North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1978. 7 x 10 1/2. (5) pages of text and 10 double-spreads of marbled papers. Wraps. Fine. One of 400 copies. This being # 1 -- as were all other 400. More about THE WORLD'S WORST MARBLED PAPERS...BY THEODORE BACHAUS
Los Angeles: Dawson's Bookshop, 1983. 8 1/2 x 11. xiii, 190 pages, color frontis, 5 leaves of plates (3 in color) and 6 samples of original marbling. Oatmeal cloth with inset marbled specimen by Rubovitz. Fine. One of 850 numbered copies. Inscribed by the author in the colophon. More about MARBLING: A HISTORY AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Loughborough): Plough Press, 1971. 3 x 4. (7) pages accordion-fold, tipped into green cloth boards. One page of text is followed by 5 specimens of marbled paper. Fine. No. 8 of only 18 copies of this near-miniature spoof. The five funny-named marbled specimens are from an imaginary industry. This was... More about LOUGHBOROUGH MARBLE
Oldham: Incline Press, 2000. 8 x 11. 96 pages, 12 marbled specimens. Two-piece cloth & marbled boards, in cloth & board slipcase. Fine., with prospectus. One of 250 numbered & signed copies, printed by Graham Moss in black & several colors. Each of the 12 monthly chapters is preceded by... More about HARVESTING COLOUR. THE YEAR IN A MARBLER'S WORKSHOP
Bird & Bull Press, 1991. 6 x 9. 79 pages (52 text pages, 12 mounted specimens). Quarter cloth & marbled boards, leather spine label. As new. One of 250 copies. "Spanish techniques differ from regular marbling. They are a lot more intricate, complex, and require mush more concentration." "I have... More about VARIETIES OF SPANISH MARBLING
Tübingen, 2002. 8 x 12. 127 broadsheets: 17 text pages in English and German, 110 original specimens (each identified) tipped to printed sheet. Loose in portfolio of cloth and marbled boards tied with ribbon. Fine. No. 41 of 100 signed copies. Stone, Snail, Fantasy, Comb, Peacock, Bouquet, Tiger's Eye, Double-Marbled... More about Klassische Marmoriermuster
Izmir, 2017. Miniature. 3 x 2 1/4. 58 numbered pages (but many are blank or have a single word). sixteen text pages in English are followed by 6 original postage stamps loose in plastic mount. Green cloth gilt. Fine. No. 5 of 99 signed copies. More about Sönmez on Stamps I. "Marbled Flowers."
Izmir, 2017. Miniature. 3 x 2 1/4. 60 numbered pages (but many are blank or have a single word). Twenty-eight text pages in English are followed by 6 original postage stamps loose in plastic mount. Red cloth gilt. Fine. No. 5 of 99 signed copies. More about Sonmez on Stamps II: "Marbled Landscapes."
Tübingen, 2004. 8 1/2 x 12 1/2. 63 broadsheets: 5 text pages in English and German, 58 specimens tipped to printed sheet, loose in portfolio of cloth and marbled boards tied with ribbon. Fine. No. 38 of 42 copies. Signed by the author/marbler. These patterns are also referred to as sunbeam or sun pattern. More about Tigeraugen-Marmor. Tiger-Eye Marble
Tübingen, 1995. Miniature, 2 x 2 3/4. 75 pages, including 10 tipped in specimens of ebru. Full green morocco with envelope flap, gilt decoration on both covers, miniature marbled endpapers. Fine. No. III of 70 copies in this deluxe binding, signed by the author/marbler. The ancient art of Ebru, or... More about TURCKISCH PAPIR
Tübingen, 2002. 8 1/2 x 12 1/2. 58 broadsheets: 13 text pages in English and German, 45 large specimens tipped to printed sheet. Each of the specimens is signed. Laid into portfolio of blue cloth and marbled boards tied with ribbon. Fine. The Turkish ebru patterns from the earliest to... More about Türkische Ebru-Muster. Turkish Ebru Patterns
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1976. 6 x 9. 68 pp. Quarter morocco and marbled boards. Fine. One of 250 copies printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. More about The Mysterious Marbler
Los Angeles: Dawson's, 1978. 9 3/4 x 12 3/4. 61 pages. Quarter morocco and cloth by Gray Parrot. Fine in handsome custom slipcase, with prospectus. One of 200 copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press, signed by Weimann. Twenty-two (20 of which are full-page) marbled specimens include a Turkish... More about MARBLED PAPERS. Being a Collection of Twenty-two Contemporary Hand-Marbled Papers, showing a...
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. 7 x 10. 106 pages. 13 marbled specimens. Quarter morocco, marbled boards. Fine with the prospectus. First publication of a manuscript (Lyon, ca. 1642) on Turkish marbling. "The best Method of making Marbled Paper" from Journal Oeconomique 1758. The Marbler of Paper from Diderot-Alembert... More about THREE EARLY FRENCH ESSAYS ON PAPER MARBLING 1642-1765
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. 6 1/4 x 9 3/4. 161, (2) pages including illustrations & color plates. Morocco and deocorated paper boards. Fine. One of 350 copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press. More about LOUIS HERMAN KINDER AND FINE BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA
(London, 1881). Facsimile reprint by Plough Press, 1985. 5 x 8. 82 pages plus 38 leaves with 52 mounted marbled paper specimens. Cloth, gilt. Fine. One of 150 copies. The marbled papers by Katherine Davis of Payhembury reproduce the patterns of Woolnough's specimens. Lovely edition of a classic work. More about THE WHOLE ART OF MARBLING
