Research Catalog

Title

By his own labor : the biography of Dard Hunter / Cathleen A. Baker.

Author

Baker, Cathleen.

Publication

[Northport, Ala.] : Red Hydra Press, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Barrett, Timothy.
• Via, Marie, 1952-
• Breidenbaugh, Kenneth.
• DePol, John, 1913-2004.
• Miller, Steve, 1950-
• Bixler, Michael.
• Bixler, Winifred.
• Hunter, Dard, 1968.
• Parrot, Gray.
• Conant, Judi.
• Red Hydra Press. pbl prt
• Twinrocker Handmade Paper. ppm
• Mountain House Paper Mill. ppm

Description

xxv, 332 p., [1] leaf of plates : port.; 29 cm. +

Subject

• Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966
• Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966 > Bibliography
• Scott, Patricia, -1989
• Mountain House Press > Bibliography
• Roycroft Shop
• Papermakers > United States > Biography
• Papermaking > United States > History > 20th century
• Type and type-founding > United States > History > 20th century
• Book design > United States > History > 20th century

Genre/Form

Typefaces (Type evidence) – Dante.

Note

• 155 copies printed. "Copies 1-150 are quarter-bound in leather ... and copies A-E are bound in full leather"--Colophon.
• "Michael and Winifred Bixler cast the Dante types, Kathryn and Howard Clark and Travis Becker of Twinrocker Handmade Paper made the paper, Dard Hunter III made the endsheets at Mountain House using his grandfather's Bull's Head & Branch watermarked mould. R. Stanley Nelson cut the punches for and cast by hand the special DH monogram found in the text. The book was designed and printed on a Vandercook 4 proof press by Steve Miller ... and the plate volume was printed by Meriden-Stinehour"--Colophon.
• Text vol. printed in red and black.
• Frontispiece in text vol. is woodcut port. of Hunter, printed in green and black; signed in pencil by the artist, John DePol.
• Introd. (p. [ix]-xiii) comprises essays by Timothy D. Barrett and Marie Via.
• Foreword, "A friend of Dard Hunter," by Kenneth Breidenbaugh: p. [xiv]-xv.
• "Appendix A. Papermaking by hand: materials and techniques ... Appendix B. Moulds and watermarks associated with Dard Hunter": p. [241]-269.
• Binding: Text vol.: Publisher's quarter green leather, gilt, and green patterned paper boards; pattern from a "leaf & stem punch cut by the author"--Colophon. Plate vol.: Publisher's green cloth with paper label on front cover. Text and plate vols. bound by Gray Parrot; issued in a green cloth clamshell case (32 cm.) by Judi Conant.

Bibliography (note)

• "Appendix C. A descriptive bibliography": p. [271]-286. "Consists of all the books published by Dard Hunter and the Mountain House Press: 1915-1950" and 4 works by Hunter published by others.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-296) and index.

Call Number

*KP+ (Red Hydra) 03-328

OCLC

• 44155343
• NYPG03-B4398

Author

Baker, Cathleen.

Title

By his own labor : the biography of Dard Hunter / Cathleen A. Baker.

Imprint

[Northport, Ala.] : Red Hydra Press, 2000.

Bibliography

"Appendix C. A descriptive bibliography": p. [271]-286. "Consists of all the books published by Dard Hunter and the Mountain House Press: 1915-1950" and 4 works by Hunter published by others.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-296) and index.

Local Note

NYPL copy is no. 14; signed in pencil by the author.

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Added Author

Barrett, Timothy.

Via, Marie, 1952-

Breidenbaugh, Kenneth.

DePol, John, 1913-2004. Wood engraver

Miller, Steve, 1950- Printer

Bixler, Michael.

Bixler, Winifred.

Hunter, Dard, 1968. Papermaker

Parrot, Gray. Binder

Conant, Judi. Binder

Red Hydra Press. Publisher. Printer

Twinrocker Handmade Paper. Papermaker

Mountain House Paper Mill. Papermaker

Research Call Number

*KP+ (Red Hydra) 03-328