Specimens, From Rags To Rushes
by Yarnell, Jim
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- Signed
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- Seller
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Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Wichita: Oak Park Press, 1983. 63pp. One of 200 copies signed by the author/publisher, Jim Yarnell. A humorous treatise on papermaking that includes color illustrations of the source material -- corn husks, blue jeans, neckties, etc. -- used to create the handmade paper on which the illustrations are printed. Twelve samples of paper in all. Very fine in brown morocco, gilt-titled to cover and spine. With the miniature bookplate to front paste-down. (Bradbury, p. 166). (2 5/8 by 1 7/8; 70x50mm).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33019
- Title
- Specimens, From Rags To Rushes
- Author
- Yarnell, Jim
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oak Park Press
- Place of Publication
- Wichita
- Date Published
- 1983
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- Miniature Books;
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About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
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Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...