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Spine and Cover for Tupper's Complete Poetical Works 7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches 1851 Gold-stamped paper boards This American edition of a very popular poet exemplifies the elaborate decoration of low-cost materials for book bindings made possible by mechanical presses. Although it makes as heavy a use of stamping as Hemans's Poetical Works by the same publisher, it uses less gold. Like the binding on this publisher's edition of Hemans, this one represents a middle-class emulation of aristocratic leather bindings [GPL]. ReferencesTupper, Martin F. Tupper's Complete Poetical Works: Containing "Proverbial Philosophy," "A Thousand Lines," "Hactenus," "Geraldine," and "Miscellaneous Poems". New Edition. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1851. 
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