Sussex, NJ: I. Nevins, 1985. small 4to. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards. (vi), 44 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies signed by the author - publisher. A practical guide to the art of marbling paper with illustrations of the techniques described and 14 tipped-in specimens of actual marbled paper with text on how to repeat the pattern. READ MORE about TRADITIONAL MARBLING
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 11698
Tübingen: Nedim Sönmez, 2005. 4to. leather. not paginated. Limited to an edition of 38 numbered copies, signed and numbered by Nedim and Nuran Sönmez. It contains twelve unique pieces, all of which are tipped-in and numbered on the backing sheet. This is the first volume in a series of four books. READ MORE about MARBLED FLOWERS
Price: $595.00 Order nr. 86897
Tübingen: Nedim Sönmez, 2003. 4to. loose sheets in portfolio with ribbon ties. not paginated. Limited to an edition of 48 copies, signed and numbered by Nedim and Nuran Sönmez. It contains 24 unique pieces, all of which are tipped in and numbered on the backing sheet. An additional motif is presented on the cover of the portfolio. These patterns are traditional motifs from all fields of classical Turkish art, including carpet and fabric design, ceramics..... READ MORE about OSMANISCHE MOTIVE IN DE MARMORIERTECHNIK/ OTTOMAN MOTIFS IN THE ART OF MARBLING
Price: $660.00 Order nr. 86849
Tübingen: Nedim Sönmez, 2004. 4to. loose sheets in portfolio with ribbon ties. not paginated. Limited to an edition of 24 copies signed and numbered by Nedim and Nuran Sönmez. It contains 58 unique pieces, all of which are tipped in and numbered on the backing sheet. These patterns were all produced in studios in the spring of 2004. All but four of the papers were created using new additives, rather than traditional ones. This is..... READ MORE about TIGERAUGEN-MARMOR / TIGER-EYE MARBLE
Price: $660.00 Order nr. 86844
Tübingen: Nedim Sönmez, 2002. 4to. loose sheets in portfolio with ribbon ties. not paginated. Limited to an edition of 85 copies, signed and numbered by Nedim and Nuran Sönmez. It contains 45 unique pieces, all of which are tipped-in and numbered on the backing sheet. These patterns have been used in Turkey for centuries, using original pigments. Lapis Lazuli was replaced with other materials for dark blue due to high cost, and arsenic yellow was..... READ MORE about TÜRKISCHE EBRU-MUSTER / TURKISH EBRU PATTERNS
Price: $660.00 Order nr. 86848
Tübingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, (1987). small 4to. cloth, marbled paper specimen mounted on front cover. 107 pages. First edition, one of 230 numbered copies bound thus, signed on the colophon and containing an original marbled paper specimen which has been signed. With text in English, German and Turkish. Preface is followed by an article by Emin Bann on The Turkish Art of Ebru, Lipps-Kant on the marbled pictures of the two artists, and a section on techniques..... READ MORE about TURKISH PAPIER EBRU, TURKISH MARBLED PAPER
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 62409
Tübingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, 1995. 4to. quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. (vii), 47 pages. Limited to an edition of 250, this is one of a few copies saved for binders. This copy has been bound in quarter morocco over marbled paper boards by Jamie Kamph. The marbled paper used in the binding was executed by Nedim Sönmez himself. Each is signed and numbered on the colophon. In addition to the text..... READ MORE about FROM EBRU TO MARBLED PAPER / VOM EBRU ZUM MARMORPAPIER
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 86846
Tübingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, 1995. 4to. linen. (6), 7- 47+(1) pages. Printed in a limited edition of 250 numbered and signed copies. Finely illustrated with even tipped-in original marbled specimens beautifully marbled for each book separately by the artist. An overview of the art of paper-decorating known as ebru, or marbling. Traces its origins in China and Japan to its use by Turkish calligraphers of the 15th century up to its influence on Western artists in the..... READ MORE about FROM EBRU TO MARBLED PAPER, ON THE HISTORY OF MARBLED PAPER IN THE ORIENT AND ITS WAY TO EUROPE
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 62154
Izmir: n.p., 2008. 4to. leather. not paginated (but 18 leaves). Limited edition of 99 copies, numbered and signed. 10 of the bookplates are created for "Nedim Sönmez" by Nedim Sönmez, numbered and signed by the artist. The 11th bookplate, mounted on the front pastedown, is marbled for the buyer of the book. It is ready for the owner's name to be written on it and is marbled only one time. This means each of the..... READ MORE about MARBLED BOOKPLATES, 11 ORIGINAL SAMPLES OF MARBLED BOOKPLATES
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 98723
Izmir: n.p., 2006. oblong folio. leather. not paginated (but 18 leaves). Limited edition of 28 numbered copies, containing six unique pieces, marbled in two stages on Arches Aquarelle: 100% cotton, mouldmade, watermarked paper. Six original samples of marbled calligraphies based on six famous calligraphies of Turkish calligraphers from six centuries - 15th through 20th. Each is 8 x 12 inches. All calligraphies signed by hand. READ MORE about MARBLED CALLIGRAPHIES
Price: $590.00 Order nr. 92916
Izmir: n.p., 2006. oblong folio. leather. not paginated (but 18 leaves). Limited edition of 28 numbered copies, containing six unique pieces, marbled in three stages on Arches Aquarelle: 100% cotton, mouldmade, watermarked paper. The original run, which is thus, was going to be marbled calligraphy on suminagashi paper. However, the suminagashi paper was used for a different project early on in the production of this book so only six copies had this 'third' stage present..... READ MORE about MARBLED CALLIGRAPHIES
