Papermaking by hand in America /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chillicothe, Ohio United States of America :
Mountain House Press,
Anno Domini 1950.
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| Item Description: | With a half-title. Title page printed in red and black. Colophon on page [329]: Here ends the eighth book on the subject of papermaking to be made by the Mountain House Press. The edition of "Papermaking by hand in America" has been in process of writing and production for many years and it is probable that this book will end the activities of this private press. This edition is necessarily limited to two hundred and ten copies, two hundred of which number are available for distribution. Number [signed] Dard Hunter. Limited, single edition, only 180 copies were completed; printed on hand-made paper using type designed and cut by David Hunter Jr., and hand-set by David Hunter Jr. "The colophon states 210 copies were produced, but in his book, MY LIFE WITH PAPER, Hunter says it had only been possible to produce 180 of them."--bookseller's description. Provides a history of American papermaking by listing and describing the first paper mill in each state from 1690 until 1811; with 96 tipped-in or mounted facsimiles of documents, 27 tipped-in facsimiles of watermarks on paper made in the manner of the originals; 43 tipped-in reproductions of labels used by early paper manufacturers. Hand-colored frontispiece; head- and tail-pieces, initial letters printed in red throughout. "A collection of paper labels used by the old American paper mills": pages [199]-319. The Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection copy is signed by the author and is number 148. The Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection copy contains a binding label and a bookseller's description. Purchased for the Cushing Library/Laughlin Collection by The Cushing Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 8 unnumbered pages, 326 pages, 4 unnumbered pages : color frontispiece, mounted facsimiles, mounted samples ; 43 cm (folio) |
| Bibliography: | Includes index. -- pages [323]-326. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Ohio -- Chillicothe. |