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This list contains 16 items related to paper, paper making, or other aspects of
surfaces upon which humans have written or printed. The Birch Bark Poems of
Charles Fletcher Lummis (#8) is a sample of an exotic material used for printing
purposes, while Cheney’s Bookworms (#1) is an example of bad things that can
happen to paper. Many with Mel Kavin or Glen Dawson provenance.

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1 CHENEY, William Murray (1907-2002). Bookworms. Ann Arbor (i. e.: Pasadena:
The Castle Press), 2006. Miniature Book. 2 13/16 x 2 1/8 inches. [iv], 3, [11] pp. Half-title
printed in green ink, title page and text printed in green and black, frontispiece portrait of Cheney as
a young man, 5 Cheney illustrations of book worms, with a hole punched through all the pages in
the lower corner to mimic the vandalism inflicted on real books by bookworms; text clean,
unmarked. Printed wrappers with an additional worm on the rear cover, stitched; binding square
and tight. Mel Kavin’s copy. Fine.
$ 35
Printed for Glen Dawson and the Miniature Book Society, Ann Arbor, Michigan by
the Castle Press, Pasadena. This volume reproduces original drawings by William
Cheney while working at Dawson’s Book Shop about 1930. The originals are now
held at the William Andrews Clark Library.
2 CHURCHYARD, Thomas (1520-1604). The Whole Benefit that Paper Brings, Written
in 1588, with Engravings by Anthony Christmas. (Huddersfield): The Fleece Press, 2002.
Oblong Miniature Book. 1 7/8 x 3 inches. Unpaginated. [66] pp. Half-title, frontispiece,
illustrations engraved throughout by Anthony Christmas, title page printed in red and black,
Introduction by Simon Lawrence; text clean, unmarked. Patterned paper over boards, comes housed
in a hand-made wooden paper mold with wire mesh; binding square and tight. Mel Kavin’s copy.
Fine.
$ 350
LIMITED EDITION of 285 copies, printed on Queen Anne hand-made paper with 6-
point Garamond type set by Peter O. Sanderson. This is one of 100 special copies
with hand made wooden paper moulds made by Stephen Byrne. This volume
contains a reprint of Thomas Churchyard’s important 44-stanza poem, which first
appeared in 1588; it is the first English-language description of a paper mill and the
craft of paper making.
3 HAEMMERLE, Albert (1899-1976), with the assistance of Olga Hirsch.
Buntpapier: Herkommen, Geschichte, Techniken, Beziehungen zur Kunst. Munich: Verlag
Georg D. W. Callwey, 1977. 4to. 11 3/16 x 10 inches. 255 pp. Text in German language, 155
black-and-white illustrations, 18 tipped-in paper samples, chronology, indexes, extensive bibliography
of the literature of decorative papers; text clean, unmarked, light toning to the edges of the glossy
stock paper. Decorative paper over boards, dust-jacket, plain paper slip case; binding square and
tight, corners bumped. 2 pieces of Callwey promotional ephemera laid in. Muir Dawson’s copy.
Very Good.
$ 125
SECOND EDITION, revised and enlarged. This is the standard work on decorative
paper, written by Albert Haemmerle, a internationally recognized German art-paper
historian. This book was originally issued in 1961 on the 150 anniversary of the
founding of Buntpapierfabrik AG, Aschaffenburg. This expanded edition benefits
from the contributions of Olga Hirsch, an important collector of decorative papers.
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Hirsch’s papers and library on the subject are now held at the British Library as The
Olga Hirsch Collection of Decorated Papers.
4 HALFER, Joseph. The Progress of the Marbling Art. Introduction by Victoria Dailey.
New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1990. Series: The History of Bookbinding
Technique and Design. 8vo. 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches. [x], 240, [ads ii] pp. Woodcut figures in the text
illustrating equipment and practices, 10 tables with specimens of papers were likely color in the
original but here reproduced in black-and-white, 2 pages of price lists for marbling kits at the rear;
text clean, unmarked. Blue cloth, spine titled in black; binding square and tight. Mel Kavin’s copy.
Fine.
