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excellent question from excellent student: why was the first published edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) bound in red cloth? I knew why (and how) it was bound in cloth, and pointed the student to resources on gold stamping versus later more elaborate multicolour stamping/embossing, and between stamping and printed paper over cardstock. And on the absence of dust jacket. We found early reviews with info on pricing, buyers, and implied readers. But: why red? #bookhistory
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