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BLOCK PRINTING & BOOK ILLUSTRATION IN JAPAN
Brown, Louise Norton
First edition. A broad history identifying major masters and groups in the history of Japanese illustration and printmaking. Includes 43 illustrations many of which are in color. Also includes chapters on "suggestions to collectors," and "old-book shops in Japan." Includes glossary, index and bibliography. Bookplate on front pastedown of P. Neville Barnett, the Australian book collector who made significant contributions in the fields of bookplates and Japanese woodblock prints. Minor foxing, small bump to board, small excision to spine of jacket and old tape repairs to inside of jacket.
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GUILFORD & GREEN
by 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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