Item #18596 Dard Hunter & Son. Dard Hunter, II, III Dard Hunter.
Dard Hunter & Son
Dard Hunter & Son
Dard Hunter & Son
Dard Hunter & Son

Dard Hunter & Son

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Item #18596

4to. Black quarter morocco and Japanese cloth covered boards with gilt lettering on red leather spine. The text is was composed in Ehrhardt types and printed on Frankfurt mould made paper. Foreword and Notes by Henry Morris. Tipped-in original folio and quarto leaves from Mountain House books, 4 original light-and-shade watermarked papers made by all three Hunters, color photos, and 30 pages of black and white illustrations. Illustrated with original watermarked leaves, and 5 original double leaves from "Old Paper-Making", "Papermaking in Siam", Old Papermaking in China and Japan", "Papermaking in Indo-China", and "Papermaking by Hand in America." There is also a leaf from Dard II's "The Life Work of Dard Hunter." There are reset pages from Roycroft books and rare ephemera, color photos of DH's stained-glass, marbled and paste papers, black and white photos of moulds, watermarks, and type specimens. One of 225 numbered copies. In fine condition. In original gold colored silk-cloth covered clamshell box with gilt lettering on red leather spine label, also in fine condition. With Publisher's Prospectus laid-in.

Price: $1,000.00

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