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Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. 8vo, 236pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good hardback copy in like dust jacket with faded spine.
My Life with Paper, an Autobiography by Hunter, Dard - 1958
by Hunter, Dard
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My Life with Paper, an Autobiography
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New York: Alfred a Knopf, 1958. First Edition. Octavo. xiii, 236(1)pp., vii, (2)pp. The author came from a long line of family members of printers from the late 18th century on. Hunter recollects printing shops and remembers how he was influenced by William Morris and the Kelmscott press. He later became associated with Elbert Hubbard's Roycroft shop in New York. He stayed there until 1908 when he finally got the chance to visit Europe. While in Europe he graduated from the old Royal Austrian School of Printing in Vienna, then he went to London where he worked as a commercial designer. Dard Hunter became the known as the specialist of paper. This volume contains a paper made from the press of Dard Hunter. A near fine copy bound in brick cloth centrally stamped in gilt over blue block, spine lettering gilt over blue, in near fine clipped dust jacket.
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MY LIFE WITH PAPER. An Autobiography
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MY LIFE WITH PAPER An Autobiography
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New York: Knopf, 1958. Hardcover. Fine. Brick cloth gilt on a blue field, DW, 8vo., xiii, 237, vii, (3) pages, illustrated and with a bound four-page specimen of Hunters Lime Rock paper and a mounted Chinese spirit paper specimen. Designed by Rudolph Ruzicka. Loosely inserted is one of the first four-page specimens of Hunter's handmade paper with description. A fine copy in a very near fine DW, in archival mylar,
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My Life With Paper, An Autobiography
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958. First edition. Illustrated with photographs, and actual paper samples. xiii, 237, vii, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original terra-cotta cloth, blue and gilt stamping, fine in slightly worn dust jacket. First edition. Illustrated with photographs, and actual paper samples. xiii, 237, vii, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Bound in are: a piece of paper hand made by the author, and a piece of Chinese 'spirit paper" collected by him.
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New York Knopf, 1958 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Plates, plus two mounted and one tipped in paper sample. Bookplate. Very good in very good dust jacket. Spine of jacket a bit faded, and jacket has a few small chips and one small tear.
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New York: Knopf, 1958 First edition. Cloth. Octavo. Plates, plus two mounted and one tipped in paper sample. Fine in fine d.j.
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