Japanese Papermaking; Traditions, Tools, and Techniques, by Tmothy Barrett. With an Appendix on Alternative Fibers By Winifred Lutz. Small 4to, 316 pages, 32 pages of plates,three paper samples tipped in, index, bibliography, glossary, appendices, 26cm, New York: Weatherhill, 1983.
Drawings by Howard Clark and Richard J. Flavin. Brown linen, titled in gilt on the spine and blscked in gilt on the upper board. Fine in like dust-jacket. Title-page inscribed by the author to Christopher Clarkson.
Contents: The craft in Japan. Japanese paper: past and present; Raw fiber production ; Fiber preparation; Sheet formation. The craft in the west. Tools and equipment; Materials and their preparation; Papermaking: simplified and traditional methods; Variations.