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The mysterious marbler

Title
The mysterious marbler / James Sumner ; with an historical introduction, notes, and eleven original marbled samples by Richard J. Wolfe.
Author
Sumner, James.
Publication
North Hills, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 1976.

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TextRestricted use *KP (Bird) 80-302Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
TextPermit needed Schlosser 551Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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Additional Authors
  • Wolfe, Richard J. 1928-2017.
  • W. S. Hodgkinson Mill.
Description
68 p. : ill., 11 mounted col. samples; 24 cm.
Subjects
Note
  • "First published [London] 1854. Reprinted with additional contents by Bird & Bull Press 1976"--T.p. verso.
  • Printed on handmade paper by W.S. Hodgkinson with "Bird & Bull" watermark.
  • "The wood-engraved illustrations are taken from Jacob Abbott's The Harper Establishment (New York 1855)"--T.p. verso.
  • Binding, publisher's, by E.G. Parrot, of quarter blue oasis goat and marbled paper boards (marbled paper by by Richard J. Wolfe).
Indexed In (note)
  • Easton, P. Marbling
  • Taylor, W.T. Bird & Bull
Call Number
*KP (Bird) 80-302
LCCN
81482879
OCLC
NYPG814292734-B
Author
Sumner, James.
Title
The mysterious marbler / James Sumner ; with an historical introduction, notes, and eleven original marbled samples by Richard J. Wolfe.
Imprint
North Hills, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 1976.
Indexed In:
Easton, P. Marbling, p. 174
Taylor, W.T. Bird & Bull, A18
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Local Subject
Paper, Handmade -- England -- Wookey Hole -- Specimens.
Added Author
Wolfe, Richard J. 1928-2017.
W. S. Hodgkinson Mill.
Research Call Number
*KP (Bird) 80-302 Library has: No. 214 of "approximately 250 copies" printed; cf. colophon.
Schlosser 551 Library has: No. 31 of "approximately 250 copies" printed; cf. colophon. Library has: Prospectus ([4] p.) laid in.
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