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Note the fleur de lis and the bee, and the exquisite hand-tooling on the doublures.
Torchy As A Pa Sewell Ford 1907
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Florentine hand-tooling there ranged a row of mediocre books; and it was among these that Elsa found that her instinct was not wholly infallible, as will be seen.
Parrot & Co. Harold MacGrath 1901
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Tools for hand-tooling must not be too large, or it will be impossible to obtain clear impressions.
Bookbinding, and the Care of Books A handbook for Amateurs, Bookbinders & Librarians Douglas Cockerell 1894
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