Accession number
PML 253423, 253679-81
Creator
Hunter, Dard, 1883-1966, author.
Published
Chillicothe, Ohio : Mountain House Press, 1987.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Originally published in The Miscellany, vol. II, nos. 1 and 4 (Kansas City, Mo. : Alfred Fowler, 1915) and in The Quarterly Notebook, edited by Alfred Fowler (Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 1916).
"[Dard Hunter's] hand-cut type was used for the text, while the remaining sections have been set in the hand-cut type produced by the younger Hunter, both significantly reduced from 18 point. ... These miniatures were printed on handmade paper made in 1932 at Lime Rock, Connecticut. This most likely was the final paper made in the Dard Hunter mill"--Preface to volume 1.
Volume 4 consists of 11 samples of handmade paper in 22 leaves.
"Of these four miniature books, 50 copies have been imprinted by Dard Hunter, II at the Mountain House Press...and bound by Gray Parrot"--Colophon.
Library's copy is no. 25.
"[Dard Hunter's] hand-cut type was used for the text, while the remaining sections have been set in the hand-cut type produced by the younger Hunter, both significantly reduced from 18 point. ... These miniatures were printed on handmade paper made in 1932 at Lime Rock, Connecticut. This most likely was the final paper made in the Dard Hunter mill"--Preface to volume 1.
Volume 4 consists of 11 samples of handmade paper in 22 leaves.
"Of these four miniature books, 50 copies have been imprinted by Dard Hunter, II at the Mountain House Press...and bound by Gray Parrot"--Colophon.
Library's copy is no. 25.
Description
4 volumes : illustrations ; 48 mm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman, with her bookplate.
Binding
Brown leather, stamped in gold. Issued in matching slipcase.
Classification
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