BY HIS OWN LABOR, THE BIOGRAPHY OF DARD HUNTER.
2 volumes.
- Northport, AL: Red Hydra Press, 2000.
- small 4to.
- quarter green leather and printed pattern paper-covered boards by Gray Parrot, cloth clamshell box, paper spine label.
- 368 pages.
Price: $2,000.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 57398
Printed letterpress in an edition limited to 155 numbered and signed copies of which only 125 copies are offered for sale. Fine in fine clamshell box.
Beautifully printed letterpress by Steve Miller, in bland and red Dante types on Twinrocker handmade paper.
A new authorized biography of Dard Hunter based largely upon the manuscript archive preserved in Hunter's Mountain House. A passionate yet critical study of Dard Hunter's life with a moving account of the trials, successes, and legacy of this larger-than-life artist. Hunter's many accomplishments are described in a descriptive bibliography of his design work for the Roycroft shops and his own limited edition books. This is followed by a description of his Paper-making moulds and watermarks. Finely illustrated with 124 plates with some in black and white and some in color. They depict various illustrations from books, original drawings, and family photos. Includes a two-color wood engraved frontispiece portrait of Hunter by John DePol printed from the original blocks. Indexed. With separate volume of plates.