(BINDINGS--EPHEMERA.) Group of 6 binding sample blocks by Hardy and Pilon. 6 samples with botanical designs of multi-colored calf over brown morocco; gilt-stamped borders, bands, the title "Nature in Ornament / - / Hardy and Pilon," and volume numbers. 228x60mm; 9x2 1/4 inches; versos with indecipherable painted wording, but one bearing the label of the Adams Express Company, then a formidable freight and cargo transport service and now the distinguished equity fund company, with the stamped date of October 8, 1910, leather shows moderate rubbing along raised bands and corners. Baltimore (?), circa 1910
(BINDINGS--EPHEMERA.) Group of 6 binding sample blocks by Hardy and Pilon. 6 samples with botanical designs of multi-colored calf over brown morocco; gilt-stamped borders, bands, the title "Nature in Ornament / - / Hardy and Pilon," and volume numbers. 228x60mm; 9x2 1/4 inches; versos with indecipherable painted wording, but one bearing the label of the Adams Express Company, then a formidable freight and cargo transport service and now the distinguished equity fund company, with the stamped date of October 8, 1910, leather shows moderate rubbing along raised bands and corners. Baltimore (?), circa 1910
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