Formerly regarded as a secret art, it is now an easily acquired branch of our work, thanks to the careful experiments and excellent demonstrations of the master bookbinder, Herr Joseph Halfer, of Buda Pesth.
"Practical Bookbinding"
Paul Adam
I suppose I shall forget my own wickedness and even come to regret that I didn't take more-take all by force or guile-for perhaps, after all, it's better to be a downright brute than a half-and-Halfer.
"Beggars on Horseback"
F. Tennyson Jesse