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
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: 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, MI: The Legacy Press, 2022, First Edition, Second Printing. quarto, pictorial wrappers. 292 pp. The Legacy Press, Eight Essays: Mary Hark, Peter Boakye • Adinkra-Stamped Handmade Paper in Ntonso, Ghana; Nicholas Cladis • Uchigumo: A Choreography of Clouds; Tran Hong Nhung • Dó Paper: Breathing New Life into..... 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
(Amsterdam): Pepin Press, (2002), Later printing. quarto, wrappers. (200)pp. Pepin Press, Text in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. The original papers illustrated in this book are collected and owned by Jacques Koops and Johannes Marcus. A short description of technique is given at the beginning of every chapter, as..... More
Ann Arbor: The Legacy Press, 2021, First Edition. octavo, pictorial wrappers. 196 pp. The Legacy Press, Reams in the Desert is the first book to explore the complete story behind the West’s pioneer attempt at paper production. The unlikely site was a desert valley in northern Utah. Paper had been..... 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
(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