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Lot 151

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$1,000 - 1,500
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$1,408
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HUNTER, Dard (1883-1966). Papermaking in Southern Siam. Chillicothe, OH: The Mountain House, 1936.


4to. Hand-colored woodcut frontispiece, 17 photographic plates, 3 paper specimen leaves, 2 mounted specimens of Khoi back and Thai mould cloth. (Light spotting to frontispiece and title.) Original black morocco-backed decorated paper boards, uncut (small scuff near front joint). Provenance: Babette & Herbert Clayburgh (bookplate).

LIMITED EDITION, number 49 of 99 copies on handmade paper, from a total edition of 115. SIGNED BY DARD HUNTER. One of Dard's rarest works due to his "strong aversion to the monotony of presswork" and the last to be printed on paper in his New England mill. [With:] Publisher's prospectus.

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