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Papermaking by Hand In India
by Dard Hunter
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
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 Indian paper, as this account of his visit to Kashmir indicates: "When the poverty-stricken papermakers were aware that we wished to purchase paper, they ran in all directions to their millhouses, each man returning with bundles of paper. ... Each man wanted his paper to be used for specimens in my proposed book, and there was so much argument and controversy among the workers that we purchased all of the paper offered" (p. 181). Condition of this book Near fine with a touch of foxing to preliminary pages, tape ghosts on endpapers. Special Limited Edition, first issue in this format. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Art & Design; India; 1930s; Crafts & Hobbies. Inscribed by Author. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55393. .
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- Rarities etc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55393
- Title
- Papermaking by Hand In India
- Author
- Dard Hunter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Quarter Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pynson Printers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Art & Design; India; 1930s; Crafts & Hobbies. Inscribed by Author Unbranded Dard Hunter Papermaking by Hand In India
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- Quarto
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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- Calf
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- Fine
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- Colophon
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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