$ 75
FACSIMILE REPRINT of the English-language edition issued in Buffalo, New York by
L. H. Kinder in 1893. Josef Halfer was a Budapest-based bookbinder and marbler.
His book, Die Fortschritte der Marmorierkunst, was first published in 1885. “The Halfer
system is so important that marbling history is broken at this point, and referred to as
pre-Halferian and post-Halferian marbling. The advantages of the Halfer system
were two-fold: freed of the laborious preparation of colors, and with standardized
colors, mablers could produce more work; and secondly, the use of carragheen size
allowed finer detail in marbling.” Easton, Marbling: A History, pp. 78-79.
5 HUNTER, Dard (1883-1966). Papermaking in Pioneer America. With a New
Introduction by Leonard Schlosser. New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1981.
Series: Nineteenth-Century Book Arts & Printing History, No. 3. 8vo. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches.
(xii), (xvi), 178, [20, including the plates from the original publication] pp. Checklist of American
paper makers, index, plates at the rear; text clean, unmarked. Brown cloth, gilt spine; binding square
and tight, some minor shelf wear, else Fine. Mel Kavin’s copy.
$ 40
FACSIMILE REPRINT; first edition, 1952. This volume contains essentially the same
text as Hunter’s Papermaking by Hand in America (1950), but “with corrections and
additions, and remains the only work to deal specifically with the origins of American
papermaking. It is in many respects the most important original published work of
Hunter’s long and varied career.” From the Introduction by Leonard Schlosser.
6 [Juniper Von Phitzer] [pseudonym for NEILSON, Lloyd L.]. A Printer’s Personal
A B C D. (San Francisco, CA): Juniper von Phitzer Press, 2000. Miniature Book. 2
15/16 x 2 11/16 inches. Unpaginated. [74] pp. Printed throughout in various colors, this quirky
alphabet book contains 7 tipped-in examples of the topics under discussion, including marbled
paper, book cloth, and vellum, among others; text clean, unmarked. Gray cloth, printed label on
front cover, decorative end-leaves; binding square and tight. Mel Kavin’s copy. Fine.
$ 200
LIMITED EDITION of 26 numbered copies, this is number 10. An interesting
alphabet book dedicated to the book arts. Tipped-in samples include cloth samples,

an illuminated drawing, a vellum specimen, and a hand-colored facsimile of part of a
page of the Gutenberg Bible. Many samples of type arrangements and illustrations.
Too late for Bradbury.
7 [LALANDE] GASPARINETTI, Andrea Federico, editor. Osservazioni
Intorno all’Arte di Fabbricare La Carta, Dedotte da Vari Autori dell’Accademia R.
delle Scienze per la Maggior Perfezione delle Cartiere negli stati di S. A. R. il Sig.
Infante D. Filippo, Duca di Parma, Piacenza, Guastalla, ecc. con la
Dimostrazione del Mulino all’Olandese Fatto a Cilindro. Introduzione e Note di
Andrea Federico Gasparinetti. Milano: Edizioni il Polifilo, (1969). Series:
Documenti sulle Arti del Libro, No. I. Folio. 13 1/8 x 10 1/4 inches. (88) pp. Series half-
title, half-title, rate table, 8 plates (2 folding); text clean, unmarked. Plain stiff wraps with
printed grey paper jacket folded over, added mylar jacket; binding square and tight. Includes an
added grey cloth-covered slip case prepared by Heritage Bindery with printed paper spine label.
Fine.
$ 95
REPRINT EDITION reproduced in offset, first printed 1962. This volume contains
Andrea Federico Gasparinetti’s translation into Italian of Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois
de Lalande’s (1732-1807), Art de Faire le papier (first edition, 1771). The French
Academy of Sciences published a series of works on various arts and crafts in the
mid-eighteenth century, among them was Lalande’s treatise on paper-making
(Descriptions des arts et métiers, Volume 4). Gasparinetti’s introduction gives a
thorough review of this work’s publication history and its significance as the first
comprehensive treatise on paper-making. See Number 35 in this list, below.
