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English hand made papers suitable for bookwork

Title
English hand made papers suitable for bookwork / assembled by Geoffrey Wakeman.
Author
Wakeman, Geoffrey.
Publication
Loughborough, Leicestershire : Plough Press, 1972.

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Additional Authors
  • Green's Fine Papers.
  • Hayle Mill.
  • Inveresk Paper Co.
  • Wookey Hole Mill.
  • Aisling Handmade Papers.
  • White Rose Craft Paper Mill.
  • Lansdowne Papers, Ltd.
  • Sheepstor Handmade Papers, Ltd.
  • Twelve by Eight Press.
Description
41 [i.e. 76] leaves : all samples, ill.; 41 cm.
Alternative Title
English handmade papers suitable for bookwork.
Subjects
Note
  • "This book sets out to provide a record of all the book papers being made by hand in England which are readily available for sale, up to a maximum size of 30 x 20 inches & substance of 155 gsm."--Leaf 4.
  • Consists of 39 sheets of handmade paper (white and various colors; various sizes), each folded as 2 leaves (except single leaves numbered 37 and 41) and arranged and bound in gatherings of various sizes.
  • Leaf [2] blank except for pictorial watermark; leaves 34 and 37 blank except for number; all but leaves [3]-6, 37 and 41 have conjugate blank leaf, not included in foliation.
  • Introductory section (2 sheets, leaves [3]-6) on paper by Green's Fine Papers (formerly J. Barcham Green), Hayle Mill, Maidstone, Kent. Includes 16 other papers (23 sheets) by Green's; 9 by Wookey Hole Mill, Inveresk Paper Co., Wells, Somerset; 2 by Aisling Handmade Papers, White Rose Craft Paper Mill, Saxton, Tadcaster, Yorkshire; and one each by Philip Rowson of Lansdowne Papers, Haslemere, Surrey (jute paper), T.D.R. Powell of Sheepstor Handmade Papers, Tavistock, Devon, and John Mason of Twelve by Eight Press, Leicester.
  • Frontispiece (leaf [2]) is a full-page light and shade watermark on a sheet of Wookey Hole Mill paper, depicting a vatman at work.
  • Binding, publisher's, by Gray's of Cambridge, of quarter dark red morocco and tan linen boards, with marbled endpapers (paper by Green's Fine Papers).
Indexed In (note)
  • Plough Press. Plough Press 1967-1981
Call Number
Schlosser 840
OCLC
  • 34913178
  • NYPG89-B60073
Author
Wakeman, Geoffrey.
Title
English hand made papers suitable for bookwork / assembled by Geoffrey Wakeman.
Imprint
Loughborough, Leicestershire : Plough Press, 1972.
Indexed In:
Plough Press. Plough Press 1967-1981, p. 14
Local Note
No. 3 of 75 copies printed in black and various colors.
Local Subject
Paper, Handmade -- England -- Specimens.
Marbled papers -- Specimens.
Book paper -- Specimens.
Book paper, Colored -- Specimens.
Paper, Plant fiber -- Specimens.
Added Author
Rowson, Philip.
Powell, T. D. R.
Mason, John, 1901-1980.
Green's Fine Papers.
Hayle Mill.
Inveresk Paper Co.
Wookey Hole Mill.
Aisling Handmade Papers.
White Rose Craft Paper Mill.
Lansdowne Papers, Ltd.
Sheepstor Handmade Papers, Ltd.
Twelve by Eight Press.
Added Title
English handmade papers suitable for bookwork.
Research Call Number
Schlosser 840
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