James Sumner
The Mysterious Marbler, 1976
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press
One of "approximately 250 copies." Inscribed by Wolfe at the colophon to the photographer Yousuf Karsh and his wife, Estrellita.
2356
Octavo. 70pp. Sumner's manual, first published in 1854, is full of very specific recipes. This is the first of Bird & Bull's excellent books on marbling. With an Introduction, Notes,...
Octavo. 70pp. Sumner's manual, first published in 1854, is full of very specific recipes. This is the first of Bird & Bull's excellent books on marbling. With an Introduction, Notes, and eleven marbled samples by Richard J. Wolfe. Fine in handsome marbled boards backed in gilt-titled morocco. Prospectus laid in.


