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The name Baker’s Mark comes from a 15th century tradition of baker’s marking their breads with a unique seal that was “a means of identifying him for punishment if his bread were unwholesome or short of weight. If, however, a baker consistently made good bread, this same seal would naturally come to be associated with his high standard and would stand for the goodwill of his trade. "*

In this same spirit, Baker’s Mark puts a mark of identification and seal of quality on every book that is represented under the company name.

* Thrupp, Sylvia. The Worshipful Company of Baker’s. Croydon: Galleon Press 1933

"The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man. Nothing else that he builds ever lasts. Monuments fall, nations perish, civilizations grow old and die out, and after an era of darkness, new races build others. But in the world of books are volumes that have seen this happen again and again, and yet live on, still young, still fresh as the day they were written, and still telling men's hearts of men centuries dead."

-Clarence Day