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

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New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2002. large 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 260 pages. This comprehensive and well-illustrated work is an invaluable source for anyone interested in prints, drawings, or paper history. The author, John Krill, is the Senior Conservator for Paper at the Winterthur Museum and an international authority on paper. He has written a detailed and interesting account of the evolution and types of paper available to artists in England from the Renaissance... READ MORE

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3 volumes.
London, England: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones; and W. Newton, 1821-2. 8vo. original paper-covered boards, labels on spine, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (viii), 20 plates, 472, (6), 14; (vi) 16 plates, 332, (12); (vi), 16 plates, 332, (12), 16 pages. 3 volumes. Volumes II-IV only. Union List 4, 3061. A journal which chronicled new inventions and discoveries, commenced publication in 1820. Volume II includes a note to the public. Each volume includes a list... READ MORE

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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

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Liverpool: Liverpool Bibliographical Society, 1992. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, plastic spiral binding. xv, 85 pages. Historical introduction followed by the directory. With the pencil signature of Gavin Bridson on the front inside cover. READ MORE

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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

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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

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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

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London: The British Association of Paper Historians, 1996. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 108 pages. This is the first volume in a series of the papers about papermaking and papermaking history published from the fourth Studies in British Paper History conference held by the British Association of Paper Historians. The essays include, "The Use of Straw in Papermaking" , "Papermaking in the Oxford Area" , "The Wolvercote Myth" , "Observations from an art conservator about the... READ MORE

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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

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N.P. n.p. 1994. 4to. self paper wrappers. 12 pages. Special Supplement to The Quarterly, The Review of the British Association of Paper Historians. Editor Peter Bowers. September 1994. A study of the six West Country paper makers all making paper by hand. The study includes a history and illustrations. Also included are 16 actual tipped-in paper specimens showing their work. READ MORE

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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