North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1978. 7 x 10 1/2. (5) pages of text and 10 double-spreads of marbled papers. Wraps. Fine. One of 400 copies. This being # 1 -- as were all other 400. More about THE WORLD'S WORST MARBLED PAPERS...BY THEODORE BACHAUS
U. of Delaware Library, 1988. 6 x 9 1/2. 55 pages, 1 tipped in specimen by Henry Morris. Illustrated. Reproduction Dutch gilt wraps. Fine. This copy is inscribed by Henry Morris to Lili Wronker, who has lettered the spine. Lili Wronker was a calligraher, who illustrated at least one of... More about EAST-WEST:
Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1934. 10 x 14. xvi, 157 pages plus 54 plates and 2 pages of watermarks. Quarter blue morocco spine & corners, tan cloth sides, spine titled in gilt, top edge gilt. Spine sunned to green, leather scuffed at joints and extremities. Book plate on paste down... More about PAPER
Mittineague: Strathmore Paper Co, 1921. Two vols. 8 1/2 x 13. 28 text pages, 2 plates engraved by Rudolph Ruzicka showing unbalanced and balanced color, and 19 folding color-printed specimens demonstrating color combinations. Cloth-backed boards, printed cover label. Light wear to extremities, rusty paper clip mark inside front cover. Volume... More about A GRAMMAR OF COLOR
Np, nd (Probably Ashcaffenberg, ca. 1930). 12 x 11. 24 leaves bearing 241 specimens of decorated papers. The album pages are preprinted in a grid which allows varying sizes of samples to be mounted. At the top of each page is placed the Sorte number (the variety) and the paper's... More about Paper Sample Book
Los Angeles: Dawson's Bookshop, 1983. 8 1/2 x 11. xiii, 190 pages, color frontis, 5 leaves of plates (3 in color) and 6 samples of original marbling. Oatmeal cloth with inset marbled specimen by Rubovitz. Fine. One of 850 numbered copies. Inscribed by the author in the colophon. More about MARBLING: A HISTORY AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Long Island, ca. 1980). 5 1/2 x 7. 8 pages. Booklet in a loose printed wrap of Howell's hand made paper. The booklet has photographs of six Howell hand-bindings for sketch books using some of his highly textured papers. The wrap is sheet of Howell paper, pastel colored with imbedded... More about The Art of the Book--"Sketchbooks."
Tokyo & NY, 1978. 8 1/2 x 11 1/2. 452 pages, of which 113 have tipped-in specimens; photographic illustration, glossary, bibliography and index. Quarter cloth, in clamshell box. Fine copy in the original shipping carton which is lightly stained on one edge. No. 520 of 1000 copies with specimens, which... More about WASHI
Chillicothe, 1981-83. Two volumes. 12 x 17. Frontis, (8), 198; frontis, (9), 131 pages, plus numerous inserts. Full chestnut morocco by Gray Parrot, ruled in black & gilt, Hunter armorial device gilt on Vol. I, Hunter watermark gilt on Vol. 2. Each volume in a cloth tray case with morocco... More about THE LIFE WORK OF DARD HUNTER
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. 9 x 12 1/2. 165 pages (including 30 tip-ins: original folio & quarto leaves from Mountain House books, 4 original light-and-shade watermarked papers made by all three Hunters, color photos, and 30 pages of b&w illustrations). Quarter black morocco & red cloth, red leather... More about DARD HUNTER & SON
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. 9 x 12 1/2. 165 pages including thirty pages of black and white illustrations, thirty tip-ins, many of which are in full color, seven original folio or quarto leaves from Mountain House books, and four original light-and-shade watermaked papers made by all three generations... More about DARD HUNTER & SON
Chillicothe: Mountain House Press, 1937. 8 1/4 x 11 1/4. 3 leaves, photogravure of an elaborate furnace for burning sacred paper, 79, (3) pages (some folding). There are 49 original specimens of Chinese ceremonial paper dating from the 17th c., plus text photogravure and collotype illustrations, and prints in color... More about CHINESE CEREMONIAL PAPER
Chillicothe: Mountain House Press, 1925. 12 x 16 1/2. 48, plus 7 unpaginated leaves with specimens. 22 illustrations and 24 reproductions of old title pages. Loose sheets, as issued, in three-quarter buckram portfolio with cloth ties. Light offsetting as usual from some specimens; fairly heavy, as usual, from the Koops... More about THE LITERATURE OF PAPERMAKING 1390-1800
