N.P. Powers Private Press, 1959. 12mo. self paper wrappers. 8 pages. Commentary on early printing, use of letters and paper. READ MORE about SELECTIONS FROM GESTA TYPOGRAPHICA, A MEDLEY FOR PRINTERS AND OTHERS, COLLECTED AND PUBLISHED IN...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 35266
Dayton: Printing House Craftsmen's Club of Dayton and Vicinity, 1940. 12mo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. Pencil writing on back cover. READ MORE about PRINTING, THE STORY OF ITS INVENTION AND ITS SERVICE TO MANKIND
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 54649
(Nappanee, IN: Private Press of the Indiana Kid, 1970). 16mo. self paper wrappers, printed French fold. (4) pages. A keepsake produced fro the APA by this private press. A description of the life of a papermaker and the process of producing paper. Printed on "all -cotton rag IK LAID made by the printer at his Weygand Tightwad Mill." READ MORE about ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF A PAPERMAKER
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 122081
Santa Cruz, CA: by the authors, 2005. 2 broadsides (8 1/2 by 11 inches). Prospectus for Peter and Donna Thomas, The History of Papermaking in the Philippines. Includes three specimens. READ MORE about Prospectus for THE HISTORY OF PAPERMAKING IN THE PHILIPPINES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 132536
Santa Cruz: Peter & Donna Thomas, 1992. small 4to. quarter blue leather over marbled paper-covered boards, slipcase. (viii), 13, (3) pages. Limited to 119 numbered copies printed by hand by Peter and Donna Thomas on paper handmade by Peter using white and black rags with blue pigment. This particular copy has been rebound by Don Etherington in full crimson morocco with an original papermaking mesh on the front cover. The modified stiched binding has marbled..... READ MORE about BIKUPAN, THE STORY OF A TRIP TO VISIT A HAND PAPER MILL IN SWEDEN, WITH A BIT OF HISTORY ADDED IN...
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 36707
N.P. United States Department of the Interior, 1975. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. vii, 47+(1) pages. Preliminary inventory by Tommy Guider and illustrations by Bruce Cavin. With descriptions of various historic structures throughout the state including the Augustine Paper Mills, Curtis Mills, the Rockland Mills and the Harrington Journal Printing Office. READ MORE about DELAWARE, AN INVENTORY OF HISTORIC ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL SITES
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 39496
(Kalamazoo, MI): Sequoia Press, n.d., but after 1957. 4to. self paper wrappers, plastic bound. unpaginated. Demonstrates the use of plastic binding as well as showing acquisitions of type. Also includes paper specimens offered by Sequoia. READ MORE about OCCASIONAL NO. 9: BEING A SUPPLEMENT TO OUR TYPE SPECIMENS AND A REVIEW OF TECHNICAL AND DESIGN...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 114803
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. Presentation on title page "for Pat (heart) Claire." Pat refers to Pat England, a collector of private press books. READ MORE about CLAIRE VAN VLIET: A CELEBRATION OF PAPER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 96958
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
N.P. Westvaco, various dates. 8vo. hardbound. A run of these well-produced books issued at Christmas time by the Westvaco Company, one of the largest manufacturer of paper in the United States. All are hardbound, 8vo., slipcases. Per volume price: Includes the following: 1960 HENRY, THE FOUR MILLION (1) 1961 MARCY, THE PRARIE TRAVELLER (1) 1962 MELVILLE. TYPEE (NO SLIPCASE, SPOT ON FRONT COVER, BOOKPLATE). (2) 1965. HOLMES. THE AUTOCRAT OF THE BREAKFAST TABLE. (1) 1966..... READ MORE about RUN OF THESE WELL-PRODUCED BOOKS ISSUED AT CHRISTMAS TIME BY THE WESTVACO COMPANY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 10830
(Philadelphia, PA: Scott Paper Company), n.d. folio paper portfolio stamped in blind with six folio broadsides loosely inserted. The six broadsides were designed especially for this booklet by Hermann Zapf and printed on Scott printing paper. Enclosed in mailing portfolio. READ MORE about PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 29087
