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Hi Dee,
I would appreciate it.
I hope you are well...
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dee Longenbaugh" <deelong@ALASKA.COM>
To: <EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [EXLIBRIS-L] subscribers to Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery,
1798
> Dear John,
> If you still need an answer, can check when I get home.
> Dee,
> Vancouver booster
> On Nov 28, 2007, at 10:01 AM, John Lang wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Can anyone tell me if there is a list of the original subscribers
> > to George
> > Vancouver's Voyage of Discovery, 1798, in the book or elsewhere?
> >
> > Thanks in advance. My direct email address is below.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > John Lang
> > John Michael Lang Fine Books
> > 5416 - 20th Avenue NW
> > Seattle, WA 98107
> > USA
> >
> > (206) 624 4100
> >
> > Web site: www.jmlbooks.com
> > email: jmlbooks@isomedia.com
> >
> > Member ABAA & ILAB
> >
> > Please visit our brick & mortar bookshop in Seattle's Ballard
> > neighborhood.
> > We carry old, rare & out of print books as well as ephemera,
> > photographs,
> > art and other interesting material. Occasional catalogs issued.
> >
> > Our online inventory can be searched or browsed at:
> >
> > http://search.abaa.org/dbp/searchform.php?
> > custnr=&membernr=2406&source=&lang=
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kevin. Mac Donnell" <info@MACDONNELLRAREBOOKS.COM>
> > To: <EXLIBRIS-L@LISTSERV.INDIANA.EDU>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:04 AM
> > Subject: [EXLIBRIS-L] handmade paper question
> >
> >
> >> I'm trying to narrow down the possible date of manufacture for a
> >> piece of
> >> paper watermarked "MBM France". This is Arches "handmade" (cylinder
> >> machine) paper, of course. There is slight evidence that points to
> >> about
> >> 1901 as the date of use, although the paper could be somewhat
> >> older. The
> >> suspected printer was still around until the 1920s, and may have
> >> used it
> >> that late. Would the presence of "France" in the watermark
> >> indicate a date
> >> after 1891 when country of origin was required on some products being
> >> imported into the US, or did Arches paper include "France" at an
> >> earlier
> >> date? My meager water mark references are no help (nor google),
> >> and with
> >> paper coming out of Arches since the beginning of time I have no
> >> idea how
> >> old this paper might be, although my guess is late 19th century.
> >> Any clues
> >> or nods in the direction of a good reference would be much
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >> Kevin
> >> @
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> >>
>
> Dee Longenbaugh
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