Oak Knoll

Limited to 150 numbered copies signed by the author. Hamady 77. A fine copy. Illustrated by Arthur Thrall and printed by Walter Hamady. Bound in beautifully produced marblized paper, with hand made papers, with the typically fine letterpress design customary to the Perishable Press.

Walter Hamady (1940-2019) was an American artist, book designer, papermaker, poet and teacher. He is especially known for his innovative efforts in letterpress printing, bookbinding, and papermaking exemplified in the productions of The Perishable Press Limited and the Shadwell Papermill, founded by Hamady in the mid-1960s. In 1966, Hamady joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he taught papermaking, letterpress printing, and bookbinding for more than three decades.