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..... READ MORE about PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPER MAKERS HELD AT THE BELL HOTEL, MAIDSTONE ON TUESDAY...

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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 about BOOK TRADE IN THE NORTH WEST PROJECT. OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS NO. 3. THE BOOK TRADE IN CHESIRE TO...

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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 about THE WARWICK COVERS

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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 about PRINTING PAPERS

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

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

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London, England: Spicers, n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. A volume in the company's "Thoughts on Paper" series. This is Number 1, "House Style." Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about PAPER AT WORK

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(London): Paper Group, United Kingdom Group, International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works, 1979. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 83+(1) pages. Volume 4 of the IIC's journal. Articles mainly on conservation of paper documents, books, artworks and bindings. Includes a table of contents and book reviews. Black and white illustrations. Markings on front wrapper. READ MORE about THE PAPER CONSERVATOR

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Ann Arbor, MI: Legacy Press, 2016. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages. Eight retired papermakers who worked in the Tuckenhay Mill in Devon, England, were interviewed about their daily activities working in the Mill in the late 1990s. The interviews present fascinating accounts about the materials and techniques that went into making paper by hand, a craft that was rarely practiced in England in the 20th c., a craft that changed little from past centuries..... READ MORE about THEY MADE THE PAPER AT TUCKENHAY MILL

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North Staffordshire: North Staffordshire Polytechnic, 1975. small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 108 pages, 68 pages of specimens, 56 pages of plates, pages 109 to 136 with (10) leaves of plates inserted. A project for the students on the one-year full time integrated course in printing during the session 1973-74. It shows many examples of work produced by printers in North Staffordshire between 1783 and 1913. Includes bibliography. With the bookplate and pencil signature of..... READ MORE about A HISTORY OF PRINTING IN NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE

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2 volumes bound in 1.
Beckenham: Percy Jones (Twinlock) Ltd., 1947-1948. 8vo. later cloth. 88; 96 pages. 2 volumes bound in 1. Volume 26 No. 1 (Jan 1947) to Volume 26 No. 11 (Dec. 1947) and Volume 27, No. 1 (Jan 1948) to Volume 27, No. 12 (Dec. 1948). Percy Jones (Twinlock) Ltd was the major supplier of hand bound loose leaf ledgers to the Stationery & Printing trade for approximately the first seventy years of the twentieth century. This..... READ MORE about TWINLOCK NEWS. Edited by Percy Jones

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Herefordshire: Whittington Press, 1997. 4to. paper-covered limp boards, dust jacket. (vi), 195, (3) pages, with 42 additional pages and 2 additional leaves of plates and other materials. Limited to 850, including 770 in "stiff covers" (limp boards). Some contents of this issue: Maureen Richardson on a papermaking tour of Japan (with 2 samples), John Dreyfus on Maximilien Vox, "Joan Ellis, a Lost Engraver from the Underwood School" (with reproductions of 8 wood engravings) by Hal..... READ MORE about MATRIX 17

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