Winchester: The Alembic Press, 1986. small 4to. cloth. (46) pages. Limited to 96 numbered copies, handprinted. Illustrated with Twenty Seven Samples of their Specially hand marbled Papers. The samples of marbled paper are tipped-in. READ MORE about THE COMPTON MARBLING PATTERN BOOK
Price: $190.00 Order nr. 13556
Oxford: The Alembic Press, 1992. small 4to. portfolio tied with ribbon. 18 sections loosely inserted. First edition, limited to 150 numbered copies. Contains 17 examples of Compton Marbling's paper, each developed especially for an individual customer, or for themselves for a particular market. Each sample is tipped into a folded leaf with descriptive text. Some of the sheets contain other samples, such as an original that was used by the company for matching. Portfolio is..... READ MORE about COMPTON MARBLING PORTFOLIO OF PATTERNS
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 35097
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1989. 8vo. quarter morocco leather with paper-covered sides and leather spine label. 83, (3) pages. Accompanied by a heavy die-cut board folder containing 11 different copper tokens minted by individual booksellers & bookmakers especially for this book, all enclosed in a slipcase. First edition. Limited to 300 numbered copies, 250 of which are for sale (Berger A47). Morris provides a history of these tokens that includes many illustrated reproductions..... READ MORE about TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS, WITH SPECIMENS OF ELEVEN...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 133743
N.P. Bird & Bull Press and Iris Nevins, 1991. 8vo. quarter cloth, Spanish marbled sides, leather spine label. 79 pages. First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies (Berger A49). Composed in Cochin types and printed on Johannot mouldmade paper. Of all the marbled patterns, the Spanish is the most difficult to achieve. This book contains detailed instructions for making twelve different patterns, as well as original 5 x 8 inch specimens. No literature or documentation..... READ MORE about VARIETIES OF SPANISH MARBLING, A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION WITH TWELVE ORIGINAL MARBLED...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 31962
N.P. Bird & Bull Press and Iris Nevins, 1991. 8vo. quarter cloth, Spanish marbled sides, leather spine label. 79 pages. First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies; this copy has "K" in place of a number (Berger A49). Composed in Cochin types and printed on Johannot mouldmade paper. Of all the marbled patterns, the Spanish is the most difficult to achieve. This book contains detailed instructions for making twelve different patterns, as well as original..... READ MORE about VARIETIES OF SPANISH MARBLING, A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION WITH TWELVE ORIGINAL MARBLED...
Price: $295.00 Order nr. 126684
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1976. 8vo. quarter blue leather over marbled paper-covered boards. 71 pages. First edition, one of about 250 numbered copies (Taylor A18). A reprint of this manual on marbling which first appeared in 1854. Marbling had been practiced as a "secret art" until the 1850s. This little manual supplemented an earlier manual by Charles Woolnough published in 1851. READ MORE about THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND 11 ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES BY...
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 125381
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1983. oblong 12mo. quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards, leather tips. 64 pages followed by the tipped-in samples. First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies (Heaney A37). Reprints the first American Treatise on Marbling, an account which appears in the April 1829 issue of the Journal of the Franklin Institute with additional text by Wolfe. Beautifully printed on handmade paper. READ MORE about ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER, A NINETEENTH CENTURY MARBLING ACCOUNT...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 462
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1983. oblong 12mo. quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards, leather tips, later half leather, paper coverd boards clamshell box. 64 pages followed by the tipped-in samples. First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies (Heaney A37). Reprints the first American Treatise on Marbling, an account which appears in the April 1829 issue of the Journal of the Franklin Institute with additional text by Wolfe. Beautifully printed on handmade paper. Edges..... READ MORE about ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER, A NINETEENTH CENTURY MARBLING ACCOUNT...
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 133811
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. 8vo. quarter bound by E.G. Parrot in morocco and tips with leather spine label, and "snail" pattern marbled paper sides made by Wolfe especially for this edition. 106 pages. Limited to 310 numbered copies and hand-printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press on Umbria handmade paper (Heaney A43). WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND THIRTEEN ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES. Wolfe has translated an unpublished manuscript from Lyon circa..... READ MORE about THREE EARLY FRENCH ESSAYS ON PAPER MARBLING, 1642-1765
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 17530
Sussex: I. Nevins, (1986). 8vo. cloth with marbled paper specimen on front cover. (iv), 318 pages. Limited to 300 numbered and signed copies.This reprint of the first practical bookbinding manual (1856) contains 18 hand-marbled specimens, marbled according to directions given in the text by Iris Nevins. She has also written a two page introduction. READ MORE about A MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING Originally issued with 7 hand-marbled specimens by Mr. Charles...
