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Reference code
GB 891 RAS COLL8-RAS COLL8/3
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Published
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Series
Extent and medium
1 archival folder
Date(s)
- 1987-2010 (Creation)
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Name of creator
(1823-)
Biographical history
The Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland was founded by the eminent Sanskrit scholar Sir Henry Thomas Colebrooke on the 15th March 1823. It received its Royal Charter from King George IV on the 11th August 1824 'for the investigation of subjects connected with and for the encouragement of science, literature and the arts in relation to Asia'. It continues as a forum for those who are interested in the languages, cultures and history of Asia to meet and exchange ideas.
(1834 -)
Biographical history
Green Street Bindery is part of the bindery of Alfred Maltby & Son Ltd. which was founded in 1834 by Henry Maltby and Charles Bloxham, and the first workshop was based in St Helen’s (Hell) Passage, New College Lane, Oxford.
Since then, three generations of Maltbys have passed through the business: Alfred Maltby, Alfred Henry Maltby and Raymond Maltby. In 1944 Maltby’s acquired the business of J. H. Fensham, Law Bookbinders, of Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, London, who bound for the Inns of Court. This is still a valuable part of the Company’s business.
Ronald Clargo MBE joined the firm in 1952 and was Managing Director when he retired in 2002. The present Managing Director, Tony Tanner, formed Green Street Bindery in 1982, and Green Street and Maltby’s became sister companies in 2002. The two companies trade under the umbrella of the Kemp Hall Bindery Group.
Whereas Maltby’s is a hand bindery specializing in single copies or a small number of copies, Green Street is a mechanical bindery producing hundreds or thousands of hardback books. The two binderies often combine when a client requires, say, 500 cloth bound copies plus 5 specially bound in leather. These leather bound editions are often for Royal Libraries.
(1970-)
Biographical history
The Wyvern Bindery is a small bindery situated on Hoxton Street, London, dedicated to preserving high standards of craftsmanship. Using traditional skills, they aim to produce quality work tailor made to our client's specific requirements for design, budget and deadline. It moved to the Hoxton Street premises in 2020 having previously been situated on Clerkenwell Road.
Biographical history
Anthony Wessely Bookbinder is based in Berkshire, England.
Repository
Royal Asiatic Society Archives
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Scope and content
When books have needed rebinding or journals bound together, the Society has outsourced this to binderies. This series contains correspondence and invoices concerning this:
* __Green Street Bindery__, Oxford - correspondence and invoices between Green Street Bindery and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the rebinding of books. Typed and handwritten, 6 pieces, dated 28 February 1985 - 19 November 1987.
* Correspondence between Michael Pollock, Librarian, Dennis Duncanson and David MacDowell concerning the proceeds of a sale of Duncanson's books and periodicals be used for rebinding of books. Typed and handwritten, 2 pieces, December 19[9]6 to 7 May 1997.
* __Anthony Wessely Bookbinder__, Bracknell, Berkshire - correspondence and invoices between Anthony Wessely and the Royal Asiatic Society regarding rebinding of books. Typed and handwritten, 7 pieces, dated 11 November 1988 -2 May 1990.
* __The Wyvern Bindery__, London - correspondence, reports and invoices between the Wyvern Bindery and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the rebinding of books and journals. These also include correspondence with Clare Prince, book conservator, and C.M. Edmondson, Paper Conservator, concerning a survey of the damaged volumes of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed and printed, 83 pieces, dated 20 July 1993 - 17 January 2012.
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gb 891 ras coll8/3
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