Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson (1840-1922), bookbinder and printer, was born at Alnwick on 2 December 1840, the son of James Sanderson, district surveyor of taxes. He attended grammar schools in Worcester, Hull, Docklington and Rochdale, and Owens College, Manchester. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1860, but left in 1863 without taking a degree. Sanderson was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1871. He changed his name to Cobden-Sanderson on his marriage to Anne Cobden in 1882. The following year he studied bookbinding under Roger de Coverley. He opened his own workshop in 1884, followed by the Doves bindery at Hammersmith, which operated from 1893 to 1921. He ran the Doves Press, 1900-1916, with Emery Walker, printer and engraver. He died at his home in Hammersmith on 7 September 1922.
From the guide to the Thomas Cobden-Sanderson: The ideal book, 1900, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)
