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‘Reader, I found it’: The First Jane Eyre in French Jay Dillon . . . 1

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The Marvellous Monsieur Sardou, Part 1 Victoria Dailey. . . . 2

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Early Books and Early Readers at Nostell Priory, Part 1 Edward Potten . . . . . . . . . . . 4

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‘For the Encouragement of Benefactions’: Library Catalogues and Fundraising in Colonial America Basie Bales Gitlin . . . . 6

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Reading Horace Walpole: A Pandemic Project Neil Guthrie . . . 8

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‘Working tools almost daily in demand’ The Libraries of John Nichols and His Family Julian Pooley . . . . . . 8

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The 1845 Handbook to Chatsworth and Hardwick: A Census of Copies Charles Sebag-Montefiore . . . . . . 10

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Who Planted the Trees? Pioneers in the Development of Bookbinding History, Part 3: G D and A R A Hobson Mirjam M. Foot . . . 11

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‘Books as they were bought’ – Mavis Eggle’s Collection James Fleming 12

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The Libraries of Twelve Early Members of the Club, Part 10: William Windham Stephen Clarke . . . . . . 13

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news & comment 13● sales & catalogues 15● obituaries 17● book reviews 17● notes on contributors 18● notes for contributors 18● in the next issue 18● list of advertisers 19

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