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DOORS OF PERCEPTION, ESSAYS IN BOOK TYPOGRAPHY
Duncan, Harry

   

- Austin, TX : W. Thomas Taylor 1987
- 8vo.
- stiff paper wrappers.
- (ii), 99, (3) pages.
- Order Nr. 19647
- Price: $ 16.50

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Second printing, reprinted from the first edition which was limited to only 325 copies. Five provocative essays describe Duncan's ideal in his own life and explores its implications for today's hand-printer and for future generations interested in typography and printing. This popular book contains essays on the Cummington Press, The Technology of Hand Printing, The Art of the Printed Book, My Master Victor Hammer and The Permanence of Books.

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HANDMADE PAPER IN NEPAL TRADITION AND CHANGE

Limited to an edition of 150 copies. This is the third portfolio in the ongoing series of handmade papers. This portfolio presents documentation of an ancient papermaking tradition in transition. There are eighteen specimens of papers collected by Dorothy Field between 1984 and 1996 on her trips to Nepal. The booklet has Ms. Field's essays and extensive sample descriptions, glossary and bibliography. Prospectus laid in.




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