Paris: Payot, 1928. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 391 pages. First edition. A glossary of terms and guide to the practice of selling antiquarian books. Discusses the sale of books, commissions, production of books, book-keeping for the bookseller, paper, etc. Covers worn and chipped. READ MORE about MANUEL D'EDITION ET DE LIBRAIRIE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 32380
Paris: Payot, 1928. tall 8vo. later cloth. 391 pages. First edition. A glossary of terms and guide to the practice of selling antiquarian books. Discusses the sale of books, commissions, production of books, book-keeping for the bookseller, paper, etc. READ MORE about MANUEL D'EDITION ET DE LIBRAIRIE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 45692
Philadelphia, PA: Henry Carey Baird, 1856. 12mo. original blind-stamped brown cloth; author, title, and publisher gilt-stamped on spine. 318, (2), 18 pages. First edition of the first American bookbinding manual (Mejer 1950; Appleton 83; Brenni no. 39-for the first edition) in the original binding in near-fine condition. Preface, table of contents, introduction, glossary of technical terms, index. Advertisements of other works by the publisher follow text. Frontispiece. Contains 12 plates of bindings and 7 samples..... READ MORE about A MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING, CONTAINING FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF...
Price: $1,500.00 Order nr. 129240
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
Hamilton: The Beckett Paper Co., (1926). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper spine label. (xviii), 244 pages. Second printing. Manual on how to advertise with emphasis on proper use of paper and illustrations. A standard text. With examples of color work. Covers rubbed and soiled. Half of first blank page is missing. READ MORE about BUCKEYE BOOK OF DIRECT ADVERTISING
Price: $6.00 Order nr. 4223
Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, (1957). 8vo. cloth. xii, 244 pages. First edition. Manual about printing, papermaking, bookbinding, printing inks and other aspects of printing. '50' in ink on cover and spine. Light wear. READ MORE about PRINTING AND ALLIED GRAPHIC ARTS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 59042
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
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., (1991). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 128 pages. First edition. Explains the basic techniques of marbling and then provides instructions for 40 different projects using marbled fabric or paper. Illustrated in color throughout. READ MORE about MARBLING PAPER & FABRIC
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 32772
Leipzig: Fachbuchverlag, (1979). 8vo. paper-covered pictorial boards. 232 pages. Frst edition. A technical manual demonstrating how to make recycled paper. Includes numerous diagrams, charts, graphs, and bibliographical references. Corners bumbed, stamp on half-title. READ MORE about ALTPAPIER, FASERSTOFF FÜR DIE PAPIERERZEUGUNG
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 74506
London: E. & F.N. Spon, Ltd., 1916. thick 8vo. cloth. x, 507, 48, 9 pages. Fourth edition, containing additional matter, and in part re-written, with collaboration of J.F. Briggs. Written to bring before students and others the principles upon which scientific paper-making should be conducted. Many illustrations. Spine rubbed. Frontispiece loose. Library stamps on front pastedown and endpaper. READ MORE about A TEXT-BOOK OF PAPER-MAKING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 78229
(Asheville, NC): Lark Books, (1992). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 144 pages. Table of contents, introduction, glossary, index, list of suppliers, acknowledgments, photographic credits. Color illustrations throughout. A thorough discussion. READ MORE about ART AND CRAFT OF PAPERMAKING: STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING DISTINCTIVE HANDMADE PAPER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134098
Berlin: Verlag der Papier-Zeitung (Carl Hofmann), 1911-12. 8vo. cloth. 92, (4) pages. Second edition. German manual on commercial papermaking. Divided into three sections: calculations, technical details, and papermaking statistics & organization. Includes several tables. Previous owner's stamp on title page. READ MORE about KAUFMÄNNISCHES FÜR PAPIERMACHER
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 74547
New York: Watson Guptill Publications, (1979). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 216 pages. First edition, second printing. A good practical manual on the theory and practice of making hand made paper. Well-illustrated. Jacket chipped around edges and at spine ends. READ MORE about PAPERMAKING
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 117099
Biberach an der Riss: Güntter-Staib, n.d. (after 1906). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 123 pages. Offprint from Wochenblatt für PapierfabrikattonJahrgang 1904, 1905, and 1906. Second edition. Technical manual for papermaking, many diagrams and formulas. Indices. Name in ink on first free endpaper. Some pages torn and repaired with scotch tape.(Legible). READ MORE about DIE GRUNDLEHREN DER MECHANIK UND IHRE ANWENDUNG IM PAPIERFABRIKSBETRIEBE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 74053
(Beltsville, MD): Hand Papermaking Inc., 2007. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, enclosed in a cloth clamshell box with paper spine label. 45, (3) pages. followed by 15 separate portfolios each of which contain a tipped-in example executed by different artists. Limited to 150 numbered sets. The text contains a short introduction and is followed by biographical sketches of the papermakers, details on the technical production of their specimen and artists' statements. Each portfolio contains an example..... READ MORE about CALLIGRAPHY AND HANDMADE PAPER
Price: $495.00 Order nr. 100296
Special Photography by Jacqui Hurst.
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, (1998). square small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 160 pages. Special Photography by Jacqui Hurst. First edition. More than 20 step-by-step techniques for making and designing with paper. Filled with color illustrations. READ MORE about PAPER, MAKING, DECORATING, DESIGNING
Price: $24.95 Order nr. 61715
New York: Watson Guptill Publications, (1979). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 216 pages. First edition, second printing. A good practical manual on the theory and practice of making hand made paper. Well-illustrated. READ MORE about PAPERMAKING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 41082
Washington: International Cooperation Administration, 1958. 4to. stiff paper wrappers with fabric spine as issued. (xii), 258 pages followed by 26 leaves of paper specimens. A manual for initiating a small-scale papermaking industry, aimed at encouraging third-world and emerging nations to produce their own paper and paper products. With chapters on types of paper, techniques, equipment, proceedures and more. Index, five appendices. READ MORE about PAPERMAKING AND MANUFACTURE OF PAPER PRODUCTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 48237
New York: Dover Publications, (1990). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 112 pages. Corrected republication of the first edition which was published in 1977. A step-by-step guide to making paper which includes 160 black and white detailed illustrations to introduce the various techniques of making paper and the necessary materials, tools and equipment used. Includes a bibliography and index. Name in ink. READ MORE about ART & CRAFT OF HANDMADE PAPER
Price: $7.95 Order nr. 30905
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., (1977). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 112 pages. Illustrated. Near fine. READ MORE about THE ART & CRAFT OF HANDMADE PAPER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 5609
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. 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). This new work, limited to 300 copies of which 275..... READ MORE about DER VOLLKOMMNE PAPIERFÄRBER: THE ACCOMPLISHED PAPER COLORER
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 99499
