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(Marbling) Sönmez, Nedim UNDER THE SURFACE; WITH TEN ORIGINAL SAMPLES OF MARBLED PICTURES OF THE UNDERWATER WORLD'S NATURE.
Izmir Nedim Sönmez 2009 oblong folio leather, gilt lettering on cover & spine 15 pages, 10 marbled paper samples
This book has been produced in a limited edition of 19 signed and numbered copies, containing 10 original tipped-in marbled pictures of sea creatures. The paper is "de geerts": made in the old paper tradition of Holland, mouldmade, four deckle-edges, watermarked with a crown and "1625." Text by Nedim Sönmez in English (translated). Each sample is signed by hand.
Price: $ 595.00 other currencies Order nr. 102276

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(Marbling) Weisse, Franz THE ART OF MARBLING.
Translated from the German with an introduction and fourteen original marbled specimens by Richard J. Wolfe. North Hills Bird & Bull Press 1980 4to. later quarter faux leather with marbled paper covered boards. 79 pages reproduced in Xerox.
Xerox copy of the original book in later binding. The original was limited to 300 numbered copies. This manual by Weisse, one of the great German marblers and teachers, was originally published in 1940. It is an excellent overall study of the craft. The most detailed and comprehensive work written on the fantasy type of marbling, it includes a discussion of "overmarbling" paper. The bulk of the first edition was destroyed by Allied bombing and, hence, very difficult to find.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 118147

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(Marbling) Wolfe, Richard J. THE ROLE OF THE MANN FAMILY OF DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS IN THE MARBLING OF PAPER IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA AND IN THE PRINTING OF MUSIC, THE MAKING OF CARDS, AND OTHER BOOKTRADE ACTIVITIES.
(Chestnut Hill, MA. Privately printed 1981) tall 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. 145 + (1) pages.
First edition, limited to 500 copies. Contains tipped-in photographic illustrations of sixteen examples of marbled paper. Signed by the author on colophon page.
Price: $ 80.00 other currencies Order nr. 13403

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(Marbling) Wolfe, Richard J. THE ROLE OF THE MANN FAMILY OF DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS IN THE MARBLING OF PAPER IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICA AND IN THE PRINTING OF MUSIC, THE MAKING OF CARDS, AND OTHER BOOKTRADE ACTIVITIES.
(Chestnut Hill, MA. Privately printed 1981) tall 8vo. quarter cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. 145 + (1) pages.
First edition, limited to 500 copies. Contains tipped-in photographic illustrations of sixteen examples of marbled paper. This copy has been signed by the author on the free endpaper and contains 20 actual marbled paper samples mounted on front pastedown. Some offset from samples on free endpaper.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 118575

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THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER.
With an historical introduction, notes on the English marbling tradition, and thirteen original marbled samples by Richard J. Wolfe New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2009 5.5 x 8 inches hardcover 132 pages
Limited to 300 copies, reprinted from the scarce Bird & Bull private press edition of 1976. This printing of James Sumner's 1854 marbling manual includes a new preface by Richard J. Wolfe. A further note on the English marbling tradition has been added, along with thirteen tipped-in original examples of marbled papers by Wolfe.

The historical introduction, the text of Sumner's pamphlet, and the 1976 endnote appear exactly as they do in the first reprinting by Bird & Bull Press in 1976. Sumner discusses the little-known history of paper marbling prior to the nineteenth century. Marbling was a secretive and well guarded craft. Masters of the profession passed on their knowledge reluctantly to a very limited few, creating a monopoly on the trade. For this reason, printed information on marbling was extremely limited prior to the nineteenth century.

The expansion of the trade, including new ingredients and methods, created a need for the recording of exact patterns and recipes in order to produce marbling in an efficient and precise manner. Therefore, in the 1850s, printed work on marbling began to appear more readily. One of the first manuals on marbling was published in 1853 by Charles Woolnough, and Sumner's much smaller pamphlet could be considered a reinforcement to this earlier work. Sumner's text includes specific information on various types of marbling and precise recipes for their creation.

Sumner's original pamphlet had no exhibit samples attached. Wolfe added thirteen samples of marbled paper that were possibly created by Sumner himself, or by John Hargreaves, his associate, for the 1976 printing. The cover is a facsimile reproduction of an original nineteenth-century English marbled paper in the editor's collection.

