Twelve by Eight - Mason (John). Paper Making as an Artistic Craft. Illustrated by Rigby Graham.

Paper Making as an Artistic Craft. Illustrated by Rigby Graham. [With a Foreword by Dr. Dard Hunter.] 8vo, 208 X 152mm., pp.96 + numerous 12 X 8 paper inserts, 2 Ratcliffe Road, Leicester, 1963.

One of 1000 copies set in Monotype Baskerville, printed by Latimer, Trend, Ltd. 87 illustrations in line by Rigby Graham, inserted samples of John Mason 'Twelve by Eight' hand-made paper tipped-in. One large loose sheet at the rear and a tipped-in portrait frontispiece signed by John Mason. Limp Linson vellum, blocked in gold on the spine and front. A fine copy with more samples than usual.

First published by Faber & Faber in 1959. This book will make you want to start your own paper mill.