Mountain House Press
Banner nine represents the rather unusual mark of Dard Hunter's Mountain House Press. Hunter (1883-1966) was a commercial artist from Steubenville, Ohio who traveled to Europe to complete his studies. While in London, he became interested in papermaking and subsequently became the leading writer and authority on the subject. His device, which also serves as the watermark in his papers, is a compilation of historical watermarks, but with a twist; for, with each succeeding volume issued by his press, he added an additional leaf to the stem in the device.