circa 1940. Uncommon. Includes 22 samples, numbered 601 - 622, of paper backed printed cloth for covering fusuma (Japanese doors). Bound in tan, black, and red cloth covered boards with ribbon binding. Japanese title to front cover. Minor browning and wear to boards and edges. The interior is clean overall with foxing to some pages and browning to edges. Creasing to some corners. Diagrams showing the proper layout for how the paper should be adhered to the doors are bound in facing several of the samples. Each sample features a printed design - many abstract, some floral, some with vessels, etc. Size: about 13.5 x 12 inches. More about Japanese Fusuma paper / cloth sample book

circa 1940. Uncommon. Includes 32 handmade sample papers for covering fusuma (Japanese doors). Silver and red paper covered boards with black title in Japanese to front cover. Ribbon bound. Several open tears to paper on front cover. Minor soiling, browning, and wear to boards and edges. The interior is clean overall with foxing to some pages. Diagrams showing the proper layout for how the paper should be adhered to the doors are tipped in facing several of the samples. Papers are multi-colored with designs and pulp paintings, many featuring metallic components. Size: about 13.5 x 11 inches. More about Yagumo: Japanese Fusuma paper sample book

Liberty, WI: The Heavy Duty Press, 2018. Softcover. Number 8 of 26 copies. This charming and beautifully printed book is a fitting tribute to the art of fine printing. It reprints an article by master printer Stan Nelson that originally appeared in Parenthesis in 1999. The article described the pleasurable steps and details of typesetting and hand printing. Stan wrote that the essence of fine printing "is really the marriage of the right paper, excellent presswork, perfect type, and good typography." The Heavy Duty Press has produced a book that fulfills Stan's criteria for fine printing. The text is printed on both translucent and opaque sheets that allow the words on separate pages to show through and continue the flow of sentences. Interspersed are designs showing snow through a window. Tipped in is a small facsimile of a letter sent by Stan to Mike Koppa in 1998 about printing. Printed in 10 pt. Century Oldstyle type on Zerkall Laid and Classic Crest papers on a Vandercook press. The book is hand bound and inserted into one-of-a-kind covers, constructed without adhesive, featuring designs taken from the Specimen Book and Catalogue of the American Type Founders Company. In fine condition. Measures 4.5 x 6.5 inches. Unpaginated. PRI/050719. Fine. More about Typesetting on a Winter's Afternoon