Papermaking: The History & Technique of an Ancient Craft [and Including Laid in Prospectus for Old Papermaking in China and Japan and Specimen Sheet with Watermarked "Dard Hunter" and His Portrait]

Book Description

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Hardcover. Minor shelf/edge wear, joints starting/carefully repaired, inscribed by author at ffep, original DJ mounted at rear (see below), else tight, bright and unmarred. DJ (married?) shows minor shelf/edge wear, priceclipped, else clean and bright. Blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, in blind decorative elements, frontispiece, fold-out plate, fold-out map at rear, purple topstain. 8vo. 611pp plus Index. Illus. (b/w plates). Index. Inscribed by Hunter to noted author, John J. Rowlands. Laid in ephemera includes an original Prospectus for Hunter's Old Papermaking in China and Japan (quite scarce) and a specimen of his renowned watermarked sheet with "Dard Hunter" and his portrait as a young man (generally only seen bound into Before Life Began). Original DJ (price 12.50) tipped in in parts (front, rear, spine and front printed flap (rear blank flap absent) at rear. An unusual copy with the original DJ mounted at the rear endpages and laid in related ephemera.

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