London: Zaehnsdorf, Ltd, 1952, First Edition. small octavo, original printed heavy paper wrappers. (16)pp., stapled. Zaehnsdorf, Ltd, With wood engravings by Gwendolen Raverat and photographic illustrations of completed bindings. Zaehnsdorf's address on the front wrapper and inside front wrapper have been neatly marked out in ink. Calling card of Anthony..... 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
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. Presentation copy, inscribed and..... 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
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
(Paris): Terrail, (1992), First Edition. quarto, boards in dust jacket. (224)pp. Terrail, Illustrated with over 260 color photographs. The history and makiing of Japanese Washi that emphasizes the meaning of paper in Japanese culture. Chapters include Paper of the gods, the gods of paper; Paper as ceremonial art; The Craftsman's..... More
New York: The Ronald Press Company, (1955), Second Edition, Revised. octavo, blue cloth. xxiv, 293 pp. The Ronald Press Company, Revised by L. Carrington Goodrich. A comprehensive text starting with The Background of Printing in China; Block Printing in China; The Course of Block Printing Westward; Printing with Movable Type..... 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: Legacy Press, (2007), First Edition. oblong quarto, cloth in dust jacket. (xii), 93 pp. Legacy Press, Foreword by Jane M. Farmer. Extensively illustrated in color. New. 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
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2002, First Edition. quarto, cloth in dust jacket. 397pp. Oak Knoll Press, In 1979 Thomas Gravell and George Miller published an interim edition of their watermark research which illustrated over 700 watermarks together with provional thumbnail sketches of the paper mills that produced them..... 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, 2014, Second Printing. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 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
Hamden: Archon/Dawson, 1978, First Edition. octavo, red cloth. 160pp. Archon/Dawson, A bibliographical checklist covering General Histories of Paper and Watermarks; The History of Paper and Papermaking in Europe and the Soviet Union; The History of Paper and Papermaking in North and South America; and The Study of Paper History. With..... 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
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
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, (1967), First Edition. octavo, printed wrappers. (x), 117 pp. University of Toronto Press, This publication is for those who are concerned with the identification of wood samples and the fibre constituents of paper and paper products. Illustrated. Former owner's name and address rubber stamp on..... 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, MI: The Legacy Press, 2016, First Edition. octavo, cloth in dust jacket. 496 pp. The Legacy Press, In Waters Rising: Letters from Florence, renowned calligrapher Sheila Waters recounts the story of the role that her husband Peter Waters (1930–2003) played as the person in charge of organizing the..... More