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GUILFORD & GREEN
Morris, Henry
Limited to 210 numbered copies. (Taylor A9). The first part of the book describes a visit made by Henry Morris to J. Barcham Green, the famous hand papermaking firm in England. Gives a history of the firm and reproduces correspondence between William Morris and Joseph Batchelor regarding production of paper. The second section of the book reprints a number of letters written by Nathan Guilford during a trip to Kentucky in the early part of the 19th century. The interesting series of letters provides real insight into life in the States. Loosely inserted is a dust jacket made up of paper that was not used for the cover with a piece of the paper folded and inserted in a pocket in the back of this jacket .
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> Wolfe, Richard J., THREE EARLY FRENCH ESSAYS ON PAPER MARBLING, 1642-1765
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> Schlosser, Leonard B., A PAIR ON PAPER, TWO ESSAYS ON PAPER HISTORY AND RELATED MATTERS.

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TYPOGRAPHICAL PRINTING-SURFACES THE TECHNOLOGY AND MECHAN...
by Legros, Lucien Alphonse and John Cameron Grant
Reprint of the 1916 edition. Berry & Poole in Annals of Printing have described this book as "the most important treatise on type designing, cutting, and casting since Fournier's manual of 1864, with valuable chapters on machine setting." Essential book.

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