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Pynson Printers. Very Good with no dust jacket. N.D.. royal 8vo; 4 pages; No date but circa 1939 . This is only the prospectus. Folded in halffor maling. Last page has a checklist of Dard's books. The latesdate is1937 and most were printed in editions of 200. Includes a prospectus from Elmete Press, "the Nature and Making of Papyrus". Undated .
PAPERMAKING BY HAND IN INDIA by Hunter, Dard - 1939
by Hunter, Dard
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PAPERMAKING BY HAND IN INDIA
by Hunter, Dard
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New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. hand-blocked India print cloth-covered boards, black calf back by Gerhard Gerlach, deckled fore and bottom edges, slipcase. Papermaking. small folio. hand-blocked India print cloth-covered boards, black calf back by Gerhard Gerlach, deckled fore and bottom edges, slipcase. 129, (5) pages plus 42 leaves of illustrations and 27 actual specimens of hand-made paper. Limited to 370 numbered copies, signed by Hunter and by Elmer Adler. Prospectus loosely inserted. Lacking the fragile slipcase. Rubbing along spine. Corners lightly worn. Interior in near fine condition. After becoming familiar with the unique qualities of both handmade and machine-made papers in his early career as a graphic designer and artist, Hunter's interest soon centered on techniques of hand papermaking. Seeking to revive the dormant craft in America, Hunter traveled all over Asia to study papermaking methods among a variety of cultures. This work is an in depth study of a number of topics related to papermaking in India, including materials, moulds and the specific practices of paper production at a number of locations around the country.
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- Format/Binding Hand-blocked India print cloth-covered boards, black calf back by Gerhard Gerlach, deckled fore and bottom edges, slipcase
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- Publisher Pynson Printers
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1939
- Size small folio
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New York: Pinson Printer, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. 132p + 27 paper specimans bound after the colophone. Quarto illustrated in sepia 1/370 numbered copies signed by Dard Hunter this copy 184 bound in india like cloth and black leather calf spine. Fine in publisher's slipcase with a closed tear at one corner of the box. This copy once the property of Bessie Kempton Crowell who has signed her name on the title page. Crowell was the first woman elected to the Georgia General Assembly in 1922.
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New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. First edition limited to 370 copies signed by Hunter and the printer, Elmer Adler, 4to, 27 specimens of Indian hand-made paper at the back, 84 photogravure illus. on 42 plates; light scuffing on spine, else a near fine copy in blue calf-backed linen-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, publisher's slipcase rubbed and with one joint repaired. Schlosser 39.
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Pynson Printers, New York, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket. Inscribed by Author. DARD HUNTER. Papermaking by Hand In India, New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. Quarto, copy No. 225 of an edition of 370, pp. 129, 2 (ad, colophon), numerous photogravure plates, 27 specimens of Indian paper, floral-patterned cloth boards quarter-bound in black calf with gilt lettering and blue rules to spine. Inscribed by Hunter on the free front endpaper to his friend Virginia Nye, and signed on the colophon by Hunter and Elmer Adler, the Pynson printer. Hunter wrote in his autobiography: "Mr. Adler and I would have preferred using Indian handmade paper for the text, but it was not suitable, being too uneven in thickness, texture and finish. We felt the Indians might resent the use of English-made paper, so ... we decided upon Swedish handmade paper for both text and illustrations" (see My Life With Paper, p 208). He had no shortage of…
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New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter black cloth spine and elaborately decorated cloth boards. Spine printed in gilt. Near fine in worn slipcase lacking bottom panel. 129 pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 44 of 375 copies signed by Dard Hunter and Elmer Adler with binding by Gerhard Gerlach. Four page prospectus laid-in. Photogravure title vignette, with 27 paper specimens and 85 photogravures with complete descriptions for each. The latter produced by the hand printing process. The book printed on rag hand-made paper from Sweden. Bookplate front cover pastedown. Interior contents bright and clean.
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Pynson Printers, New York, 1939. 1st. 1939 1st edition, #366 of only 370 copies signed on the colophon page by both Dard Hunter and Elmer Adler, the publisher. Additionally signed and dated by Adler on the inside front cover. A handsome, tight, VG+ to Near Fine copy. And including a VG example of the slipcase with its printed spine. Quarto, 129 pgs. plus 27 specimens of Indian paper. Signed by Author(s).
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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NY: Pynson Printers, 1939. Quarto. 134pp. One of 370 copies, signed by Hunter and by Elmer Adler, the printer. Contains 85 photogravure illustrations, many from photographs taken by Hunter, and twenty-seven paper samples tipped-in. In this companion to his "Papermaking Pilgrimage to Japan, Korea and China," Dard Hunter highlights the difficulties particular to papermaking in India, warning, "the handmade paper industry of India will be a thing of the past within ten years. British officials in India do not encourage the making of paper by hand, for every ream so made naturally diminishes the revenue from imported paper." Bound in boards covered with colorful Indian hand-blocked tapestry, backed in black leather with gilt title set off by blue rules. Few scuffs to spine, else a near fine copy with prospectus and original paper slipcase.
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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Pynson Printers, New York , 1939. Very good in poor slipcase. Limited edition: no. 359 of 370 signed by Hunter and the printer, Elmer Adler 11 3/8 x 9 inches, 129 pages, quarter black leather over hand-blocked India print cloth (joints dry and flaking, extremities worn) , Signed, Includes 84 photgravure illustrations on 42 plates and 27 paper specimens.
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Papermaking by Hand in India.
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New York:: Pynson Printers, 1939., 1939. 4to. 129 pp. Title-vignette, 84 illus., 27 paper samples. Quarter black leather over handmade paper boards, gilt-stamped spine title, slipcase. Fine. Limited numbered edition of 370 copies, signed by Dard Hunter on the colophon, prospectus loosely inserted.
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Papermaking by Hand in India
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New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ [Textblock Fine] in Near Fine Slipcase.. First Edition/Limited Edition. Hardcover. Overall, a very handsome copy of this minor classic. Light wear at spine (focused at head and tail), else tight, bright and unmarred. Slipcase (with printed spine, showing issue number) shows very minor shelf/edge wear, else tight and clean. Quarterbound, black leather spine, India-printed cloth boards, frontisportriat. 4to. 129pp plus (5) plus 27 numbered specimens of Indian paper bound in at rear. Illus. (b/w plates). Numbered limited edition, this being 299 of 370. Signed by Dard Hunter and by Elmer Adler. Original Prospectus laid in.
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