Richard J. Wolfe's lengthy career as a rare books and manuscripts librarian has been distinguished by an extensive amount of bibliographical research and writing, especially on the history of marbled and decorated paper. He is also the author of Marbled Paper: Its History, Techniques and Patterns, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989, as well as the translator and editor of Der Vollkommne Papierfärber:The Accomplished Paper Colorer, Oak Knoll Press, 2008.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 103080

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(Papermaking) Haemmerle, Albert BUNTPAPIER, HERKOMMEN, GESCHICHTE, TECHNIKEN, BEZIEHUNGEN ZUR KUNST
Munchen Georg D.W. Callwey (1961) 4to. decorated boards, dust jacket. 251 pages.
Issued on the 150th anniversary of this firm. A history of decorated and marbled paper with 155 illustrations and 18 actual paper specimens tipped-in. Has a thirteen-page bibliography of the subject done in triple column and descriptions of 664 examples of decorated paper. Jacket chipped.
Price: $ 260.00 other currencies Order nr. 16131

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(Papermaking) Schreyer, Alice EAST-WEST: HAND PAPERMAKING TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS, AN EXHIBITION CATALOGUE.
Newark University of Delaware 1988 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 55+(1) pages.
Well written catalogue describing some of the highlights of the University's excellent collection of books about papermaking and marbling. Includes much Bird & Bull material as Delaware holds most of the archives of the press.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 24012

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(Plough Press) Wakeman, Geoffrey ENGLISH MARBLED PAPERS, A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY
Loughborough The Plough Press n.d. (1978) small 4to. quarter morocco over cloth. 27 pages of text followed by 26 actual specimens of marbled papers done in different patterns.
Limited to 112 copies. (Bibliography p.27). Besides the historical review of the art of marbling, the book contains a bibliography. Beautifully produced by Wakeman at his Plough Press. With 26 mounted specimens of marbled paper, two from the 19th century, and the rest modern papers recreating historical patterns and executed by such 20th century marblers as Cockerell, Mitchell, Wolfe, Stone and others. Four page prospectus loosely inserted. This copy has had insect damage along outer edge of both covers and is priced accordingly. Fine internally.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 118574

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(Plough Press) Woolnough, C.W. THE WHOLE ART OF MARBLING AS APPLIED TO PAPER, BOOK EDGES, ETC. Containing a Full Description of the Nature and Properties of the Materials Used, the Method of Preparing Them, and of Executing Every Kind of Marbling in Use at the Present Time, with Numerous Illustrations and Examples.
London George Bell and Sons 1881 (Oxford: Plough Press, 1985) 8vo. green cloth in facsimile of the original. 42 page introduction followed by the 82 page facsimile.
Limited to only 150 copies. A reprint with an historical introduction of the second and last edition of this first practical marbling manual. This facsimile contains actual tipped in specimens of marbled paper which replicate the samples appearing in the original edition. Prospectus of forthcoming Plough Press books loosely inserted. Bookplate on inside front pastedown.
Price: $ 600.00 other currencies Order nr. 6169

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(Printing) PRINTING PATENTS, ABRIDGEMENTS OF PATENT SPECIFICATIONS RELATING TO PRINTING, 1617-1857. FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1859 AND NOW REPRINTED WITH A PREFATORY NOTE BY JAMES HARRISON.
London Printing Historical Society (1969) 8vo. cloth. xxi, 631, (ii), 311-369, xxv-xxvii pages.
Reprints of the 1859 and 1878 editions with additional material. With a prefatory note by James Harrison. A very important and useful work in the study of early printing processes. The 1859 edition contains Samuel Pope's 1731 essay on marbling.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 4763

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Limited Edition Fine Press Book with Tipped-in Specimens

(Seymour, Edward) Berger, Sidney E. EDWARD SEYMOUR AND THE FANCY PAPER COMPANY: THE STORY OF A BRITISH MARBLED PAPER MANUFACTURER.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2006 6 x 9 inches hardcover, quarter leather binding w/ slipcase 104 pages
This book, limited to an edition of 300 copies, tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for the bookbinding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971. With eighteen illustrations showing their methods and copies of correspondence, and twenty tipped-in, original examples of their many fancy papers, this work is a well-researched text about one of the last English marbled paper manufacturing firms.

