A Letter from Carl Dair About the Papermills of Amalifi, Italy

Carl Dair, with introduction & afterword by Robert R. Reid

A four-page letter, printed in facsimile, from Canadian typographer Carl Dair to a young Robert Reid and Will Carter, recounting his visit in 1962 to this famous papermaking region. Reid corresponded with Dair during the 1950s and early ’60s; most of these letters were donated to McGill University, but this letter remained in Reid’s files.

Introduction & afterword set in 14-point Garamont, printed on damp Lana Antique. The letter in Dair’s elegant hand reproduced from polymer plates, printed damp on handmade Amatruda paper — one of the mills Dair mentions in the letter. Sewn in a wrap of blue cotton paper made by Reg Lissel. Edition of 75 numbered copies signed by Reid. 6.5 x 10.5 inches, 12 pp. 2003