Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1968, First Edition. oblong quarto, blind-stamped white wrappers, in plain black flexible card wraparound covers. 96pp. Library of Congress, An account derived from the exhibition presented in the Library of congress, Washington, D.C. and opened on April 21, 1968. Illustrated. The exhibition traced the spread..... More
New York: The Grolier Club, 2012, First Edition. 7" X 5" printed envelope with tie. 10 cards plus folding broadside. The Grolier Club, For thirty-five years Gosin has collaborated with artists on two and three-dimensional art in hand-made paper and has published numerous limited editions of fine artists’ books. Through..... More
Caracas: C. A. Tabacalera Nacional/Editorial Arte, (1978), First Edition. quarto, printed and embossed wrappers in original glassine. 44 pp. C. A. Tabacalera Nacional/Editorial Arte, Designed by Alvaro Sotillo. Text in Spanish. Arroyo was director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Caracas from 1959 until 1976. A very fine copy..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2010, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. xiv, 389 pp. The Legacy Press, No where in the world did the industrial revolution occur faster and to such a degree than in the United States. The American pulp-and-paper and printing industries not only grew exponentially..... More
New Castle: Oak Knoll Press, 2001, Reprint. octavo, wrappers. 216pp. Oak Knoll Press, Essays include John Bidwell on "American Papermakers and the Panic of 1819" ; "Bookbinding and the History of Books" by Mirjam M. Foot; "A New Model for the Study of the Book" by Thomas R. Adams and..... More
London: British Library, 1993, First Edition. octavo, blue cloth in dust jacket. 206 pp. British Library, Essays include John Bidwell on "American Papermakers and the Panic of 1819" ; "Bookbinding and the History of Books" by Mirjam M. Foot; "A New Model for the Study of the Book" by Thomas..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2019, Second Edition. large octavo, pictorial wrappers. 352 pp. The Legacy Press, In this important and long-awaited book, Timothy Barrett, internationally known authority in hand papermaking and Director of the University of Iowa Center for the Book, offers the first comprehensive “how-to” book about..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2013, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 412 pp. The Legacy Press, 490 images in-text, full color. Susan J. Byrd presents a comprehensive description of shifu—a Japanese textile woven from thread made with paper. This is complemented by an historical overview of the many..... More
(New York): Thames & Hudson, (1989), First American Edition. quarto, wrappers. (80)pp. Thames & Hudson, Illustrated. Moving from the simplest techniques of paste and vinegar paste papers to block printing and more difficult stenciling, craquelure and oil marbling, the book gives step by step processes for each method. With color..... More
[London]: Thames and Hudson, (1992), Reprint. octavo, patterned wrappers. 88pp. Thames and Hudson, Introduction by Bernard C. Middleton. A comprehensive manual that deals with the technique of marbling paper in the classic tradition, using ox-gall and water colors on a size of carragheen moss. Beginning with easily improvised equipment and..... More
Mansfield Centre, CT: Martino Publishing, 2006, Reprint of the 1935 edition. large quarto, printed boards. 94pp. followed by 432 plates. Martino Publishing, The plates reproduce over 500 watermarks organized by country, design motif, and categories such as countermarks at each corner of paper, dated paper, watermarks in allusion to surnames..... More
Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2019, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 294 pp. Legacy Press, Little critical attention has been given to the history of the library and archives conservation field and specialization. Mooring a Field addresses this historical silence, narrating the period from the 1950s through the..... More
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2019, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 360 pp. The Legacy Press, The new series, Papermaker's Tears: Essays on the Art and Craft of Paper encompasses all of the papermaking and paper arts, including decorated papers – historical and current. Authors and..... More
Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2018, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 292 pp. Legacy Press, Prior to the invention of the papermaking machine in the late-eighteenth century, all paper was manufactured by hand using relatively unchanged processes and techniques that originated in China more than 2000 years ago..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2009, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 217 pp. The Legacy Press, The invention of paper in China more than 2,000 years ago was a wondrous discovery. Worn out fishnets, hemp rags, and rope were soaked, beaten to a pulp, and then the watery..... More
Ann Arbor: Legacy Press, 2021, Second Printing, wrappers issue. octavo, printed wrappers. 208 pp. Legacy Press, With a history of well over 1,500 years, Korean handmade paper, known as hanji, is familiar to Koreans but a mystery outside its home country. This lustrous paper that comes in a wide array..... More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Library, 1973, Third Edition. octavo, boards in dust jacket. (xxxvi), 171 pp., followed by 16 plates. Harvard College Library, Decorated Book Papers, first published in 1942, remains one of the standard works on its subject. In it, Rosamond Loring, collector and maker of decorated papers, explores..... More
(Princeton): Princeton University Press, (1987), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xviii), 439pp. Princeton University Press, Illustrated. A technological and social history. Very fine. More
(Sussex, NJ: Iris Nevins, 1986), Second edition. quarto, printed wrappers with 4 x 3 inches original marbled paper sample glued to front wrapper. 48 pp. Iris Nevins, This edition has14 marbled paper samples reproduced on one color page. Fine. More
New York: Abrams, (1987), First American Edition. small octavo, boards. (14) pp. followed by 32 pp. of color plates. Abrams, One of the series of Victoria and Albert Colour Books. A selection of Curwen papers used between the years of 1920 and early 1950s. More
Milan: Olivetti, (1988), First Edition. quarto, printed wrappers. (50)pp. Olivetti, Illustrated. An interesting discussion in the introduction on the use of watermarks for help in dating old master drawings from the sixteenth century, or help, in fact, in ascribing a drawing to an artist. The dictionary reproduces watermark, location and..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ Press, (2000), First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. (xvi), 210pp. Johns Hopkins Univ Press, Rosenband provides a compelling account of how technological change affected the papermaking industry, transforming an elaborate, established system of production. Illustrated. Very fine. More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2016, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 696 pp. The Legacy Press, This history of 19th- and early 20th-century paper-conservation practices in the United States and Western Europe weaves together two story lines. The development and character of the profession unfolds in descriptions..... More
The Legacy Press, 2017, Second Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 120 pp. The Legacy Press, A self-taught hand papermaker, Peter Thomas became interested in knowing how apprentice-trained hand papermakers working in production hand papermills made paper. He especially wanted to learn the “vatman’s shake,” the series of motions that papermakers used..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2021, First Edition. large octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 446 pp. The Legacy Press, In 2020, Peter and Donna marked the forty-sixth year of their remarkable collaboration. This Bibliography features more than 163 editioned books by them, 374 one-of-a-kind books by Donna, and 63 unique..... More