Papermaking by Hand. A Book of Qualified Suspicions.
Minor Confluence, WI: Perishable Press, 1982. 7 x 10 1/2. ( 12), 42, (3) pages printed on a great variety of papers + 3 double-page specimens. Jim Lee's 11 linocuts portrait the equipment and methods of hand papermaking. Irish linen, blind stamped title. A few miniscule, barely perceptible spots on lower cover, but fine. Inscribed by Hamady on his linocut portrait. Item #18522
Both a practical manual and a lovely exemplar of papermaking. The 3 special specimens are a thread picture, pulp painting, and a sheet deeply embossed by "found object" on the mould. Copy 88 of 200 copies printed by Walter Hamady. Title page calligraphy by Hermann Zapf. Printed in five colors on 13 Hamady Shadwell papers, and on papers from other makers/mills. A Century for the Century 87.
Price: $2,900.00