THE WORLD'S WORST MARBLED PAPERS...BY THEODORE BACHAUS.
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
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MARBLING: A HISTORY AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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
Sample Book of the Fancy Paper Factory Aschaffenburg.
(Joppe): Frits Knuf, (1993). 4 x 10 1/2. A 14-page English introduction & history is followed by 26 accordion-fold pages with 90 mounted specimens of Aschaffenburg papers. The book opens to several feet, and is fitted with a flap to hold the book so all specimens are visible at the..... More
HARVESTING COLOUR. THE YEAR IN A MARBLER'S WORKSHOP. Introduction by Barry McKay.
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
Klassische Marmoriermuster. Classic Marbling Patterns.
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
Sönmez on Stamps I. "Marbled Flowers." With six stamps printed by Turkish postal system.
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 mounts. Green cloth gilt. Fine. "The Turkish passion for flowers is well known," writes Sönmez. The..... More
Sonmez on Stamps II: "Marbled Landscapes." With six stamps printed by Turkish postal system.
Izmir, 2017. Miniature. 3 x 2 1/4. Twenty-eight text pages in English are followed by 6 original postage stamps loose in plastic mount. (There are 60 numbered pages, but many are blank or have a single word.) Red cloth gilt. Fine. The 6 marbled images are Istanbul, Alps, North Italian..... More
Tigeraugen-Marmor. Tiger-Eye Marble.
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..... More
TURCKISCH PAPIR. A Short History of Marbling in the Orient and in Germany. With 10 Original Marbled Papers.
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
MARBLED PAPERS. Being a Collection of Twenty-two Contemporary Hand-Marbled Papers, showing a variety of patterns and special techniques.
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
THREE EARLY FRENCH ESSAYS ON PAPER MARBLING 1642-1765.
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
LOUIS HERMAN KINDER AND FINE BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA. A Chapter in the History of the Roycroft Shop.
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
THE WHOLE ART OF MARBLING.
(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
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