A collection of 132 letters and cards : to T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and members of his family, [n.d.].

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A collection of 132 letters and cards : to T.J. Cobden-Sanderson and members of his family, [n.d.].

Many of the letters relate to the Doves Press and Bookbindery; acquired by the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1956. The items in the collection have been dispersed and separately catalogued under the names of individual correspondents.

132 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7223561

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Doves press

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Cobden-Sanderson, T. J. (Thomas James), 1840-1922

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T.J. Cobden-Sanderson was an English bookbinder, associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Born in Northumberland, his family travelled extensively; he attended Cambridge, but did not take a degree. His intellectual gifts seemed to fill him with despair, and he read constantly, and was often depressed. He eventually became a barrister in London, where he made several important friends, notably William Morris, who introduced him to Annie Cobden; Sanderson and Annie married, and he changed his...