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Twelve papers
- Title
- Twelve papers / by John Mason.
- Author
- Mason, John, 1901-1980.
- Publication
- London : Maggs Bros., [1959]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Schlosser 503 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 portfolio (12 sheets) : 12 mounted samples (some col.); 37 cm.
- Alternative Title
- 12 papers.
- Twelve by eight papers.
- Subjects
- Note
- Title from portfolio.
- Title cited as "Twelve by eight papers" in Maggs Bros. catalog no. 866 (Dec. 1959), no. 93.
- The samples are made from various mixtures of rags (including rags from curtains and the author's shirt) and/or plant fibers (flax, several kinds of leaves, reeds, etc.); some with embedded leaves or grasses.
- Each sample bears the mark of the Twelve by Eight Press.
- Sample 9 with letterpress and ill. by Rigby Graham, the latter printed in green; sample 12 with letterpress printed in dark red.
- Sample 9, made by Douglas Martin, is "Specimen page from booklet on papermaking produced at Leicester College of Art ... MCMLVII".
- Call Number
- Schlosser 503
- OCLC
- 7421964
- NYPG89-B60611
- Author
- Mason, John, 1901-1980.
- Title
- Twelve papers / by John Mason.
- Imprint
- London : Maggs Bros., [1959]
- Local Note
- No. 19 of fewer than 100 copies produced; cf. letter from Herman Cohen, proprietor of the Chiswick Bookshop, dated Dec. 20, 1967, laid in.
- Local Subject
- Paper, Handmade -- England -- Leicester -- Specimens.Paper, Plant fiber -- Specimens.Colored papers -- Specimens.Embedded papers -- Specimens.
- Added Author
- Martin, Douglas, 1939-Graham, Rigby, 1931-Twelve by Eight Press.
- Added Title
- 12 papers.Twelve by eight papers.
- Research Call Number
- Schlosser 503