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Sidney E. Berger. Edward Seymour & The Fancy Paper Company.(Book review)
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Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada
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September 22, 2007
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- Bryan, Tara
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Sidney E. Berger. Edward Seymour & The Fancy Paper Company. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 9.006. 80 pp.; US $150 ISBN 1-58456-189-0
Another addition to the Oak Knoll Press list of publications about the crafts attendant to book production, this is a lovely package of information about a once-popular paper marbler who fell into obscurity when his company went out of business in 1971. The text is letterpress-printed and includes many illustrations: photographs of Seymour's shop and process, his correspondence, and tipped-in examples of twenty of his bench-marbled papers. Quarter bound in leather, housed in a matching slipcase and designed classically with generous ...