(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS, WITH SPECIMENS OF ELEVEN ORIGINAL TOKENS STRUCK ESPECIALLY FOR THIS BOOK.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 133743

(Bird & Bull Press). Nevins, Iris.

VARIETIES OF SPANISH MARBLING, A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION WITH TWELVE ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 126684

(Bird & Bull Press). Schmoller, Tanya.

REMONDINI AND RIZZI, A CHAPTER IN ITALIAN DECORATED PAPER HISTORY.

New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1990. 8vo. cloth-backed, patterned paper (in facsimile of an original Remondini pattern specially executed by Henry Morris), leather spine label. 55, (5) pages. Limited to 215 numbered copies, of whicht his copy is classified as "publisher's copy" (Berger B36). Set in Perpetua and printed letterpress on Johannot mould-made paper by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. Italian block-printed papers were the start of the collection of decorated..... READ MORE about REMONDINI AND RIZZI, A CHAPTER IN ITALIAN DECORATED PAPER HISTORY

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 71189

(Bird & Bull Press). Sumner, James.

THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND 11 ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES BY RICHARD J. WOLFE.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 125381

(Bird & Bull Press). Weisse, Franz.

THE ART OF MARBLING.

North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1980. 4to. leather spine, marbled paper over boards. 79 pages and 14 tipped-in specimen sheets. Limited to 300 numbered copies (Heaney A23). Translated from the German with an Introduction and Fourteen Original Marbled Specimens by Richard J. Wolfe. 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..... READ MORE about THE ART OF MARBLING

Price: $750.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11330

(Bird & Bull Press). Wolfe, Richard J.

ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER, A NINETEENTH CENTURY MARBLING ACCOUNT EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH FOURTEEN ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 133811

Brown, H. Glenn and Maude O. Brown.

DIRECTORY OF PRINTING, PUBLISHING, BOOKSELLING & ALLIED TRADES IN RHODE ISLAND TO 1865.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 19970

Fichtenberg, M.

NEW AND COMPLETE MANUAL ON THE MAKING OF FANCY PAPERS BY M. FICHTENBERG.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 106047

(Marbling). Chambers, Anne.

THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MARBLING PAPER.

(New York): Thames and Hudson, (1988). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 88 pages. Reprint of the 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. Fine copy. READ MORE about THE PRACTICAL GUIDE TO MARBLING PAPER

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133810

(Marbling). Frigge, Karli.

THE MAGIC OF MARBLING.

Joppe, the Netherlands: Karli Frigge, 2020. 25 x 25 cm. paper covered boards in a glued and sewn binding with five leather endbands, paper cardstock slipcase with paper label on the cover and spine. (8), 9-12, followed by 59 samples of marbled paper. First edition limited to 110 numbered copies. Translated by Erik Zuurbier and edited by Sidney Berger. Typography by Willie Bosch. The book is bound by Karli Frigge herself, with assistance from Steintje..... READ MORE about THE MAGIC OF MARBLING

Price: $900.00  other currencies  Order nr. 135351

(Marbling). Grünebaum, Gabriele.

TECHNIQUES FOR MARBLEIZING PAPER.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 130802

(Marbling).

TURKISH MARBLED PAPER. NEDIM SÖNMEZ, YVONNE JÄCKLE-SÖNMEZ, TÜRKISCH PAPIER EBRU.

Tubingen: N. Sonmez & Y. Jackle-Sonmez, (1987). small 4to. paper wrappers. 107 pages. First edition. With text in English, German and Turkish. Preface followed by an article by Emin Bann on The Turkish Art of Ebru, Lipps- Kant on the marbled pictures of the two artists, a section on technique of marbling and 47 plates showing their work with 38 in full color. READ MORE about TURKISH MARBLED PAPER. NEDIM SÖNMEZ, YVONNE JÄCKLE-SÖNMEZ, TÜRKISCH PAPIER EBRU

Price: $75.00  other currencies  Order nr. 22028

(Marbling). Sims, Laura.

MARBLING: EASY & ELEGANT PROJECTS FOR PAPER & FABRIC.

New York, NY: Sterling Publishing Compsny, (2002). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 80 pages. A work in "The Weekend Crafter" series. Table of contents, introduction, list of contributing artists, resources, index. Color illustrations throughout. Focuses on a variety of marbling projects. READ MORE about MARBLING: EASY & ELEGANT PROJECTS FOR PAPER & FABRIC

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133817