Lower Marston Farm: Whittington Press, 2002. 10 x 15. 62 pages. 38 ceremonial papers tipped in. Cloth & boards. A colorful paper fan is laid into a separate folder. Both slipcased. Inscription on blank from the printer John Randle (but not signed by him) to a fellow printer & wood..... More
[Germany, late c18 or early c19]. Broadside scene 11 1/2 x 14 on a 14 x 16 1/2 blue paste ground. There are three horizontal panels with 2 scenes in each. The story begins with troubadours (who may be singing this tale) under a tree, a fortress-like castle on a...... More
Tuscaloosa: Legacy Press, (2000). 5 1/2 x 10. x, 154 pages plus 5 original patterned paper specimens mounted. Quarter black cloth, black & white patterned boards by Gray Parrot. Fine. "Beginning in the 1950s, the American master of wood engraving, John DePol (1913–2004), cut small, endgrain blocks featuring subjects from..... More
Germany, early c19. 17 x 13 1/2. Eight rows of gilt figures depict about 50 trades from bakers and builders to artists and musicians. Several show the printing trades, including a wooden common press. A brilliant, fresh impression with virtually no wear. One of the best examples we have seen..... 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
Buffalo: Louis H. Kinder, 1893. Slip tipped over the imprint reads "Buffalo, N. Y.: The American Bookbinder Co., 1894." Second edition. 6 x 9. 240, (2) pages, including 10 plates with 5 full page and 30 smaller mounted specimens of marbled paper. Text printed in purple. The final two pages..... More
(Nuremberg, early c19). A diamond pattern (12 1/2 x 11) of simple flowers, grapes, & pomegranates embossed and gilt on a blue paste ground (15 1/2 x 13 1/4) is signed G. N. Renner & Abel" in the design. There is a central fold line, as these papers were traditionally..... More
Newton: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. 10 x 7. 77 pages plus 24 large tipped-in specimens of fancy early 20th c. tea chest papers. Quarter morocco & boards decorated in gilt, leather spine label by Barabara Blumenthal. Fine. These decorated papers, no longer made, were discovered in storage where they..... More
New Castle, 1990. 7 1/2 x 10. 57 pages, loose errata slip. Cloth & patterned boards. With 9 original samples of Rizzi patterned papers, printed in the 1930's from 19th c. blocks. Fine, with prospectus. One of 215 copies printed at Bird & Bull Press. 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