Chillicothe: Mountain House Press, 1932. Folio (12 x 17). Frontis, 71 pages with 15 tipped-in specimens of old papers made from bamboo, mulberry, china grass, and mitsuma; 3 specimens of bark, 11 mounted color prints, & 19 b&w illustrations. Bound by Peter Franck (stamp signed) in three-quarter linen & decorated... More about OLD PAPERMAKING IN CHINA AND JAPAN
Chillicothe: Mountain House Press, 1923. 8 1/4 x 11 3/4. Tipped-in frontis of Hunter's paper mill is signed by the artist, Raymond Pearson and titled in pencil by Hunter himself. (iv), 112, (4) pages + 27 plates on Hunter's watermarked paper and specimens and nine leaves with mounted samples. There... More about OLD PAPERMAKING
Chillicothe: Mountain House Press, 1950. 11 1/2 x 16 1/2. (11), 326, (4) pages. Hand-colored photogravure of Hunter's Mountain House plus 96 facsimiles, 27 reproductions of early American watermarks, and 42 reproductions of ream wrappers on handmade paper intended to reproduce the original papers. Three-quarter Irish linen over heavy beveled... More about Papermaking by HAnd in America
NY: Pynson Printers, 1939. 9 x 11. 129, (5), pages followed by 27 specimens of Indian handmade papers, some colored. Quarter black leather & India-print cloth. A few small chips to leather spine & rubbed rear joint; bookplate on pastedown; contents are fine; worn slipcase is missing the bottom panel... More about PAPERMAKING BY HAND IN INDIA
NY: Pynson Printers, 1936. 9 x 11. 148 pages + numerous photogravure plates + 51 annotated specimens. Bound by Gerhard Gerlach in black Oasis Niger spine & boards printed with an old Korean woodblock; tooled in gold & red. Bookplate of K. S. Maclachlan. A few tiny scrapes to spine... More about A PAPERMAKING PILGRIMAGE TO JAPAN, KOREA AND CHINA
Chillicothe: Mountain House Press, 1927. Folio (12 x 16 1/2). Gravure of the Mountain House, 48 numbered text pages plus 29 un-numbered leaves with text & mounted specimens. Loose as issued in three-quarter buckram portfolio by Peter Franck, with cloth ties, title label on cover. Bookplate inside the portfolio. A.... More about PRIMITIVE PAPERMAKING. An account of a Mexican sojourn and of a voyage to the Pacific Islands in...
Tokyo: The Mainichi Newspapers, 1974. Eleven volumes in 6 cases. 5 large cases (20 x 14 x 5) contain 1000 large, handmade paper specimens plus supplemental specimens and little "extras." There are 200 specimens in each folding cloth case, divided among several paper portfolios. Each specimen is tipped to a.... More about TESUKIWASHI TAIKAN
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press: 1992. 8 1/2 x 12. 40, (26) pages plus leaf. Quarter morocco. Fine. The leaf included here bears a large, clear, centered watermark of Tate's mill. One of 138 numbered copies; produced by the Bird & Bull Press. With a fine leaf, ca. 1495, from... More about THREE LIONS AND THE CROSS OF LORRAINE
Leicester: Twelve by Eight Press, 1971. 8 x 12. Half title, title printed in gold, "special copy" leaf, limitation leaf, (2) contents, 35 printed paper specimens (each interleaved with handmade paper blank except for red numeral), typewritten leaf, Rigby Graham's color thread drawing. Linsom vellum boards gilt. Fine in mylar... More about More Papers Handmade by John Mason
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1986. 8 x 10. 123 pages with 40 paper samples. Large folded broadside "South China Post" is laid in, as issued. Quarter black morocco & morocco tips, decorated paper boards. Fine copy. One of 325 copies. The paper samples, all collected by McClure during the... More about CHINESE HANDMADE PAPER
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1967. 6 x 9 1/2. 121 pages, illustrated. Fourteen handmade paper samples (by Henry Morris, Dard Hunter, & Daniels). Quarter morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Fine. With the laid-in specimen, as issued, from the last wind-driven mill in Holland, the Schoolmeester. One of Henry's... More about OMNIBUS. Instructions for Amateur Papermakers with notes and observations on private presses,...
Bird & Bull Press, 1990. 9 x 12. 61 pages. Quarter morocco & gilt paste paper boards by Barbara Blumenthal. Fine, with prospectus. One of 230 copies, printed in 3 colors on Arches mould-made paper. "Inspired by Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' this collection of satirical poetry and prose deals with the... More about THE PRIVATE PRESS-MAN'S TALE
