PAPER: ITS HISTORY AND CONSERVATION.
Housatonic, MA: Rising Paper Co., (1980). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. Hauser was Director of Busyhaus Workshop. READ MORE about PAPER: ITS HISTORY AND CONSERVATION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 24330
Housatonic, MA: Rising Paper Co., (1980). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. Hauser was Director of Busyhaus Workshop. READ MORE about PAPER: ITS HISTORY AND CONSERVATION
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 24330
N.P. Guildford School of Art, 1960. 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Reprint from The Listener, 13 October 1960. Discussion of paperback production in Great Britain and its social impact. READ MORE about A REPORT ON PAPER BACKS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 106803
Foreword by Sidney E. Berger
92 full-color images
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2023. 10 x 7 in. hardcover, sewn, dust jacket. 224 pages. Foreword by Sidney E. Berger 92 full-color images. When one sees a book covered in a particular paper, the question often arises: Who made that paper? This book helps us recognize certain kinds of marbled-paper decoration created by Edward Webster Morris (1842-1919), an Oxford printer. Morris was adept at the art of marbling, and, as Isaac shows, his..... READ MORE about 'MORRIS MARBLES': OXFORD'S PAPER MARBLER, EDWARD WEBSTER MORRIS (1842-1919
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 138603
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 8.5.x 11 inches. Hardcover, printed paper-covered boards. 232 pages. "Its an essential reference book for collectors of film scripts, and an entertaining read for those who enjoy learning more about the golden age of Hollywood." -Rich Rennicks, The New Antiquarian "Neither bibliography nor collectors guide, it is a well-illustrated description of the many forms a film script may take... Filmmaking is a dauntingly complex process, one quickly learns..... READ MORE about THE CELLULOID PAPER TRAIL: IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FILM SCRIPTS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 130880
New York: Harper and Row Publishers, (1971). small 8vo. cloth-backed boards, dust jacket. vi, 99 pages. First edition. Author's first collection. Poet Dave Smith's copy with his name and full Poquason, VA address on the front pastedown (using the early form of name David J. Smith). Corners lightly bumped, rubbed, soiled, price-clipped dust jacket. READ MORE about PAPER AIRPLANE
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 113123
New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc., (1980). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 224 pages. First edition. Jacket lightly faded along spine and parts of the covers, else a fine copy. Complete guide to handpaper-making in the home. READ MORE about THE COMPLETE BOOK OF HANDCRAFTED PAPER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12362
Hamden: Archon, 1978. 8vo. cloth. viii, 160 pages. First edition. "This book is the first comprehensive bibliography on the history of handmade paper." 2185 entries. Fine condition. READ MORE about AN INTERNATIONAL SOURCEBOOK OF PAPER HISTORY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 5393
Washington: International Cooperation Administration, 1958. 4to. stiff paper wrappers with fabric spine as issued. (xii), 258 pages followed by 26 leaves of paper specimens. A manual for initiating a small-scale papermaking industry, aimed at encouraging third-world and emerging nations to produce their own paper and paper products. With chapters on types of paper, techniques, equipment, procedures and more. Index, five appendices. READ MORE about PAPERMAKING AND MANUFACTURE OF PAPER PRODUCTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48237
X
Hilversum: The Paper Publications Society, 1964. thick tall 4to. cloth. xxiii, 203, (3) pages and 178 full-page plates. X. First edition, limited to 550 numbered copies. Printed in English and German and with 787 watermarks illustrated. With an historical account of the papermills of Berne and the papermills at Laufen and Bassecourt. Volume X published by the Paper Publication Society. READ MORE about PAPER-MILLS OF BERNE AND THEIR WATERMARKS, 1465-1859 (WITH THE GERMAN ORIGINAL
Price: $135.00 save 50% $67.50 Order nr. 70704
N.P. (The Cuneiform Press, 2004). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Acknowledgments, introduction by Steve Clay. Based on a lecture delivered at SUNY Buffalo in 2003 discussing book arts. Covers slightly worn along spine. READ MORE about MEDITATIO: THE PAPER PRINTED MANIFESTO
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 134865
London: Longmans, Green and Company, 1916. 8vo. cloth. 90 pages with 3 plates of tokens and 11 other illustrations in the text. First edition. With many facts of historical interest. Still one of the best guides to the subject. Cloth split along front hinge and tears to spine cloth. READ MORE about TOKENS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CONNECTED WITH BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKE RS (AUTHORS, PRINTERS,...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 20259
With Jennifer Philippoff. Photography by Michael Grand.