Price: $590.00 Order nr. 134731
Izmir: n.p., 2007. oblong folio. leather. not paginated (but 13 leaves). Limited edition of only 19 copies. Caravan - City in the Desert - Istanbul -Alps - North Italian Landscape - A View from Lake Constance. Marbled on "de geerts" paper. Thirteen sheets with six original samples of marbled landscapes, each 9 x 13 3/4 inches. All landscapes signed by hand. This new book is the third book of the series. An amazing and beautiful..... READ MORE about MARBLED LANDSCAPES
Price: $595.00 Order nr. 94694
Izmir: n.p., 2008. oblong 4to. leatherette. not paginated ( but 19 leaves). Limited edition of 39 numbered copies. 15 original samples of marbled motives with spiral forms - each 6.1 x 8.7 inches. All original samples and books are signed and numbered by the artist. Marbled endpapers are also by N. Sönmez. READ MORE about SPIRALS IN MARBLING WITH 15 ORIGINAL SAMPLES OF NEW MARBLED PATTERNS WITH SPIRAL FORMS CREATED
Price: $375.00 Order nr. 98210
A SHORT HISTORY OF MARBLING IN THE ORIENT AND IN GERMANY
Tubingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, 1995. miniature. full leather with gilt decorations in the wallet style. (viii), 75+(1) pages. A SHORT HISTORY OF MARBLING IN THE ORIENT AND IN GERMANY. Limited to an edition of 210, this is one of the 70 copies bound in full leather with marbled endpapers. Signed by the marbler on the colophon. Hand-bound with 10 marbled specimens following the text which is in English and German. The appreciation of Turkish marbled papers in..... READ MORE about TURCKISCH PAPIR: A SHORT HISTORY OF MARBLING IN THE ORIENT AND IN GERMANY
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 86843
Izmir, Turkey: n.p., 2018. 8vo. paper-covered boards. 130 pages. Text in English, German, French, and Turkish. Table of contents. Color illustrations. An annotated study of two samples from the Stuttgart Württemberg State Library, the Alba Amicorum of Georg Ringler and Johannes Weckherlin. READ MORE about TURKISH PAPERS IN 16TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ALBA AMICORUM
Price: $99.95 Order nr. 132184
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..... READ MORE about UNDER THE SURFACE; WITH TEN ORIGINAL SAMPLES OF MARBLED PICTURES OF THE UNDERWATER WORLD'S NATURE
Price: $595.00 Order nr. 102276
Izmir, Turkey: Nedim Sönmez, (1987). small 4to. paper covered boards, silk placement holder. 107 pages. First edition limited to 100 numbered and signed copies. Catalogue with 57 colored reproductions of marbled pictures. With text in English and German. Preface followed by brief reviews of the artist from Dr. Barbara Lips-Kant and one by Ruth Robert, 63 color illustrations and photographs showing her work. Layout by Özlem Kururman, Istanbul, Turkey. READ MORE about YVONNE JÄCKLE, "MARBLED FLOWERS" WORKS FROM THE 80S. "MARMORIERTE BLUMEN"...
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 134714
Austin: W. Thomas Taylor, 1987. 8vo. cloth-backed boards. x, 89, (3) pages. See S-K 7258 for the 1811 first edition of the first title. Limited to 500 copies. Reprinted from the original editions, with a foreword by Bernard Middleton and twelve specimens of marbled paper and notes by Richard J. Wolfe. Reprints of these two very scarce early 19th century English manuals enhanced by a Middleton introduction and 12 marbled paper specimens that were executed..... READ MORE about THE WHOLE ART OF BOOKBINDING, THE WHOLE PROCESS OF MARBLING PAPER
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 17686
Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, (1991). 4to. cloth, dust jacket, title gilt-stamped on spine. xvi, 245+(1) pages. Second printing. Subtitle: "with special reference to the relationship of marbling to bookbinding in Europe and the Western world." Table of contents, list of illustrations, acknowledgments, endnotes, index. Black and white illustrations throughout text. 38 color plates. READ MORE about MARBLED PAPER: ITS HISTORY, TECHNIQUES, AND PATTERNS
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 130553
(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. READ MORE about THE ROLE OF THE MANN FAMILY OF DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS IN THE MARBLING OF PAPER IN...
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 13403
London, UK: Geo. Bell, 1881. 8vo. original green cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 82 pages, with 54 marbled paper specimens. 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.. Second edition. First published in 1854, this second edition is far superior in every respect, inasmuch as, while it..... READ MORE about THE WHOLE ART OF MARBLING AS APPLIED TO PAPER, BOOK-EDGES, ETC
Price: $3,000.00 Order nr. 81686
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1927. thick 8vo. blue cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. xvi, 410 pages. Second edition. (S-K 1830 for binding references). READ MORE about THE GOLDEN BOOK, THE STORY OF FINE BOOKS AND BOOKMAKING - PAST AND PRESENT
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 23727
Chicago: Pascal Covici, 1928. 8vo. cloth. xv, 410 pages. Third edition. (S-K 1830 for binding references). Wear along hinges. Lacking dust jacket. READ MORE about THE GOLDEN BOOK, THE STORY OF FINE BOOKS AND BOOKMAKING - PAST AND PRESENT
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 72739
Newark, DE: The Curtis Paper Company, 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Printed by the Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal. READ MORE about DROWNED RIVER, THE STORY OF CHESAPEAKE BAY
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 66339
Pittsburgh: School of Printing Management, 1956. tall 8vo. spiral bound stiff paper wrappers. (viii), 64 pages. Covers tanned. READ MORE about GUIDE TO FILMS, PERIODICALS, AND BOOKS IN PRINTING, PAPER, PUBLISHING PRINTED ADVERTISING, AND...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 16416
