North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1978. 7 x 10 1/2. (5) pages of humorous text and 10 double-spreads of marbled papers. Wraps. Fine. Ever able to turn a sow's ear into a silk purse, Henry Morris turned his extremely disappointing paper purchase into a delightfully humorous work. Bagno Baroque..... More
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
Joppe, The Netherlands, (2020). 10 x 10. 80 pages illustrated with drawings. Fifty-eight mounted specimens of Karli's marbles are interspersed with instructions and tips for marbling. Printed boards laced onto leather strips, in stiff paper slipcase with labels. Fine. These magical marbles include "Dear Mistakes"--beautiful unintended results by accident. Witch..... More
(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
London: Hostmann Printing Ink Company, 1904. Second improved and enlarged edition. 5 1/4 x 8 1/2. 32 pages + 26 marbled specimens on 14 pages. Illustrations in the text. Tipped to the title page gutter is a small broadside advertisement & directions for Halfer's preserving solution for carrageen moss size..... More
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
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
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
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
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
(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. The marbled papers by Katherine Davis of Payhembury reproduce the patterns of Woolnough's specimens, following his instructions. The progressive series are especially interesting. Lovely edition..... More
