Buy this book on-line Hunter, Dard : My Life With Paper: An AutobiographyAlfred A. Knopf, New York, 1958
327, viipp. B&W Photographs. Two handmade paper samples bound in . Corners very slightly bumped. . Dard Hunter (1883–1966) was an American authority on printing, paper, and papermaking—especially by hand, using the tools and craft of four centuries prior. Hunter produced two hundred copies of his book Old Papermaking, preparing every aspect of the book himself: he wrote the text, designed and cast the type, did the typesetting, handmade the paper, and printed and bound the book. A display at the Smithsonian Institution that appeared with his work read, " In the entire history of printing, these are the first books to have been made in their entirety by the labors of one man. ", 8vo, Near Fine in Near Fine DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Hunter, Dard : My Life With Paper: An Autobiography. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including first editions, livres illustrées, atlases, out of print books and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |