Search Results: marbling a history and by easton phoebe jane

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1983. 4to (280 x 220 mm), xiv, 190pp., limited to 750 numbered copies, signs of labels having been removed, includes a number of tipped-in samples (of which some are coloured), minor stain to lower spine effect several text leaves, orig. cloth, marbled paper sample inset in front cover. One of the most comprehensive texts written on marbling, designed by Joseph Simon and Lillian Marks. Included is a history of the craft in Japan, the Near East, Europe and America.

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1983. Copy number 451 of 850. Hardback. 4to. [i - iv], v - xiii, [1 - 2], 3 - 190pp. Plus colophon. Original beige cloth boards. Upper board inset with an example of marbled paper (varies between copies). No jacket. Tipped-in colour frontispiece of Necmeddin style marbled flower from Turkey. Six illustrations of Suminagashi; illustrations of Elephant & Rider and a Mughal Princess; two pages of patterns (9 patterns per page); Examples of marbled papers tipped in between pages 66 and 67, these include: Beninagashi, Suminagashi, Hatip Ebru and Ebru. Nine colour illustrations (on one page) showing the progressive steps in marbling (by Chris Weimann); illustrations of Continental Currency and a Change Note; a page showing eight examples of patterns in colour; a photograph of a Seventeenth century box with marbled paper lining; a series of photographs showing edge marbling by John Dickinson Stationery. The text of the book is divided as follows: Suminagashi; The… Read More

Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop, 1983 One of 850 copies, signed by the author. Designed and produced by Joseph Simon and Lillian Marks. Full natural linen with spine stamped in brown. Marbled paper sample affixed to front cover. Quarto. With tipped in frontispiece, six tipped in marbled paper samples, seven pages of color illustrations showing forty-five examples of marbling and 3 pages of b/w plates, plus three pages of black and white illustrations. Front fly-leaf a little foxed, otherwise a fine copy.