Title: The Handmade Papers of Japan: A Biographical Sketch of its Author and an Account of the Genesis and Production of the Book. With a Reprint of the Original Text by Thomas Keith Tindale and Harriet Ramsey Tindale Author: Berger, Sydney E. Place: Newtown, PA Publisher: Bird & Bull Press Date: 2001 Description: Illustrated with a color woodcut frontispiece by Wesley W. Bates, and from photographs, facsimiles, and samples. (4to) quarter morocco and silk covered boards, morocco spine label, cloth clamshell box with morocco spine label. No. 167 of 170 copies. Prospectus (creased) laid in. Painstakingly researched and edited by Berger, the volume provides previously unknown biographical information about Tindale and delves into the details of the production of his classic work. Includes a full reprint of the original 1952 text by Thomas Keith Tindale and Harriet Ramsey Tindale.The original was published in an edition of 250 copies, considered by many the finest all-around book on paper scholarship. The present volume went out of print very quickly and is becoming quite scarce. Lot Amendments Condition: Small circular shadow at head of spine of slipcase where a label once was, a few darkened spots on leather; near fine. Item number: 273218
Title: The Handmade Papers of Japan: A Biographical Sketch of its Author and an Account of the Genesis and Production of the Book. With a Reprint of the Original Text by Thomas Keith Tindale and Harriet Ramsey Tindale Author: Berger, Sydney E. Place: Newtown, PA Publisher: Bird & Bull Press Date: 2001 Description: Illustrated with a color woodcut frontispiece by Wesley W. Bates, and from photographs, facsimiles, and samples. (4to) quarter morocco and silk covered boards, morocco spine label, cloth clamshell box with morocco spine label. No. 167 of 170 copies. Prospectus (creased) laid in. Painstakingly researched and edited by Berger, the volume provides previously unknown biographical information about Tindale and delves into the details of the production of his classic work. Includes a full reprint of the original 1952 text by Thomas Keith Tindale and Harriet Ramsey Tindale.The original was published in an edition of 250 copies, considered by many the finest all-around book on paper scholarship. The present volume went out of print very quickly and is becoming quite scarce. Lot Amendments Condition: Small circular shadow at head of spine of slipcase where a label once was, a few darkened spots on leather; near fine. Item number: 273218
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