326, [2] pp. Profusely illustrated with tipped-in reproductions and facsimiles of early printed notices, newspaper announcements and advertisements, book pages, etc. 17x11½, original half canvas & patterned boards, paper spine label, folding morocco-backed cloth box. No. 5 of 210 copies hand printed on handmade paper by Dard Hunter and Dard Hunter Jr.

Magnificent tribute to papermaking in early America, beautifully printed, and containing tipped-in reproductions of original colonial printings, advertisements, etc. This is the eighth book on the subject of papermaking to be made at the Mountain House Press, in the "process of writing and production for many years and it is probable that this book will end the activities of this Private Press." Hunter notes in the preface that "the original plan of this book was to include descriptions of all the milles withing the 1690-1817 period, but due to the hand methods used in producing the present edition, it was found necessary to constrict the text to accounts of the first mill in each colony or state." The paper used in the book was hand-made in 1930 by Robert Robertson and his two sons. The type was designed, made and hand-set by Dard Hunter, Jr., and two hand presses were used in printing the book, "Throughout the production of this book the work has been accomplished without though of cost or desire for profit. The complete making of the edition from the raw materials - new rags, steel, copper, lead, tin, and antimony - has been a `labour of love' in the truest sense. It is doubtful if a book of this size will ever again be made in this manner."