Papermaking by Hand in India
by Hunter, Dard
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Quarter black cloth spine and elaborately decorated cloth boards. Spine printed in gilt. Near fine in worn slipcase lacking bott
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24037
- Title
- Papermaking by Hand in India
- Author
- Hunter, Dard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Quarter black cloth spine and elaborately decorated cloth boards. Spine printed in gilt. Near fine in worn slipcase lacking bott
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Pynson Printers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Design; Paper;
Terms of Sale
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Biblio member since 2008
ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America & International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
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- Bookplate
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Laid-in
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- Gilt
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- First Edition
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