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Specimens from rags to rushes : 12 handmade papers and how they came to be / Jim Yarnell.

Accession number
PML 250788
Creator
Yarnell, Jim.
Published
Wichita [Kan.] : Oak Park Press, 1983.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Edition of 200 copies.
Library has copy no. 21.
"This wee book has been written, illustrated, printed and bound by Jim Yarnell at the one-man mini-conglomerate called The Oak Park Press & Papermill. The twelve specimens of handmade paper are products of the establishment'--p. [64].
"12 4 page specimens of the author's handmade paper ... from rags, cotton, linen, silk, and plant fibers such as cattails and okra. Also a specimen composed of officially shredded 5 dollar bills, recycled and a specimen from Aspen wood"--Wightman card.
Description
61, [6] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 67 x 49 mm
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated by Jim Yarnell on p. [64].
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Rust leather with title stamped in gold on front cover.
Classification
Department