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2 volumes. Profusely illustrated with mounted facsimiles of works by Dard Hunter. (Folio) russet half-morocco with patterned paper-covered boards, spines lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed. No. 43 of 100 in the regular edition, from a total edition of 150. First Edition.

William Joseph "Dard" Hunter was an American authority on printing, paper, and papermaking, especially by hand, using sixteenth century tools and techniques. He is known for, among other things, the production of two hundred copies of his book Old Papermaking, for which he prepared all aspects: Hunter wrote the text, designed and cast the type, did the typesetting, made the paper by hand, and printed & bound the book. A display at the Smithsonian Institution that appeared with his work read, "In the entire history of printing, these are the first books to have been made in their entirety by the labors of one man." Prospectuses laid in.