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Hunter, Dard
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- A fine collection of ten volumes by the renowned papermaker and papermaking historian, all printed at his Mountain House Press in Chillicothe, Ohio (except as noted), all profusely illustrated with paper samples and elaborate facsimiles, and all limited in edition as noted and signed by Dard Hunter.
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The lot comprises: Papermaking by Hand in America. 1950. Original half buckram over patterned boards, Half red morocco folding-case. No. 133 of 210 copies. — Chinese Ceremonial Paper. 1937. Original half red morocco over gilt paper boards. Original board slipcase. No. 19 of 125 copies. — Old Papermaking in China and Japan. 1932. no. 77 of 200 copies. Original half buckram over patterned boards. — The Literature of Papermaking 1390–1800. (1925). No. 74 of 190 copies. Loose quires in original half buckram portfolio, with ties, as issued. — Primitive Papermaking. 1927. No. 22 of 200 copies. Loose quires in original half buckram portfolio, with ties, as issued. Original buckram and board slipcase. With a signed receipt from Hunter to K.S. Maclachlan laid in.— Papermaking in Southern Siam. 1936. Half black morocco over patterned boards. No. 14 of 115 copies. — Papermaking in Indo-China. 1947. Half red morocco over patterned boards. No. 51 of 182 copies. — A Papermaking Pilgrimage to Japan, Korea and China. New York: Pynson Printers, 1936. Original half black calf over cloth. Original board slipcase (broken). No. 44 of 370 copies. — Papermaking by Hand in India. New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. Original half black calf over cloth. Original board slipcase (broken). No. 44 of 370 copies. — Old Papermaking. 1923. Original boards (worn, spine lost). No. 124 of 200 copies.
Together with: R. H. Clapperton. Paper: An Historical Account of its Making by Hand From the Earliest Times down to the Present Day. Oxford: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1934. Original Half blue morocco. No. 88 of 250 copies.
Totalling 11 volumes, various sizes. Internally very fresh, with very occasional browning or offsetting from paper samples. A few bindings lightly rubbed
Together with: R. H. Clapperton. Paper: An Historical Account of its Making by Hand From the Earliest Times down to the Present Day. Oxford: The Shakespeare Head Press, 1934. Original Half blue morocco. No. 88 of 250 copies.
Totalling 11 volumes, various sizes. Internally very fresh, with very occasional browning or offsetting from paper samples. A few bindings lightly rubbed
Provenance
K. S. Maclachlan (bookplate in many of the volumes)