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The Story of Hand Made Paper
The Actual Makers. 1924, 1st Edition. Ill.: Line Drawings. 8vo Booklet 24pp. Issued by the paper makers of the time as an advertisng booklet. The covers are made of Imperial 90lb. rough paper. There is a 2 page discourse on The Original Society of Papermakers by the Secretary R Robertson together with a line drawing of the Guild emblem. Details of papermaking process--Why it is used, how it is made, the art of the vatman and coucher,and on the rear cover a full page line drawing of a paper room. Pages 5-8 on Alton Mill Handmade notepaper with advertising for Arnold & Foster,H Spicer of Eynsford Mills and Alton Mills Eynsford Kent. Pages 9-12 on Drawing Imperial 90lbs. with advertisement for A Millbourn & Co. Ltd. Tuckenhay Mills Totnes Devon. Pages 13-16 on cream laid large post with advertisement for Joseph Batchelor & Sons Ford Mills Little Chart Ashford Kent (also makers of Kelmscott ). Pages 17-20 on Mediaeval toned demy with advertisement for J Barcham Green Maidstone Kent. Pages 21-24 as an advertisement for W S Hodgkinson & Co. Wookey Hole Mill Wells Somerset. Al the adverts on these various papershave superb line drawings and these include drawings of the various processes in paper making. Also, Eynsford Paper Mill, Tuckenhay Mills, The Mill and Village at Wookey. In fine condition, a lobely historical itemv.
Offered for GBP 45.00 = appr. US$ 89.55 by: Alpheus Books - Book number: 003971
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