Dr. Berger shares with his readers the vicissitudes of the company's fortunes, the personal lives of its owners, and the often touching correspondence he found among its business records. The author also informs us of the salaries, costs of doing business, and the unique demands of bookbinders for the company's products. The work ends with Edward Seymour's valiant efforts to keep the company afloat in the early 1970s.

This edition is published in the best tradition of the fine press book. It was typeset in hot metal, hand printed on 120 gpm, archival paper, and bound in quarter leather with slipcase by the Manoutios Press of Athens, Greece.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 90944

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Limited Edition Fine Press Book with Tipped-in Specimens

(Seymour, Edward) Berger, Sidney E. EDWARD SEYMOUR AND THE FANCY PAPER COMPANY: THE STORY OF A BRITISH MARBLED PAPER MANUFACTURER.
New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2006 6 x 9 inches hardcover, quarter leather binding w/ slipcase 104 pages
This book, limited to an edition of 300 copies, tells the story of Edward Seymour and his firm, The Fancy Paper Company. This British company manufactured marbled and other decorated (fancy) papers for the book binding and related industries from about 1919 to 1971. With eighteen illustrations showing their methods and copies of correspondence, and twenty tipped-in, original examples of their many fancy papers, this work is a well-researched text about one of the last English marbled paper manufacturing firms.
Dr. Berger shares with his readers the vicissitudes of the company's fortunes, the personal lives of its owners, and the often touching correspondence he found among its business records. The author also informs us of the salaries, costs of doing business, and the unique demands of bookbinders for the company's products. The work ends with Edward Seymour's valiant efforts to keep the company afloat in the early 1970's.

This edition is published in the best tradition of the fine press book. It was typeset in hot metal, hand printed on 120 gpm, archival paper, and bound in quarter leather with a marbled slipcase by the Manoutios Press of Athens, Greece.

Loosely inserted in this copy is a T.L.s. from the author.
Price: $ 165.00 other currencies Order nr. 93520

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Wolfe, Richard J. (translator) DER VOLLKOMMNE PAPIERFÄRBER: THE ACCOMPLISHED PAPER COLORER.
A facsimile reproduction and translation into English of the earliest extant German treatise on paper marbling and decoration, together with an introductory discussion of the earliest specialized literature in Germany on the marbling and decoration of paper (by Richard J. Wolfe). New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2008 5.25 x 7.5 cloth bound with a cover-paper reproduction of an early German decorated paper 180 pages
This new work, limited to 300 copies of which 275 are for sale, is a facsimile reproduction and translation of an important early German manual on decorated and marbled paper. Following an introduction by Richard Wolfe, the book displays the facsimile on the left page and a parallel translation on the opposing page.
All available information points to Venice as the entrepôt and to Augsburg, Germany, as the first recognizable production center for the art of marbling paper. The art of marbling was anonymously transferred from the Middle East to Europe shortly before the beginning of the seventeenth century. Germany remained the center for this and other methods of paper decoration in the following centuries, with factory-level industrial manufacturing initiated and carried on from the early nineteenth century. However, since these crafts were conducted in the secretive ways of the medieval guilds during the earlier period of their European life, little detailed information on their methods found its way into print until much later. It was not until the beginning of the nineteenth century that a serious and authoritative literature on marbling and paper decoration began to develop in Germany and in other locations.
In the historical introduction to the facsimile reproduction and his translation of this work, Richard J. Wolfe summarizes the professional literature on marbling and paper coloring that began to appear in Germany at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Der Vollkommne Papierfärber, published around 1823, is the earliest work of its kind that has survived. Wolfe shares his experience with a seemingly unique copy of this rare and seminal treatise that he initially encountered in Leipzig in 1987. He also discusses its relationship to other early pertinent literature that was published in Germany around the same time, particularly the works on bookbinding and paper coloring produced by Christian Freidrich Gottlob Thon. The story has a somewhat surprising ending.

Richard J. Wolfe's lengthy career as a rare books and manuscripts librarian has been distinguished by an extensive amount of bibliographical research and writing, especially on the history of marbled and decorated paper. He is also the author of Marbled Paper, Its History, Techniques and Patterns, published in 1990.
Price: $ 60.00 other currencies Order nr. 99499

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