8 LUMMIS, Charles Fletcher (1859-1928). Birch Bark Poems. [Cover Title].
Chillicothe, OH: Charles F. Lummis, 1882. Miniature Book. 2 7/8 x 2 3/8 inches. [12] pp.
Engraved illustrations on pages [1] and [12] with a small vignette on page [11]; text clean, unmarked.
Self-wraps printed on birch bark, stitched with red yarn; binding square and tight. Comes with a
sheet of birch bark printed with “Birch Bark” and “Canoe Song,” which appear in the text on page
[3] and [10], the verso of this sheet of birch bard is blank. Mel Kavin’s copy. Fine.
$ 450
Seventh Thousand. Charles Fletcher Lummis was raised by his schoolmaster father,
and later enrolled at Harvard where he was a classmate of Theodore Roosevelt, but
dropped out in his senior year. During his time at Harvard, Lummis worked during
the summer as a printer, and published his first book, Birch Bark Poems, a small volume
of his poetry printed on paper thin sheets of birch bark, winning him acclaim from
Life magazine and recognition from some of the day’s leading poets. Lummis sold the
books by subscription and used the money to pay for school. Charles Fletcher

Lummis was an American journalist, Indian rights and historic preservation activist
who is also known as a historian, photographer, ethnographer, archaeologist, poet and
librarian. REFERENCE: Bradbury, Antique United States Miniature Books, Lummis No. 2
and B1390; Gordon, The Birch Bark Poems of Charles F. Lummis, No. 7.
9 Mastercraft Papers, Ltd. Price list and correspondence. Corking, Surrey:
Mastercraft Papers, Ltd, 1979-1981, 1997. 3 price lists from Mastercraft Papers Ltd.,
dated 1st December 1979, 1st September 1980, and 1st November 1982, with pencil notations,
single sheets printed on both sides, except the 1979 list is printed on 1 side with 2 sheets stapled
together. Typed letter SIGNED from Marnix Zetteler to G. Wakeman of the Plough Press. In
addition, this lot contains a manuscript note, signed from Marie-Helene Olive dated May 30,
1997 on Christie’s Auction House, London, note-pad paper. Very Good.
$ 20
Small lot of price lists and a single piece of correspondence between Marnix Zetteler
of Mastercraft Papers, Ltd. The letter, SIGNED by Zettler, is dated 26 June 1981 and
is addressed to G. Wakeman of the Plough Press, Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Zetteler mentions a visit to the Plough Press the day before, and confirms an order
for products from Mastercraft Papers. The Plough Press was founded by Geoffrey
Wakeman in 1967 in Loughborough, Leicestershire. Wakeman (d. 1987) learned
letterpress printing from Philip Gaskell at the College Press in Glasgow. The majority
of Plough Press books were limited editions, letter press printed, and hand bound. In
1982, the press moved to Kidlington, Oxfordshire, and produced a bibliography of its
works, The Plough Press 1967-1981: Fifteen Years Printing in a Loughborough Garage. In
2012, Marnix Zetteler was reported as living in Okatie, Georgia where he and his wife
work at poster restoration.
10 MORRIS, Henry. Japonica: The Study and Appreciation of the Art of
Japanese Paper. North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1981. 8vo. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches.
(109) pp. Half-title, typographic ornaments on title page and throughout the text, 33 tipped-in
specimens of Japanese papers with an additional 20 specimens bound-in, facsimile of an 1876
English-language text about Japanese paper including illustrations in black and white; text clean,
unmarked. Quarter brown morocco, Japanese patterned paper over boards, covers ruled in gilt,
green leather spine label titled and ruled in gilt; binding square and tight, spine lightly faded.
Original prospectus laid in. Glen Dawson’s copy. Near Fine.
$ 275
LIMITED EDITION of 250 numbered copies, this is number 82, printed on Frankfurt
paper, text composed in Bembo types by Mackenzie-Harris and bound by the Gray
Parrot. Contains a series of essays on Japanese paper, including “The Literature of
Japanese Papermaking;” “Dard Hunter’s Chiyogami and Kimono Pattern
Collection,” which includes specimens from Hunter’s collection gathered in the

1930s; Japanese Screen Papers,” which includes 20 full page samples; and
“Western Accounts of Japanese Papermaking” by Henry Morris.
