The Marlborough-on-Hudson property was purchased in 1912. During that
summer Dard Hunter began building the paper mill. He also began
experimenting with papermaking and watermarking. |
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The Etching of Figures by William Aspenwall Bradley ; with an original etching by William Auerbach Levy. Marlbourgh-on-Hudson : Dard Hunter, 1915. NE2130 B68 1915x.
—"This book was written for The Chicago Society of
Etchers. The paper and type were made by Dard Hunter in the manner of
the Sixteenth Century and printed by him" |
| In
1919, the Hunters moved back to Chillicothe, Ohio, and purchased the
Mountain House. Built in 1850, it is located on Carlisle Hill above the
city, visible from nearly all points in town. Hunter bought a
Washington press and the studio at the Mountain House became the
Mountain House Press. Eight books were produced there from 1922-1950. |
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Old Papermaking in China and Japan, by Dard Hunter, LITT. D. Chillicothe, O., Mountain House Press, 1932. TS1091 H8
—"A collection of reproductions, gleaned from various
antique Oriental and Occidental books, showing the process of making
paper in China and Japan in years gone by. Also ... a number of
original specimens of old Oriental papers." |
| Hunter's
printer's mark is based on the branch and leaf motif from the
Marlborough books and also includes a Bull's Head. The printer's mark
changed with each book as one leaf was added to denote the total number
of books printed by Dard Hunter's press with his type, or that of his
son, Dard Hunter II. This one is from Old Papermaking in China and Japan. |
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