WOLFE (Richard J.). On Improvements in Marbling the Edges of Books and Paper. A Nineteenth Century Marbling Account Explained and Illustrated with Fourteen Original Marbled Samples.. Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1983.

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Description: Oblong 12mo (155 x 115 mm), 64pp., limited to 350 numbered copies, 14 mounted specimens of marbled paper, quarter leather over marbled paper covered boards, uncut. Reprints the first American treatise on marbling, an account which appeared in the April, 1829 issue of the Journal of the Franklin Institute, with additional text by Wolfe. Beautifully printed on handmade paper.

Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United Kingdom

(Bird & Bull Press); Richard J. Wolfe. ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER A Nineteenth Century Marbling Account Explained and Illustrated with Fourteen Original Marbled Samples. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, Pa., 1983.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Quarter teal oasis leather gilt with leather tips and marbled paper-covered boards, DW, landscape 12mo., 64, (1) pages + 14 labelled pages with mounted paper specimens marbled by Richard J. Wolfe. One of 350 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press on Hahnemuhle mouldmade paper and bound by E. G. Parrot. With the sewn, eight-page prospectus bound dos-a-dos with "Japanese Paper Balloon Bombs" using another example of Wolfe's marbled paper for the cover. A fine copy in the original clear DW.

Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.

Wolfe, Richard J.. On improvements in marbling the edges of books and paper.[reprinted from J.Franklin Inst.(1829)]. Bird & Bull press, Newtown, PA, 1983.

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Description: With introduction and 14 origianl marbled samples by Wolfe. Quarter morocco, marbled boards. No. 152 of 350 copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press.

Seller: Jeremy Norman's historyofscience, Novato, CA, U.S.A.

Wolfe, Richard J.. On Improvements in Marbling the Edges of Books and Paper: A Nineteenth Century Marbling Account Explained and Illustrated with Fourteen Original Marbled Samples. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, Pennsylvania, 1983.

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Condition: As New

Description: Copy number 306 of 350 printed. Oblong volume, illustrated with fourteen marbled paper samples, by Wolfe, tipped in. Oblong volume that reprints the first American Treatise on Marbling, an account which appeared in the April 1829 issue of the Journal of the Franklin Institute, with additional text by Wolfe. Printed on Hahnemuhle mouldmade paper. Bound in quarter morocco over marbled paper-covered boards and leather tips, gilt titling on spine, by E. Gray Parrot. 64 pages of text, followed by 14 leaves with tipped-in samples, followed by colophon page. Heaney A37.

Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Wolfe, Richard J.. ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER, A NINETEENTH CENTURY MARBLING ACCOUNT EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH FOURTEEN ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, PA, 1983.

Price: US$240.00 + shipping

Description: oblong 12mo. quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards, leather tips, later half leather, paper coverd boards clamshell box. 64 pages followed by the tipped-in samples. First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies (Heaney A37). Reprints the first American Treatise on Marbling, an account which appears in the April 1829 issue of the Journal of the Franklin Institute with additional text by Wolfe. Beautifully printed on handmade paper. Edges of covers show light toning. Edges of the text block show light spottin. quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards, leather tips, later half leather, paper coverd boards clamshell box

Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.

WOLFE, Richard J.. On Improvements in Marbling the edges of Books and Paper. A Nineteenth Century Marbling Account Explained and Illustrated with Fourteen Original Marbled Samples. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, PA, 1983.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: Oblong 12mo, fourteen tipped-in marbled paper samples, original quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards by Gray Parrot. Very fine copy with the Prospectus laid in. Very fine copy with the Prospectus laid in First edition. One of 350 numbered copies (the entire edition) on Hahnemühle mouldmade paper.

Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.

Wolfe, Richard J.. On Improvements in Marbling the edges of Books and Paper. A Nineteenth Century Marbling Account Explained and Illustrated with Fourteen Original Marbled Samples. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, Pa, 1983.

Price: US$250.00 + shipping

Description: First edition, no. 202 of 350 copies on Hahnemuhle mouldmade paper. With fourteen tipped-in marbled paper samples. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo. Inscribed by author on the flyleaf. Quarter blue morocco & marbled boards. Fine With fourteen tipped-in marbled paper samples. 1 vols. Oblong 12mo First edition, no. 202 of 350 copies on Hahnemuhle mouldmade paper.

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Wolfe, Richard J.,. On Improvements in Marbling the Edges of Books and Paper. Newtown, Pennsylvania: Bird & Bull Press, 1983.

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Condition: Fine

Description: Size: 6 1/8 in. x 4 ½ in. Oblong. 91 pp. No. 331 of 350 copies, printed by Henry Morris at Bird & Bull Press and bound in quarter teal morocco and marbled paper, with morocco tips. Gilt titling on spine. Illustrated with fourteen marbled samples tipped in. In an acetate wrapper which shows light rubbing on the spine and a chip at the upper edge of the spine. A double prospectus bound dos-a-dos is inserted announcing two books: this one and "Japanese Paper Balloon bombs." The reverse of one of the cover pages of the prospectus shows some dye residue from the marbling process.

Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.

Wolfe, Richard J.. ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER, A NINETEENTH CENTURY MARBLING ACCOUNT EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH FOURTEEN ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, PA, 1983.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: oblong 12mo. quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards, leather tips. 64 pages followed by the tipped-in samples. First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies (Heaney A37). Reprints the first American Treatise on Marbling, an account which appears in the April 1829 issue of the Journal of the Franklin Institute with additional text by Wolfe. Beautifully printed on handmade paper. Prospectus loosely inserted. quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards, leather tips

Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.

Wolfe, Richard J.. On improvements in marbling the edges of books and paper: a nineteenth century marbling account.. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, 1983.

Price: US$312.50 + shipping

Description: Edition limited to 350 copies (this no. 128), oblong 12mo, pp. 64, [30]; 14 samples of marbled paper tipped in, original blue morocco-backed marbled paper-covered boards by Gray Parrot, gilt title direct on spine; fine. Original 8-page dos-a-dos prospectus laid in. The text for this book was originally published in the Journal of the Franklin Institute, April 1829, translated from the French. The introduction and the marble paper for the covers are by Richard Wolfe. Thirty A37.

Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.