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Title: The Story of Jane & Joan Author: Wilde, John Place: Mount Horeb, Wisconsin Publisher: Perishable Press Date: 1977 Description: Twelve sequential hand-colored etchings by John Wilde. (4to) 29x25.5 cm (11½x10") morocco-backed boards, cloth case with blindstamped design. Number thirteen of twenty-five copies. The etchings were printed by Steve Weitz and tinted by the artist. One of the rarest books from the Perishable Press. Walter Hamady (born 1940) is an American artist, book designer, papermaker, poet and teacher. He is especially known for his innovative efforts in letterpress printing, bookbinding, and papermaking exemplified in the productions of The Perishable Press Limited and the Shadwell Papermill, founded by Hamady in the mid-1960s. In 1966 Hamady joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he would teach papermaking, letterpress printing, and bookbinding for more than three decades. Lot Amendments Condition: Box faded, as usual; volume fine. Item number: 281183