Beschreibung:

Sumner (James). The Mysterious Marbler. With an Historical Introduction, Notes..., by Richard J. Wolfe, North Hills, Pennsylvania: Bird & Bull Press, 1976, 11 mounted marbled paper samples, wood engraved illustrations, edges untrimmed, original morocco-backed marbled boards, contained in original slipcase, 8vo (limited edition 147/250), together with: Woolnough (C.W.), A Pretty Mysterious Art, a lecture by C.W. Woolnough to the Royal Society of Arts, introduced by Barry McKay & new marbled samples by Ann Muir, Denby Dale, Huddersfield: Fleece Press, 1996, 11 mounted marbled paper samples (including frontispiece), original cloth-backed marbled boards, in original book box, 8vo (limited edition of 300 copies printed, comprising 270 in quarter cloth & 30 in quarter vellum), accompanied with the prospectus, Chambers (Anne), The principal antique patterns of marbled papers made and described by Anne Chambers with an introduction by Bernard Middleton, Burford, Oxfordshire: Cygnet Press, 1984, 14 mounted marbled paper samples, original boards, spine slightly faded, 8vo (limited edition 166/250), Middleton (Bernard), The whole art of bookbinding. The whole process of marbling paper, reprinted from the original editions, with a foreword by Bernard C. Middleton and twelve specimens of marbled paper and notes by Richard J. Wolfe, Austin: W. Thomas Taylor 1987, 12 mounted marbled paper samples on four leaves, original cloth-backed boards, 8vo (limited edition of 500 copies printed) (Qty: 5)