Papermaking by Hand in India

New York: Pynson Printers, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter black cloth spine and elaborately decorated cloth boards. Spine printed in gilt. Near fine in worn slipcase lacking bottom panel. 129 pages. 29 x 23 cm. Limited edition, copy 44 of 375 copies signed by Dard Hunter and Elmer Adler with binding by Gerhard Gerlach. Four page prospectus laid-in. Photogravure title vignette, with 27 paper specimens and 85 photogravures with complete descriptions for each. The latter produced by the hand printing process. The book printed on rag hand-made paper from Sweden. Bookplate front cover pastedown. Interior contents bright and clean.