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A. H. RowandBookbinderno. 12 Pear streetPhiladelphiaPennsylvania 1.1. (1844) Third floor bindery was severely damaged by fire, started by a lamp.Feb. 3, 1844.

![][1] William H. RoyBookbinder No. 16 South Queen StreetLancasterPennsylvania 1.The image is of what could be referred to as a Job ticket.  Job tickets wouldbe inserted into the book when it arrived at the bindery and would contain thecustomers name and instruction for binding. The ticket would travel with thebook block as it progressed through the various binding operations and wouldbe removed  when the book was invoiced and readied for return to the customer.Job tickets  are still used today by library binders who might need to bindhundreds of different books and to reconnect them to one of dozens ofdifferent clients. Because of their ephemeral nature these examples of theinternal working of a bookbindery rarely survive. This example survivedbecause it was mistakenly bound into the volume. One can imagine the bindersearching the bindery for this slip of paper so he return the book to theproper owner.This particular example was found in The Lutheran Quarterly, Valentine,vol.13  on e-bay 250810907551  4 /25/ 11. our thanks to Steve Beare forcalling attention to this image. [1]: /media/attachments/bbdir_entry/2746/roe_william.jpg

Joseph RoylePrinter  Bookbinder and Account Bookbinder.WilliamsburgVirginia, (1764) 1.1. Succeeded William Hunter who had succeeded William Parks.  John Strech wasa binder in Parks’, Hunter’s and Royle’s shop.  A daybook of this shopsurvives. The Bookbinder in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg  , pub. byColonial Williamsburg, 1978, pg.14-152. 1775, Administration of estate: Joseph Royle, Williamsburg Printer,(Original Library of Virginia). Guide to the Photocopied ManuscriptCollections, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.Library Special Collections Section pg. 78

J. RuffumBookseller, Stationer, BookbinderBlank Book Manufacturer No. 3. Central Building, Main StreetNashville, New Hampshire 1.1. (1844) Farmer’s cabinet, Amherst, New Hampshire, June, 13, 1844.

William A. RugglesBookbinder, & BooksellerSt AlbansVermont 1.1. (1848) Ruggles is expected to have an interest in the business and willprobably commence in April next”…  St Albans messenger, St Albans, Vermont,March 9, 1848.