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Article: Marianne Tidcombe. The Doves Press.(Book Review)
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- Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
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- March 22, 2004
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2004 Bibliographical Society of Canada. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Marianne Tidcombe. The Doves Press. London: The British Library; New Castle, Del.: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. xii, 258 pp.; 75 [pounds sterling], $120.00 (US) (hardcover). ISBN 0 71 234708 9 (UK) / 1 58 456084 3 (US).
In the golden age of the fine press movement, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, who founded the Doves Press with Emery Walker in 1900, stands out as a man of absolute principle and uncompromising ideals. He did not have the influence or the stature of his mentor, William Morris. Unlike Morris, Cobden-Sanderson's impact on the decorative arts was minimal. A bibliophilic perfectionist, he was not the type of man who wished to transform society. He espoused a ...
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Encyclopedia entry: Cobden, Richard
The Oxford Companion to British History;
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...Cobden, Richard (1804–65). A British radical politician, Cobden was devoted to free trade and international peace ... had shown that it could affect election results. Cobden became MP for Southport in 1841 and proved a competent ...
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