Issued as Volume I in Sample Book series
(Joppe, Netherlands: Frits Knuf, 1993). narrow 8vo. cloth with paper sample inset on cover, slipcase. (xx), 26+(4) pages. Issued as Volume I in Sample Book series. Limited edition of 110 signed and numbered copies. Fine condition. Original samples of 90 decorated papers on twenty-six accordion-fold pages; they cover the 150 year history of this fine paper factory in Aschaffenburg, Germany. Karli Frigge provides a history of the factory which began in 1811 and closed in..... READ MORE about SAMPLE BOOK OF THE FANCY PAPER FACTORY ASCHAFFENBURG

Price: $550.00  other currencies  Order nr. 73845

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  other currencies  Order nr. 62409

Tübingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, 1995. 4to. full leather boards with marbled paper inlays, cloth clamshell. (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 full grey goat skin with onlays of black and yellow leather and marbled paper continuing on the back cover. Gold tooled title on the front cover. Marbled end papers. Embroidered end bands. Graphite top edge. Signed and..... READ MORE about FROM EBRU TO MARBLED PAPER / VOM EBRU ZUM MARMORPAPIER

Price: $4,000.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135434

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  other currencies  Order nr. 134714

Anchorage, AK: Karen Stahlecker, 1993. oblong miniature book (5.0 x 7.6 cm). paper-covered boards, Japanese bound. unpaginated. Limited to 10 copies (Bradbury, Karen Stahlecker 1). "Gathered from the land to celebrate and preserve a bit of the brief, fertile Alaska summer for the long dormant season to come." A collection of handmade papers with list of papers included. READ MORE about ALASKAN FLOWER PAPERS

Price: $350.00  other currencies  Order nr. 118354

(St. Louis, MO: The Hobbyhorse Press, 1999). oblong miniature book (7.5 x 11.5 cm.). thick handmade paper covers, string bound in Japanese fashion. 8 leaves. Limited to 20 numbered copies and signed by the author. Printed on handmade paper with handpainted covers. Ornaments and illustrations. READ MORE about THE MAGICAL LAND OF DAFFAND, AN ORIGINAL POEM

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 117884

Tubingen: Jäckle-Sönmez, 1995. miniature (7.5 x 5.5 cm). Leather strip on spine, marbled paper boards. (viii),75+(1) pages. Limited to an edition of 210, of which this is one of the 140 bound in marbled paper boards. 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 Europe dates back to the late 1500s when Istanbul became a...... READ MORE about TURCKISCH PAPIR. A SHORT HISTORY OF MARBLING IN THE ORIENT AND IN GERMANY

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 86842

(Montebourg): Association historique et culturelle de Montebourg et de son canon, (1994). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 383+(1) pages. Text in French. This book describes the occupation and liberation of Montebourg and the surrounding area during the Allied landing in Normandy during World War II. It uses eyewitness accounts along with documentation from the time to depict the people's struggle. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams throughout. Signed by Geneviève Le Cacheux, a member of the Association..... READ MORE about MONTEBOURG SE SOUVIENT, 6 JUIN-19 JUIN 1944

Price: $30.00  other currencies  Order nr. 95661

2 volumes.
Mittineague: Strathmore Paper Company, 1921. tall 4to. cloth-backed boards, later cardboard slipcase. 28, (4) pages followed by the 19 paper samples and folded specimen sheets. Accompanied by additional sample sheets numbered 20 to 46 which are loosely inserted. 2 volumes. Includes text illustrating the application of the system by T.M. Cleland, who also designed the book and provided the decorations on the color sheets along with Rudolph Ruzicka. Includes a separately-issued portfolio of sheets of..... READ MORE about GRAMMAR OF COLOR, ARRANGEMENTS OF STRATHMORE PAPERS IN A VARIETY OF PRINTED COLOR COMBINATION...

Price: $750.00  other currencies  Order nr. 121620

San Francisco: World Print Council, (1982). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 48 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by Jane M. Farmer for the Council. Foreword by Trisha Garlock, founding director of the Council. Essay by the organizer. Exhibition checklist. Color illustrations. Glossary and selected bibliography. READ MORE about NEW AMERICAN PAPERWORKS

Price: $17.50  other currencies  Order nr. 108603

Frankfurt: D. Stempel and Classen-Papier, (1989). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 101 pages. A history of this printing house. A fine copy in fine jacket. Introduction by Hermann Zapf. READ MORE about SCHWARZE KUNST - FARBIG : EINE DRUCKEREI IM WANDEL DER TECHNIK

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136774

(Seaton, England): The Old School Press, (2017). large 8vo. paper covered boards, paper spine label, two flaps hold the photographs and the booklet. 17, (1) pages with sixteen photographs. Limited to 130 numbered copies of which 100 were available for sale. From the publisher's website: In 1953 English paper-makers J. Barcham Green Ltd issued a modest booklet describing in detail the process of making paper at their Hayle Mill a small but valuable historical record..... READ MORE about PAPER MAKING BY HAND IN 1953

Price: $150.00  other currencies  Order nr. 136747

Novate Milanese, Italy: Cartiera Ventura, n.d. oblong 32mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in Italian. Paper specimens offered by the Cartiera firm. Spine lightly sunned. READ MORE about ALFRESCO DICIANNOVE COLORI A DUE GRAMMATURE PRONTI A DEPOSITO

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 125924