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Pleiades Books, London - second edition, revised & enlarged, 1947. hardcover, 9 1/4" x 6" (no jacket). Book in VERY GOOD condition. Dark-blue cloth-bound boards with gold title to spine & front, photographic frontis, 317 b&w photographs, 37-page index. Rags make Paper, Paper makes Money, Money makes Banks, Banks make Loans, Loans make Beggars, Beggars make Rags. This is the authoritative book on the ancient art of papermaking, compiled from 40 years research (the author has a Paper Museum named after him at MIT). Fold-out map at rear ("The Journey of Papermaking from China to Europe']; fold-out diagram of vat & auxiliary appliances in text. This English edition becoming scarce. Our copy is an ex-library one with boards under transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode and pocket remnants. Three early pages have light pencil underscoring. Endpapers beginning to discolor. Book weighs 1.75kgs when packed.