(Bird & Bull Press).

PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPER MAKERS HELD AT THE BELL HOTEL, MAIDSTONE ON TUESDAY 8TH, MARCH 1853.

North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1970. 4to. hand-sewn paper wrappers in a stiff blue paper box. 54 pages. Taylor A10. Printed in an edition limited to 300 copies. Copied from a hand-written manuscript, this account of a meeting of workers in a hand-made paper mill accurately depicts the working conditions of the day. Social problems brought along by mechanical paper making and allowing women to do certain jobs are discussed. Prospectus loosely inserted. Outer... READ MORE

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 1351

(Bird & Bull Press).

PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPER MAKERS HELD AT THE BELL HOTEL, MAIDSTONE ON TUESDAY 8TH, MARCH 1853.

North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1970. 4to. hand-sewn paper wrappers in a stiff blue paper box. 54 pages. Taylor A10. Printed in an edition limited to 300 copies. Copied from a hand-written manuscript, this account of a meeting of workers in a hand-made paper mill accurately depicts the working conditions of the day. Social problems brought along by mechanical paper making and allowing women to do certain jobs are discussed. Outer folder is foxed as usual. READ MORE

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120205

Lambert, Susan.

PRINTMAKING.

London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, (1983). small 8vo. paper wrappers. 48 pages. First edition. An outline of the development and history of printmaking techniques past and modern, based on the collection held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Illustrated and indexed. READ MORE

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56845

(Marbling). Frigge, Karli, text by Lietje van Hovell tot Westerflier,

SAMPLE BOOK OF SEYMOUR.

Issued as Volume II of the series Sample Books.
(Joppe, The Netherlands: Frits Knuf, 1993). narrow 4to. cloth with paper sample inset on cover, slipcase. (xii), 11+(3) pages. Issued as Volume II of the series Sample Books. Printed in an edition limited to 75 numbered and signed copies. Realized by Karli Frigge, this is the second in a series of Sample books. Includes a history of Edward Seymour (1898-1979) and the Fancy Paper Company, London, written by Lietje van Hovell tot Westerflier. Paper was... READ MORE

Price: $475.00  other currencies  Order nr. 73838

(Mason, John).

SOME PAPERS HAND MADE BY JOHN MASON.

London: Maggs, 1959. 8vo. parchment-backed handmade paper-covered boards with actual leafs inlaid in both covers, enclosed in cardboard box with paper cover label. 32 leaves. First edition, limited to 100 numbered copies. Short history of this papermaker followed by actual examples of paper produced during the period 1954 to 1959. Consists of heavy stock produced in different colors some of which contain illustrations and some of which contain leaf specimens, flowers, etc. The author explains... READ MORE

Price: $650.00  other currencies  Order nr. 118362

(Paper Specimens). Fairbanks.

A SERIES OF HAND MADE PAPERS FROM ENGLAND AND ITALY.

New York, NY: Thomas N. Fairbanks Company, Import Division, (1930). 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper front cover label. unpaginated. A collection of imported paper specimens offered by Fairbanks. Arranged by weight, the lightest first in the text. Includes the name of the product with information on its origin, colors, and sizes available. Portions of text unopened. Covers soiled. Some portions of text lightly tanned. READ MORE

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 131134

(Paper Specimens). Lepard & Smiths.

THE WARWICK COVERS.

London, England: Lepard & Smiths, (1935). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Description of stock and code words, along with prices, inside front cover. A collection of eleven products offered by Lepard & Smiths. Covers lightly soiled and bent along fore-edge. READ MORE

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129760

(Paper Specimens). Spalding.

PRINTING PAPERS.

London: Spalding & Hodge, n.d. (after 1902). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. Not paginated. The "sixth" edition. With designs in black and white on most of the specimens. 30 different specimens demonstrated. Minor bumping of corners. READ MORE

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123910

(Papermaking). Balston, Thomas.

JAMES WHATMAN, FATHER & SON.

London: Methuen & Co., 1957. 8vo. cloth. xi, 170, (2) pages. First edition. Printed at the University Press, Cambridge under the direction of Brooke Crutchley. History of perhaps the most famous papermaker in England. A discovery of business ledgers covering the period 1780 to 1787 led to this book. Also contains information on the importation of Whatman paper to the U.S. Ex library from Ipswich Public Library with their bookplate and markings. READ MORE

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 123760

(Papermaking). Bower, Peter.

TURNER'S PAPERS, A STUDY OF THE MANUFACTURE, SELECTION AND USE OF HIS DRAWING PAPERS, 1787-1820.

London: Tate Gallery, (1990). small 4to. paper wrappers. 135 pages. First edition. Catalogue of an exhibition. This study of the manufacture, selection and use of the papers that Turner worked on during the first half of his career is an introduction to the depths of that knowledge and experience. It charts the constantly developing relationship between his often very imaginative techniques and the grounds he worked on. It documents his complex responses to the rapid... READ MORE

Price: $19.95  other currencies  Order nr. 54994

(Papermaking). Bower, Peter.

TURNER'S PAPERS, A STUDY OF THE MANUFACTURE, SELECTION AND USE OF HIS DRAWING PAPERS 1787-1820.

London: Tate Gallery, (1990). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 135 pages. First edition. Catalogue of an exhibition. This study of the manufacture, selection and use of the papers that Turner worked on during the first half of his career is an introduction to the depths of that knowledge and experience. It charts the constantly developing relationship between his often very imaginative techniques and the grounds he worked on. It documents his complex responses to the... READ MORE

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 108162

(Papermaking). Chalmers, T.W.

PAPER MAKING AND ITS MACHINERY.

London, England: Constable & Company, 1920. 4to. cloth, front cover and spine gilt-stamped. xii, 178, (2) pages. First edition. A volume in the publisher's "Engineering Series." Preface by the author, table of contents, list of illustrations, list of plates, index. With six folding plates and 144 black and white illustrations in text. List of other works by the publisher follows text. Scuffed at edges, bumped at corners. Paper company's "borrowing" label on front pastedown. READ MORE

Price: $125.00  other currencies  Order nr. 122012