Nagashizuki : the Japanese craft of hand papermaking /

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Author / Creator:Barrett, Timothy.
Imprint:North Hills, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 1979.
Description:120, [1] pages : illustrations, 14 samples ; 29 cm
Language:English
Series:Richard J. Wolfe Collection of Paper Marbling and Allied Book Arts.
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Format: Print Book
Local Note:Discovery of copy 1 made possible by a gift from Julie and Roger Baskes.
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/321621
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Other authors / contributors:Parrot, Gray, binder.
Flavin, Richard, 1943- illustrator.
Bird & Bull Press, printer.
Mackenzie & Harris, compositor.
Richard J. Wolfe Collection of Paper Marbling and Allied Book Arts.
Provenance:Copy 2: Laid in: Book advertisement with manuscript letter to Wolfe inquiring about his interest in a copy; invoice from Bird & Bull Press; clippings of newspaper article on handmade Japanese paper.
University of Chicago Library's copy 1 is number 46 of 300 printed.
University of Chicago Library's copy 2 is number 141 of 300 printed.
Copy 2: Binding: Quarter calf with floral decorated paper over boards; untrimmed edges; red endpapers.
Notes:Title page printed in red and black; ornaments printed in red throughout.
"300 copies of this book have been printed at the Bird & Bull Press in June, 1979. The text was set in Van Dijck types by Mackenzie-Harris Corp., and was printed on B & B "Nagashizuki" paper, made at the press. The book was bound by E. G. Parrot, II, and the decorated paper used on the sides was made by Seidayu Kodo in Japan. This is copy number"--Colophon.
Illustrator's name from "A note on the artist" on p. 13.
Last page blank.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-115).

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  • Gift of Richard J. Wolfe