Paper And Watermarks from Wykeham Books

Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / British Library, London, first edition, 2000. Cloth, 4to,. viii, 270 pp, ills. From the blurb - "The essays collected in Puzzles in Paper examine the past, present, and future of watermark study, ranging through the disciplines of art history and conservation, bibliography, musicology, and philately. The evidence provided by watermarks and paper… Read more about this item

National Business Publications Limited, Gardenvale, Quebec, thirteenth edition, 1945. Cloth, gilt and blindstamped cover decoratiopn, large 8vo, 30 cm,. 325, [3] pp, numerous ills. Near Very Good.

Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / British Library, London, first edition, 2000. Cloth, 4to,. viii, 270 pp, ills. From the blurb - "The essays collected in Puzzles in Paper examine the past, present, and future of watermark study, ranging through the disciplines of art history and conservation, bibliography, musicology, and philately. The evidence provided by watermarks and paper… Read more about this item

Athlone Press, London, first edition, 1988. Cloth, 4to, 25 cm,. ix, 249 pp, ills. Britain's first papermaker, John Tate, began work five hundred years ago. In this short history, Dr Hills tells the story of papermaking against the general background of the coming of paper and printing to this country, through the major developments of the Industrial Revolution,… Read more about this item

Twelve by Eight Press, Leicester, first edition, 1965. Limited edition of "less than four hundred copies". Gilt-stamped Linson boards, 30 cm. 19 pp, 9 plates, colour ills. Printed by Will Carter at Cambridge for the Twelve by Eight Press. From John Mason's Introduction: "We produced this book because Oliver Bayldon chanced one day to visit my small… Read more about this item

J. M. Dent and Son, Ltd., London and Toronto, first edition, 1934. Marbled boards, gilt spine-title, 16 mo,. 56 pp. From the blurb: "In the lecture here printed Mr. Clapperton gives a clear account, sufficiently full for the non - technician, of the history of papermaking and of the methods and materials used to - day. The following… Read more about this item

Batchworth Press, London, 1967 revised reprint of 1950 first edition. Cloth, gilt cover-device and years on front board, 8vo,. ix, 153 pp, several plates, genealogical table. Later plates with faint waterstaining to lower and lower fore-edge margins, plates I-V and VII-X (evidently worse affected) diagonally clipped with these corners replaced by plain paper, in one or… Read more about this item

Library of Congress, Washington, first edition, 1968. Plain wrappers with embossed cover-title on front wrapper and embossed device oon rear wrapper, oblong small 4to, 22 x 25 cm,. 96 pp, ills. An account derived from the exhibition presented in the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., and opened on April 21, 1968". Rear wrapper slightly marked, otherwise… Read more about this item

Printed at the Scolar Press for private distribution only, [Menston?], undated reprint (c. 1971) of the 1761 original edition. Printed at the Scolar Press for private distribution only. Printed wrappers, large 4to, printed paper cover label, 42 cm,. iv, 149 pp, xiv leaves of plates (1 folded). With excellent reproductions of plates showing 18th century papermaking. John Bidwell:… Read more about this item

Bibliographical Society, London, reprinted from the Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, June 1928. Small edition of perhaps 20 - 30 copies. Printed wrappers, small 4to, 23 cm,. pp [38]-47. Uncommon separate printing: from 1894 twenty copies of any paper printed in the Transactions were presented to the writer, and presumably a few more were run off. Grease-stain… Read more about this item

Bibliographical Society, London, reprinted from the Transactions of the Bibliographical Society, 1930. Small edition of perhaps 20 - 30 copies. Printed wrappers, small 4to, 23 cm,. pp [282]-307, [427]-454 : ills. Uncommon separate printing: from 1894 twenty copies of any paper printed in the Transactions were presented to the writer, and presumably a few more were run off.… Read more about this item

World Print Council, San Francisco, first edition, 1979. Laminated illustrated wrappers, oblong large 8vo, 24 x 27 cm,. 118 pp. Wrappers rubbed, bookseller's sticker on rear wrapper, otherwise Good.

Athlone Press, London, first edition, 1988. Cloth, 4to, 25 cm,. ix, 249 pp, ills. Britain's first papermaker, John Tate, began work five hundred years ago. In this short history, Dr Hills tells the story of papermaking against the general background of the coming of paper and printing to this country, through the major developments of the Industrial Revolution,… Read more about this item

Penguin Books, first paperback edition, 2015. Laminated illustrated wrappers, 8vo,. 368 pp, [2] pp ads, ills, maps. Very Good.

Institute of Paper Conservation, London, original journal issue, 1977. Printed wrappers, large 8vo, 30 cm,. 56 pp, ills. Volume 2 1977 includes- A. D. Baynes-Cope: The effect of residues of manganese Compounds in paper on the bleaching of prints etc.; Moira Buick: One method of sewing single sheets for binding; Eric Harding: Further experience in the use of… Read more about this item

Institute of Paper Conservation, London, original journal issue, 1977. Printed wrappers, large 8vo, 30 cm,. 56 pp, ills. Volume 2 1977 includes- A. D. Baynes-Cope: The effect of residues of manganese Compounds in paper on the bleaching of prints etc.; Moira Buick: One method of sewing single sheets for binding; Eric Harding: Further experience in the use of… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co. Ltd, London, first edition, 1954. Cloth, 8vo,. 171, [1] pp, ills. Printed on a mould-made J Whatman paper. From the blurb: "For twenty years William Balston was the apprentice and right-hand man of the great paper-maker James Whatman (1741-98). In 1806, after Whatman's death, he founded Springfield Mill, the largest paper factory in Great Britain,… Read more about this item

Society of Archivists, London, first edition, 1971. Cloth, 8vo, 22 cm,. viii, [1], 84 pp, 8 plates. Contents include: 1 Introduction; 2 The Materials of English Archival Documents; 3 Forms and Causes of Damage and Deterioration; 4 'Traditional' and Other Methods of Repair; 5 Materials for Repair; 6 Equipment; 7 Stock Control; 8 Registration and Work Records; 9… Read more about this item

Methuen & Co. Ltd, London, first edition, 1954. Cloth, 8vo,. 171, [1] pp, ills. Printed on a mould-made J Whatman paper. From the blurb: "For twenty years William Balston was the apprentice and right-hand man of the great paper-maker James Whatman (1741-98). In 1806, after Whatman's death, he founded Springfield Mill, the largest paper factory in Great Britain,… Read more about this item

Edinburgh University Library, Edinburgh, first edition, 1987. Patterned wrappers, fold-out plate with 43 illustrations pasted onto rear inside cover, 30 cm. [4], 20 pp. [1] colour fold-out plate. A catalogue produced for the Exhibition held 9th March - 1st May 1987. From the introduction: " A selection from the Schmoller Collection was originally shown in February 1984 at… Read more about this item