photographer)

Source

The Fishing Tourist: Angler's Guide and Reference Book

Publisher

Harper & Brothers

Date

1873

Contributor

Debra Frances (binding in fish skin); Charles Hallock (author)

Format

Small octavo

Language

English

Coverage

New York (published); bound in lake trout caught in northwestern Ontario

Citation

Justin Hanisch (photographer), “Traces of the Original Binding,” Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Online Exhibits, accessed July 10, 2025, https://omeka.library.ualberta.ca/items/show/3314.

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