HUNTER, DARD. Old Papermaking. 27 plates; numerous reproductions of watermarks in text; 11 paper specimens bound in. Small folio, original boards, top of spine bumped, with slight crack at top of front joint slight offsetting from top of frontispiece

HUNTER, DARD. Old Papermaking. 27 plates; numerous reproductions of watermarks in text; 11 paper specimens bound in. Small folio, original boards, top of spine bumped, with slight crack at top of front joint slight offsetting from top of frontispiece onto title; glassine dustjacket, torn; publisher's 2-piece box, lid cracked. Prospectus laid in. (Chillicothe, 1923) E1500-2500 FIRST EDITION of Hunter's first book, " . . . the first . . . in any language, which deals in a comprehensive way with the methods of the early papermakers" ( prospectus), and the third production of his private press. Accompanied by over 30 samples of old papers.