The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-27

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ansae vclium, III" cppt ~ which is tiib .
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a PAPER II hand made ~ %rrOduCsd by ma
chinery IL Ia drop II on stll water. Hitl 10
hand made I, will lie dnt u not the paper
will quickly curl.
A New Yorker II poetic ~inclinations
published n volume 81 his verses. He
ordered tho printer 20 use tho most expen-
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1000 copies was printed and q few were
dist ributed by the proud author to his adj
miring friends. Each book cost tho poet
$3.50.
He Ia one Of the few poets who have
gone In for very expensive printing. The
paper used was hand made and the decora-
tons wero gorgeous. About 40 per cent
Of the edition Ia In the hands Of u New York
bookseller and IL he sells a book OCCASION
ally he receives a generous commission.
One very peculiar paper from Japan 10
called kuro n~akaboba. IL IL made by hand
and remains unfinished, except for carelessly
scattered bits Of feathers. dry leaves, twigs
and, seemingly, Whatever trash may be near
the workman engaged in tho making.
These pieces are thrown upon the paper
and give it a decidedly surprising effect.
Commercial papers Of American manu-
facture have nothing TO boast OF either In
the process OF their manufacture or their
finished appearance. The cheapest OF these
is sold at a cent a pound. while the best
linen papers bring from IS TO 40 cents.
An ordinary %novel-one Of the best sellers,
for instance-oosting $l.25 is usually printed
on paper worth about "a cents a pound.
The manila paper in which the salesgirl
wraps up your novel ordinarily Is worth
twice as much.
When you come 70 q picture in your book
you And it generally on a smooth, glossy
a This Is coated paper, made exactly
like the other pages, but having a surface
produced by covering 1t with a certain kind
Of clay and subjecting it to great pressure
and heat. This sort Of paper usually costs
from 4 TO is cents a pound.
Writing and note papers, sold in the cor
ner drug stores in all colors, are worth
usually rs, 80 or IS cents a pound. The
mar who makes these papers sells them for
0, 10 and is cents.
Water marking papers in America Is q
business proposition with no frills to 1t. In
japan, Italy and France, the makers Of
hand made papers indulge their fanoies.
and the Japs nave made wonderful designs
as water marks.
They include entire landscapes in some
Of their more elaborate papers, and ever
photographs ore reproduced. An American
firm has letterheads made Of this Japan
paper, with the firms name and address,
cable code, branch offices and SO on all
included In the water-mark.
A clothing house In q Western city uses
the old English style papers. Some OF ito
recent productions in booklet form were
made Of Italian hand made paper which
had been dipped in coffee TO give it an an.
tique appearance.
Sugar paper is frequently used for covers.
It is a sort OF rice paper, stiff and damp
proof. 1t derives it's name from its or
binary function (which is a packing for sugar
barrels. After being soaked, 1t dries In
wrinkles and half-tone cuts printed on this
paper give the effect Of an etching.
Dealers in rare or antique books have often
to mend the injured volumes in their pos
session, and this they do ingeniously with
out destroying the book by inserting new
paper. Old books OF all sorts are bought
and filed by year and date of publication.
When a valuable book Of a certain period
becomes mutilated, the dealer takes his
patch-paper from the book Of the proper
year and does his repairin g without break.
ing the uniformly aged appearance OF the