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Dard Hunter & Son
by Hunter, Dard, II, and Dard Hunter, III
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. 4to. Black quarter morocco and Japanese cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on red leather spine. The text is was composed in Ehrhardt types and printed on Frankfurt mould made paper. Foreword and Notes by Henry Morris. Tipped-in original folio and quarto leaves from Mountain House books, 4 original light-and-shade watermarked papers made by all three Hunters, color photos, and 30 pages of black and white illustrations. Illustrated with original watermarked leaves, and 5 original double leaves from "Old Paper-Making", "Papermaking in Siam", Old Papermaking in China and Japan", "Papermaking in Indo-China", and "Papermaking by Hand in America." There is also a leaf from Dard II's "The Life Work of Dard Hunter." There are reset pages from Roycroft books and rare ephemera, color photos of DH's stained-glass, marbled and paste papers, black and white photos of moulds, watermarks, and type specimens. One of 225 numbered copies. In fine condition. In original gold colored silk-cloth covered clamshell box with gilt lettering on red leather spine label, also in fine condition. With Publisher's Prospectus laid-in.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18596
- Title
- Dard Hunter & Son
- Author
- Hunter, Dard, II, and Dard Hunter, III
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Bird & Bull Press
- Place of Publication
- Newtown, PA
- Date Published
- 1998
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
All books returnable for any reason within seven days, providing only that they are received in the same condition as shipped. Shipments to an Arizona address must add appropriate sales tax. Libraries billed.
About the Seller
Thorn Books
Biblio member since 2003
Tucson, Arizona
About Thorn Books
Thorn Books offers antiquarian, rare and out-of-print books. Frequently updated catalogues are available online in our specialty areas: King Arthur; Early Britain; Western Americana; California; Literature; and Rare Books. We are open by appointment only. Thorn Books is a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers of American (ABAA), the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB), and the Independent League of Online Booksellers (IOBA).
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
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