Paper Samples (13 results)

Utica, N. Y.: Self. Very good condition/No Dustjacket. ca. 1930. oblong 64mo., unpaginated . Very good condition/No Dustjacket. Color Samples (illustrator).

Circa 1930s. Folded card printed to front panel only. 6-1/2" x 4-3/8" Sample card from B. & K. [Company], a paper product producer whom we speculate was based in the New England area. Interestingly, anyone wishing to place an order could do so by telegraphing the word "Fabulously." Additional specifications regarding the type of envelope and inset to go with this sample are also included. Large patch of adehesive with paper remnants and abrasion to rear panel. Else clean and crisp. VG. Stiff white cardstock with deckle-like edges. Gilt and green "Menu" and illustration embossed to head of front panel, descriptive text printed in black. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Winterbourne high quality laid paper samples. Thomas N. Fairbanks Company, New York. Charles Pont bookplate on the front paste down. Nice condition. Measures 10" x 6 1/2"; slender volume with white paper covered board witht light soil. Internally the paper samples are clean, bright and complete.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Light general wear with faint rubbing to the corners and spine ends. Text block primarily composed of blank sample sheets. A nice clean copy.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Copyright Date: 1996 Octavo, Boxed Set Of Paper Card Spirol Bound Or Perfect Bound Sales Sample Booklets, 1996, 1997, Tabbed Sections, Unpaginated, Octavo, Boxed Set Of Paper Card Spirol Bound Or Perfect Bound Sales Sample Booklets. Color And Texture Samples Of Various Papers And Products (illustrator).…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, Nd. c. 1930's. 13 actual samples of wallpaper and numerous colour and black and white plates throughout. Contents generally very good. Publishers Art Deco card covers with circular onlayed piece of wallpaper, some light rubbing and darkening, else very good copy. The metal spiral binding is slightly rusty. Still a very good copy of this superbly produced advertising publishing with an iconic Art Deco binding. Scarce. Actual samples of wallpaper & plates throughout. (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition 1928. Typographic borders and designs throughout. Complete with 19 pages of printed paper samples. Some very light foxing to page edges. Publishers gilt decorated red cloth very lightly rubbed and marked, else very good bright clean copy. Lovely piece of book production. Illustrated throughout and with actual paper samples. (illustrator).…

Non-Book. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Three paper swatchbooks, offering samples of various paper types from stationery companies. Curious Collection Swatchbook: 2014, unfolds to 4 panels, 4 mounted swatchbooks and 6 bound leaves. Neenah Swatchbook: 2014, unfolds to 4.5 panels, 3 mounted swatchbooks and 6 bound leaves. Utopia Swatchbook: no date, unfolds to 4 panels, 6 mounted swatchbooks and 2 loose notepads. All books a little handled, minor creases and bumps, else Near Fine. International shipping billed at cost. International shipping billed at cost. Photos upon request.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

7 Items bound together in publisher's-style blue morocco. Tall 8vo, total c.pp324, excellent. With numerous illustrations. The complete Handbooks 1-VI + The Supplement of 38 paper samples. Attractively bound together and retaining all the original front card covers. Comprises 1. Approach To Print : 2. Hand & Mechanical Composition & Proof-Reading etc : 3. Illustrations, Foundry Work & Letterpress Printing : 4. Paper : 5. Lithography & Other Processes : 6. Warehouse & Bindery Work. Also includes the Supplement of 38 Paper Samples. **** To confirm availability before ordering, please click the link Ask Bookseller A Question. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

8vo (23.5 x 15.5 cm). 68, [1, colophon] pages. 11 specimens tipped in. Original quarter blue morocco, marbled boards, edges untrimmed. In a cloth folding case. Printed on Hodginson B&B hand made paper with Times Roman types. The marbled samples and cover papers were made by Richard J. Wolfe. Bound by E. G. Parrott II. With the prospectus (age toned). Reprints Sumner's 1854 manual on marbling, "representative of the various modes and styles of marbling, and of the means of accomplishing them" (prospectus). A fine, clean copy One of approximately 250 copies (this is number 67).…

12mo. [4],3-38, [4] pp. With 7 marbled paper samples tipped-in, woodcut-illust. colophon, decorative borders on a few leaves. Quarter-tan cloth over marbled boards, printed label on front cover (very slight shelfwear, slight rubbing), NF copy. First edition, 1 of 225 copies printed of this nicely executed sample book on marbled papers, and includes note at the end of text referring to the fact that the author and the binder had varied the samples without documentation of the copies, so all copies are in effect unique in some manner. Thrift issued the work in order to widen the audience and engage interest in marbling paper, and writes that there is a "real dearth of readily accessible information on the topic," and the most practical work by Halfer is exceedingly scarce. He recommends rectified turpentine, and a mix of bookbinders' flixble glue, pure glycerine, and water for the base dramatically turning from traditional methods, and also advocates for the bookbinder as artist. See: Emily Pazar, The Progress of the Art: Paper Marbling in the United States, 1880-1950, pp. 75-78.…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. 22 handmade papers, including: 11 Hayle Mill handmade papers; 2 A. Millbourn handmade papers, and others by J.Batchelor, Arnold & Foster; Fabriano and Wookey Hole (these possibly of later date). Fine condition with very detailed desciptions. In the summer of 1953 the bailiffs visited The Latin Press and removed presses, type and paper in payment of debts. The smaller Albion and a quantity of paper was moved down to the Old Smoke House that stood close to Sven's Tower. Kim Taylor (Ark Press) was given access to them to practise printing. On leaving St Ives he was given a box of these papers to take with him. Some of these remained in his possession until passed to the noted Guido morris collector Michael Bridge in 2003. Identification of the sheets was undertaken in 2004.…