Cream-coloured box-like folder (part a) made of card stock with gold embossing on the spine: "HANDMADE PAPERS OF THE WORLD 9: Spain--23: Australia TAKEO CO., LTD." Folder is filled with large samples of handmade paper from around the world (parts c-lll); information concerning the originating country, name of paper, materials used, name of paper manufacturer, size in millimeters, and number within the overall paper collection is printed in black ink at the bottom of each sample. Finer, more fragile samples are enclosed in stiff paper folders with circular windows cut into the front and back; information printed along the bottom of the paper sample is repeated along the bottom front edge of the folders. Part b is an index listing all the paper samples in order according to their numeric designation.

Six paper folders containing samples of various types of paper (parts b-f) enclosed within a larger box-like container (part a). Box-like container (a) is made of a heavy, thick cardboard covered on the outside with cream-coloured, textured paper and on the inside by cream-coloured paper with a metallic silver swirling pattern; the box has four tab-like flaps at the sides that fold over each other to create an enclosure. Parts b-f are paper folders with four overlapping tabs made from off-white cardstock; the name of the type of paper enclosed within each folder is printed in black ink on the cover of each folder, along with the inscription: "Handmade Papers of the World/Forefathers of Paper/The 80th Anniversary of the Foundation/Takeo Co., Ltd./MCMLXXIX." Each paper sample is enclosed in a plastic sleeve. In order from part b through part f, the paper samples are: papyrus from Egypt, parchment from England, bai-lan from Thailand, amatl paper from Mexico, and tapa from Fiji.

Rectangular orange-brown box (part a) and fitted lid (part b) made of thick, heavy cardboard covered with paper. One side of box folds open with large tabs; lid has long sides that entirely cover the sides of the box. Embossed rectangular paper label atop the lid features a large character in the centre surrounded by text in English: "Handmade Papers of the World/The 80th Anniversary of the Foundation/Takeo Co., Ltd./MCMLXXIX/Printed in Japan."

Cream-coloured box-like folder (part a) made of card stock with gold embossing on the spine: "HANDMADE PAPERS OF THE WORLD 1: China--8: Madagascar TAKEO CO., LTD." Folder is filled with large samples of handmade paper from around the world (parts c-ggg); information concerning the originating country, name of paper, materials used, name of paper manufacturer, size in millimeters, and number within the overall paper collection is printed in black ink at the bottom of each sample. Finer, more fragile samples are enclosed in stiff paper folders with circular windows cut into the front and back; information printed along the bottom of the paper sample is repeated along the bottom front edge of the folders. Part b is an index listing all the paper samples in order according to their numeric designation.

Off-white-coloured book made from thick pages bound by a heavier, textured sheet of paper. Printed in black ink, the book is filled with essays (in Japanese) and photos regarding handmade paper. Dust jacket-like cover is made of green-brown textured cardstock embossed with a large golden character on the front. #664/2 is the English version of the book.