(New York): BDD Illustrated Books, (1993). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 120 pages. With Jennifer Philippoff. Photography by Michael Grand. First edition. A manual showing how to make many diferent uses for decorative paper. Illustrated in color. Signed by the author on the half-title page. A fine copy. READ MORE about DECORATIVE PAPER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 95564
A Celebration of Paper
Lewiston, ME: Bates College Museum of Art, n.d. oblong 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. not paginated. A Celebration of Paper. An essay about Claire Van Vliet's paperwork, including two fold-out pages with color examples and other greytone illustrations. READ MORE about CLAIRE VAN VLIET: A CELEBRATION OF PAPER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 124263
London: Gordon Fraser, 1983. 4to. cloth-backed, printed paper-covered boards, printed clear plastic dust jacket. 112 pages. S-K 7106. First edition. Compliments McLean's earlier book on publisher's bookbindings in cloth and leather. Over half of the 200 illustrations are in color. Contains illustrations of all the Papier Maché bindings known. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about VICTORIAN PUBLISHERS' BOOK-BINDINGS IN PAPER
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 2485
Cohoes, NY: Mohawk Paper Mills, n.d. 4to. paper folder. unpaginated. A collection of paper specimens offered by Mohawk Paper Mills, distributed by Royal Paper Corporation of New York. Includes a variety of colors. Small tear on cover near top edge. Covers slightly sunned. READ MORE about Collection of Paper Specimens
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 134644
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2000. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 288 pages. Illustrated. First edition. This scholarly work examines the past, present, and future of watermark study, ranging through the disciplines of art history and conservation, bibliography, musicology, and philately. This book is a collection of scholarly essays that were presented at the Roanoke International Conference on Watermarks in 1996. Co-published with The British Library. READ MORE about PUZZLES IN PAPER: CONCEPTS IN HISTORICAL WATERMARKS
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n.p. The Mid Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, 1978. 8vo. stapled paper wrappers. 55 pages. A near fine copy of this scarce manual. READ MORE about PAPER AND LEATHER CONSERVATION: A MANUAL
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 138142
North Hills, Pennsylvania: Bird & Bull Press, 1981. 8vo. leather spine, decorative paper-covered boards. 120, (3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 300 numbered copies; this copy is not numbered and has the following statement written in ink by Morrs "Binding sample H1, 7-10-81." (Heaney A30). A reprint of a book by John Murray in 1829 on the state of papermaking at that time. It discusses the impact on the usefulness and longevity of..... READ MORE about PRACTICAL REMARKS ON MODERN PAPER. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER
Price: $115.00 Order nr. 120252
North Hills, Pennsylvania: Bird & Bull Press, 1981. 8vo. leather spine, decorative paper-covered boards. 120, (3) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 300 numbered copies; this copy is not numbered and has the following statement written in ink by Morrs "Binding sample #2, 7-10-81." (Heaney A30). A reprint of a book by John Murray in 1829 on the state of papermaking at that time. It discusses the impact on the usefulness and longevity of..... READ MORE about PRACTICAL REMARKS ON MODERN PAPER. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 120253
New York: Mayflower Books, (1979). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 119 pages. First U.S. edition. Fine in fine dust jacket. Profusely illustrated including a number in color. READ MORE about COLLECTING PAPER MONEY AND BONDS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 79831
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2022. 8vo. paper wrappers. 292 pages. First edition, 1st printing. 356 illustrations in full color. Essays include: 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 an Art Form Endangered by Extinction; Tatiana Ginsberg, People Were Remarkably Elegant in Those Days; Radha Pandey, Adding Colour; Asao Shimura, Konnyaku-e; Susan J. Bryd, Interview..... READ MORE about PAPER AND COLOUR: DYES AND DYEING AROUND THE WORLD
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 137963
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (xii), 123 pages. First edition, uncorrected proof. Publisher's information sheet stapled to the front wrapper. Fine. READ MORE about STONE, PAPER, KNIFE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 113623
Saint Paul, MN: Rulon-Miller Books, 2011. 8vo. cloth. (8), 134, (1) pages. Edition limited to 450 copies, this one of 400 copies constituting the trade edition (there is also an edition of 50 special copies which are numbered and contained a signed wood engraving by Gaylord Schanilec, plus a suite of 12 trial sheets and proofs). Original midnight blue cloth, printed paper label on the spine. Design and typography by Jerry Kelly. A fine copy..... READ MORE about QUARTER TO MIDNIGHT. GAYLORD SCHANILEC & MIDNIGHT PAPER SALES. A DISCURSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 115592
London: Grosvenor, Chater and Company Limited, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 14, (2) pages. The basic methods of making fine paper. Drawings of the Abbey Paper Mill by Meg Stevens. Covers lightly soiled, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about FINE PAPER-MAKING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 57565
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., (1978). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 223, (3) pages. First edition. Fine condition. READ MORE about PAPER BASICS: FORESTRY, MANUFACTURE, SELECTION, PURCHASING, MATHEMATIC S AND METRICS, RECYCLING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 21874