11 SHIMURA, Asao. 4 Volumes in the 6p Miniature Series. Amate, Suminagashi,
Tapa, and US Papermakers, ‘78. Tokyo: Bunseido Press, 1978-1979. 4 Miniature
Books. Uniformly bound at 2 15/16 x 2 inches. Various handmade paper wrappers, stitched
Japanese style, title on the front covers in black ink; binding square and tight. Authors and titles
listed below with pagination. Housed in a paulownia wood box as issued. Glen Dawson’s copy.
Fine.
$ 350
SHIMURA, Asao., compiler. America No Tesukikami / American Handmade
Paper. Tokyo: Bunseido Press, 1978. FIRST EDITION. [i], 8, 5, [2] ff. Text in Japanese
and English, English translation by Louise Cort. 8 paper samples. Number 13 of 64 numbered
copies.
SHIMURA, Asao. Amate, Mexican Bark Paper. Tokyo: Bunseido Press, 1978.
FIRST EDITION. (7) ff. 6 paper samples. Number 14 of 64 numbered copies.
SHIMURA, Asao. Suminagashi [2 Japanese characters], Ink Floating. Tokyo:
Bunseido Press, 1978. FIRST EDITION. [10] ff. 9 Suminagashi paper samples. Number 3
of 64 numbered copies.
BELL, Lillian A. and BROOKS, Ulista. Tapa: The Bark Paper of Samoa and
Tonga. Tokyo: Bunseido Press, 1979. FIRST EDITION. [iv], 30 pp. 4 paper samples.
Number 78 of 128 numbered copies.
12 SÖNMEZ, Nedim. Die Geschichte der Marmorierten Blumen mit 10 original
marmorierten Blumen. A History of Marbled Flowers with 10 Original Marbled Flowers.
Tübingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, 1991. Miniature Book. 2 15/16 x 2 3/16 inches. 75 pp. Text in
German and English, dedicated to Christopher Weimann, 10 original marbled flowers tipped-in; text
clean, unmarked. Quarter parchment, marbled paper over boards, blue leather band runs the length
of the spine from top to bottom, spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight. SIGNED by the
author on the colophon. SCARCE in the trade. Mel Kavin’s copy. Fine.
$ 350
LIMITED EDITION of 150 numbered copies, this is number 132, printed by Günther
Harwalik at Druckerei-Harwalik/Reutlingen, hand bound by Maren Mau-Pieper,
Tübingen, marbled flowers by Nedim Sönmez. Dedicated to Christopher Weimann.
This book contains a unique collection of ten original marbled flowers in miniature
format accompanying a text detailing the historical origins of this art form.
13 VON HAGEN, Victor Wolfgang (1908-1985). The Aztec and Maya Papermakers.
With an Introduction by Dard Hunter. New York: J. J. Augustin, (1944). Large 8vo. 10 1/8

x 6 15/16 inches. [x], 120 pp. Frontispiece is a copy of The Dresden Codex, executed on huun-
paper in the period of the League of Mayapan, 2 maps, text figures, bibliography, index, 39 black-
and-white photographic plates; text clean, un-marked. Red-stamped greenish-gray cloth, dust-jacket
in mylar; binding square and tight, very light soiling to jacket, foot of spine softened. Near Fine.
$ 100
FIRST TRADE EDITION. This is the first scholarly work devoted to Aztec and Maya
paper making. It was chosen by the American Institute of Graphic Arts as one of the
fifty best books in 1944. It thoroughly discusses the processes and materials used by
these ancient craftsmen. Contains extensive editorial apparatus. Essential reading for
historians, anthropologists, and students of paper-making.
14 Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation. Specimens: A Stevens-Nelson Paper Catalogue.
New York: Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation, n. d. [most book-sellers date it at 1952
or 1953 based on samples printed inside the volume]. 4to. 12 x 10 inches. Unpaginated.
