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Pickering died shortly after being declared bankrupt in 1853, which resulted in the sale by auction of his extensive stock of books and personal library. His publishing business was later revived by his son, Basil
Montagu Pickering; on his death, in 1878, it was purchased by ‘old Mr Chatto’, one of
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set in tiny type that were offered in a uniform binding of paper (later cloth) or leather. These are often said to be the first publishers' bindings in cloth, but it is likely that
Pickering was one among several publishers who began binding their books in cloth at this period, an innovation which
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