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Hardcover. Quarto. Hardcover. Boards bound with tan paper and gold lettering in a glossy photographic jacket. Illustrated end papers. Original Sheffield exposition invitation tipped in opposite false title. Plate pasted in on publication page signed by three of the authors and identifying this copy as #45 of 1300. 245 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm. The great exhibitions -- The old handcrafted Rodgers knife manufacturing process -- Evaluating quality -- History of the Joseph Rodgers Firm -- Joseph Rodgers knives -- History of the George Wostenholm, History of I*XL Firm -- George Wostenhold knives -- The story of the John Blyde/Greenhough knives -- Greenhough knives -- Sheffield quality -- The Sheffield makers at the exhibition of 1855 -- Knives by diverse Sheffield makers. VG+ Light rubbing to the jacket. Otherwise binding is tight and square and interior is clean and unmarked.…