107 different papers are presented with samples of the printing skills of nearly as many fine printers
and designers from throughout the world, including (of interest to locals here in Los Angeles) Ward
Ritchie, Saul and Lilian Marks of the Plantin Press, Hans Mardersteig of the Stamperia Valdonega, J.
Van Krimpen for Joh. Enschede en Zonen, Cambridge University Press (Brooke Crutchley), and too
many more to mention; text clean, unmarked. Quarter blue morocco, patterned paper over boards,
spine titled in gilt; binding square and tight, spine faded to green. Comes with a slip case covered
with red paper; slip case faded with shelf wear at the extremities. Very Good.
$ 150
Edition Not Stated. Stevens-Nelson Paper Corporation was the successor to the
Japan Paper Company. The company sold fine papers throughout the United States
to publishers and small presses. Their papers came from fine paper producers
throughout the world. Salesmen would show this trade catalog throughout the United
States when visiting potential customers; the catalog comes with a presentation page,
which is blank in this copy. Stevens-Nelson made this catalog very special by
commissioning the finest printers throughout the world to print on specimen sheets
of various papers in their inventory, and these printed specimens are bound together
in this very pleasing volume. Many of the printers included examples of artwork for
recent projects; Ward Ritchie’s contribution is the title page for Bibles of the Estelle
Doheny Collection, The Edward L. Doheny Memorial Library, St. John’s Seminary, Camarillo,
California, 1952; headings for the cover of Signature magazine by various artists printed
at the Curwen Press. Artists include Fernand Leger, a Pablo Picasso lithograph,
among others. The pride of place goes to Bruce Rogers at the Thistle Press for the 4-
page Introduction to the catalogue, and Saul and Lilian Marks for the
Acknowledgements page at the rear which lists the papermakers supplied by Steven-
Nelson Paper Company. There are a number of these catalogs on the market, and
there appear to be several binding variants. No year is given for publication, but many
of the contributions from printers appear to be copies of projects already completed,

some being title pages or other dated items, from 1948 to 1953, which provides the
estimated dates given by various booksellers.
15 WEIMANN, Christopher (1946-1988). Marbling in Miniature. Los Angeles:
Dawson’s Book Shop, 1980. Miniature Book. 3 x 2 1/4 inches. Unpaginated. [36] pp. 12
marbled paper samples tipped-in; text clean, unmarked. Marbled paper over boards with printed
title on front cover; binding square and tight. SIGNED by the author on the colophon. Mel
Kavin’s copy. Fine.
$ 300
LIMITED EDITION of 350 copies printed and bound by Chrisopher Weimann with
assistance from Muir Dawson, Stephen Tabor, Ingrid Weimann, Rene Patron, and Pall
Bohne. Asked by Glen Dawson to write this book because of the demand for
miniature marbling papers, Christopher Weimann found that the challenges of
making smaller patterns actually allowed for more creativity and personal expression
in a field that up until then was dominated by traditional patterns. Christopher
Weimann had an 18-year career as a marbler; he was one of the twentieth century’s
most important artists, researchers, and historians of the art of marbling.
REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th Cent. US Miniature Book, No. 3183.
16 [Whatman] BALSTON, Thomas (1883-1967). James Whatman, Father & Son.
New York and London: Garland Publishing, 1979. Series: Nineteenth-Century Book Arts
& Printing History, No. 1. 8vo. 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. [vi], (xii), 170, [6] pp. Frontispiece portrait
of James Whatman I, map, black-and-white illustrations throughout, 9 tables, 25 figures, index; text
clean, unmarked. Brown cloth, gilt spine; binding square and tight. Mel Kavin’s copy. Fine.
$ 20
FACSIMILE REPRINT; first edition, 1957. James Whatman (1702-1759) was an English
paper maker who made revolutionary advances in paper production, that his son
James (1741-1798) also perfected and expanded upon. Their innovations included the
invention of wove paper used for high quality art and printing, and large scale
industrialization of paper manufacturing. Thomas Balston was a member of the
Whatman paper-making family, a director of the publishers Duckworth and Co., and a
noted scholar of English book production and illustration.

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