George Cowie
G. Cowie
Bookseller, printer and publisher; successor to Vernor, Hood & Sharpe (q.v.), also of 31 Poultry; Publisher of satirical weekly "Asmodeus, or The Devil in London". - Per the British Museum (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG193706) He was active in the book trade from about 1801 to 1860, and is usually credited with the authorship of "Cowie's Bookbinder's Manual" and "Cowie's Printer's Pocket-book & Manual".
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Cowie's bookbinder's manual
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Cowie's Printer's pocket-book and manual containing the compositor's and pressman's scale of prices, agreed upon in 1810 and modified in 1816 ; the newsmen's scale ... ; all the schemes of impositions ... ; the Hebrew, Greek and Saxon alphabets ... ; To which is added a table for giving out paper, and an useful abstract of the various acts of Parliament connected with the trade ; Also a list of master printers
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Cowie's Bookbinder's Manual : Containing a Full Description of Leather and Vellum Binding, Directions for Gilding of Paper and Book-Edges, and Numerous Valuable Recipes for Sprinkling, Colouring, & Marbling
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Cowi e's printers' pocket book and manual
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Cowie's job master printers' price book
no cover - CPCowie's printer's pocket-book a...George Cowie
Cowie's printer's pocket-book and manual
no cover - CPCowie's Printer's pocket-book a...George Cowie
Cowie's Printer's pocket-book and manual, containing the compositors' and pressmen's scale of prices, agreed upon in 1810 and modified in 1816 ; the newsmen's scale, numerous valuable tables ; all the schemes of impositions from folio to hundred and twenty-eights inclusive ; the Hebrew, Greek, and Saxon alphabets ; with plans of the respective cases ; an explanation of mathematical, algebraical, physical, and astronomical signs
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The bookbinder's manual
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Cowie's bookbinder's manual
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Cowie's Printer's pocket-book and manual containing the compositor's and pressman's scale of prices, agreed upon in 1810 and modified in 1816 ; the newsmen's scale ... ; all the schemes of impositions ... ; the Hebrew, Greek and Saxon alphabets ... ; To which is added a table for giving out paper, and an useful abstract of the various acts of Parliament connected with the trade ; Also a list of master printers
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Cowie's Bookbinder's Manual : Containing a Full Description of Leather and Vellum Binding, Directions for Gilding of Paper and Book-Edges, and Numerous Valuable Recipes for Sprinkling, Colouring, & Marbling
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Cowi e's printers' pocket book and manual
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Cowie's job master printers' price book
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Cowie's printer's pocket-book and manual
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Cowie's Printer's pocket-book and manual, containing the compositors' and pressmen's scale of prices, agreed upon in 1810 and modified in 1816 ; the newsmen's scale, numerous valuable tables ; all the schemes of impositions from folio to hundred and twenty-eights inclusive ; the Hebrew, Greek, and Saxon alphabets ; with plans of the respective cases ; an explanation of mathematical, algebraical, physical, and astronomical signs
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The bookbinder's manual