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 118156
N.P. Cooper Union Museum, (1954). tall 8vo. later library binder. 12 pages. Six illustrations of marbled and other decorated paper followed by a list of the samples in the exhibition. Library bookplate with withdrawn notice. READ MORE about DECORATED BOOK PAPERS SEVENTEENTH TO TWENTIETH CENTURY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 14396
Boston: Richard J. Wolfe, 1991. 8vo. decorated paper over cloth-backed boards. xix, 15, 23, (7) pages. Limited to 250 signed copies, 200 for sale. Text is a facsimile of original Dutch text with translation on facing page. Gives information on gilding of leather; paper; silk; velvet and fore edge, marbling on edges of calf and sheepskin, and dyeing of calf and sheepskin. Tipped-in are 8 samples of some of the processes explained in the book..... READ MORE about GEHEIMEN DER BOEKBINDERIJ, SECRETS OF BOOKBINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY DUTCH BOOKBINDING...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 34250
New York: New York Public Library, 1948. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 211 pages. Lists of bibliographies followed by directory and chronological index of names and newspapers and magazines by city. Lists marblers. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF PRINTING, PUBLISHING, BOOKSELLING & ALLIED TRADES IN RHODE ISLAND TO 1865
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 19970
New York: The New York Public Library, 1950. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 129 pages. First separate edition, reprinted from the Bulletin. Excellent source document. With information on marblers. Name in ink on free endpaper. READ MORE about DIRECTORY OF THE BOOK-ARTS AND BOOK TRADE IN PHILADELPHIA TO 1820, INCLUDING PAINTERS AND ENGRAVERS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 20568
Edited by Richard J. Wolfe
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2010. 5 x 7.25 inches. hardcover. 242 pages. Edited by Richard J. Wolfe. New and Complete Manual on the Making of Fancy Papers was originally written in French by M. Fichtenberg in 1852. Richard Wolfe has translated the book into English and added a new preface. The craft of marbling paper was introduced into Europe and the Middle East from Turkey and Germany during the last two decades of..... READ MORE about NEW AND COMPLETE MANUAL ON THE MAKING OF FANCY PAPERS BY M. FICHTENBERG
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 106047
Leicester: Dryad Press, 1976. oblong 12mo. paper wrappers. 16 pages. First edition. Dryad Leaflet 505. With 19 color illustrations. READ MORE about MARBLING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 2551
N.P. Busyhaus Publications, (1983). oblong 8vo. half leather over cloth. 65, (3) pages. One of 200 numbered copies bound in half leather by the Harcourt Bindery. A study of marbling with an introduction by Don Guyot, including essays and original tipped-in specimens by ten marblers made just for this edition along with technical notes, and a bibliography of the subject. Finely printed at the Naiman Press. Includes a wood engraving by Michael McCurdy. READ MORE about AMERICAN DECORATIVE PAPERMAKERS, THE WORK & SPECIMENS OF TWELVE CRAFT ARTISTS
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 5313
New York: Thames and Hudson, 1986. cloth, dust jacket. 88 pages. First U.S. edition. Contains 82 illustrations with 54 in color. Introduction by Bernard C. Middleton. Excellent for professionals and amateurs. Shows the technique of marbling paper in the classic tradition, using ox gall and water colors on a size of carragheen moss. READ MORE about THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MARBLING PAPER
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 18975
(Loveland, CO): Interweave Press, (1990). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 94 pages. With the assistance of Eden Gray. Table of contents, introduction, glossary, bibliography, lists of sources and suppliers, checklist of equipment and supplies, index. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. Includes instructions for preparation and the marbling process tiself. READ MORE about MARBLING ON FABRIC
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133818
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., (1986). small 8vo. decorated boards. 14 pages followed by 32 color plates. First U.S. edition of this exhibition catalogue issued by the Victoria and Albert Museum. Ex-library copy. READ MORE about DECORATIVE ENDPAPERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 20235
Taos: Fresh Ink Press, (1990). oblong 8vo. paper wrappers, spiral binding. 40 pages. First edition. Illustrated by Michael Newhall. A practical manual. Fine condition. READ MORE about MARBLING ON FABRIC
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 30915
Issued as Volume II of the series Sample Books.
(Joppe, The Netherlands: Frits Knuf, 1993). narrow 4to. cloth with paper sample inset on cover, slipcase. (xii), 11+(3) pages. Issued as Volume II of the series Sample Books. Printed in an edition limited to 75 numbered and signed copies. Realized by Karli Frigge, this is the second in a series of Sample books. Includes a history of Edward Seymour (1898-1979) and the Fancy Paper Company, London, written by Lietje van Hovell tot Westerflier. Paper was..... READ MORE about SAMPLE BOOK OF SEYMOUR
Price: $475.00 Order nr. 73838
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 Order nr. 73845
New York: Dover Publications, 1984. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 16 pages. Part 1 describes the methods for classic and oil-color marbleizing, outlining basic mistakes and their solutions. Part 2 goes on to give specific instructions for creating twelve traditional patterns. READ MORE about HOW TO MARBLEIZE PAPER STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR 12 TRADITIONAL PATTERNS
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 23125
New York, NY: Dover Publications, (1992). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Table of contents, introduction. Black and white illustrations throughout. Color illustrations on inside endpapers. READ MORE about TECHNIQUES FOR MARBLEIZING PAPER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 130802
