Pfeiffer Gordon Editor (6 results)

8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages. With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol. Limited to 200 numbered copies; this copy is out of series (Berger B40). Set in Bell and printed on mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles - "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and "Papermaker Joshua Gilpin introduces the Chemical Approach to Papermaking in the U.S." by Sidney M. Edelstein. Finally there is a previously unpublished thesis written by Patricia M. Brown outlining the history of the Curtis Paper Company in Newark, Delaware. This is an important article as little has previously been published about the history of this mill which eventually supplied paper to so many of America's fine book producers. The four original wood engravings by John DePol beautifully illustrate a number of the mills and a papermaking scene. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. Bird & Bull Press (illustrator).…

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8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages. With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Berger B40). Set in Bell and printed on mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles - "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and "Papermaker Joshua Gilpin introduces the Chemical Approach to Papermaking in the U.S." by Sidney M. Edelstein. Finally there is a previously unpublished thesis written by Patricia M. Brown outlining the history of the Curtis Paper Company in Newark, Delaware. This is an important article as little has previously been published about the history of this mill which eventually supplied paper to so many of America's fine book producers. The four original wood engravings by John DePol beautifully illustrate a number of the mills and a papermaking scene. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. Bird & Bull Press (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Limited Edition. 8vo. Quarter-bound with dark-blue cloth spine and hinges, lighter blue paper over boards. Title label on the spine with gilt lettering. 81 pp. Copy No. 75 of an edition limited to 200 copies. With four wood engravings by John DePol tipped in. Contains an introduction by Gordon Pfieffer; an article about papermaking in Delaware by Barbara Benson,; "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H. B. Hancock and N. B. Wilkinson; "Papermaker Joshua Gilpin introduces the Chemical Approach to Papermaking in the U.S." by Sidney M. Edelstein; and a History of the Curtis Paper Company by Patricia M. Brown. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Wood engravings by John DePol. Printed by Henry Morris of the Bird and Bull Press. Quarter cloth and decorated paper over boards with red leather spine label titled in gilt. Fine. Copy number 177 of 200 numbered copies. Although not called for, this copy is Inscribed to a local bibliophile by Gordon Pfeiffer. Laid in is a folded broadside for the book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Wood engravings by John DePol. Quarter cloth and decorated paper over boards with red leather spine label titled in gilt. Fine. Copy number 67 of 200 numbered copies. Although not called for, this copy is either Signed or Inscribed to a local bibliophile by several participants: illustrator John DePol, editor Gordon Pfeiffer, printer Henry Morris of the Bird and Bull Press, publisher Bob Fleck of Oak Knoll Press, and Barbara E. Benson, who wrote the first essay in the book.…