Tuesday 21 May 2013

Book Design: Decorative Endpapers and Psychedelic Marbling



It's a shame that few modern books feature decorative or marbled endpapers, even lithographic reproductions of marbled papers or original patterns and designs.


From a privately printed volume of sporting poetry (1894)



From Nonesuch Press edition of William Morris' writings, 1934. 

Endpapers reproduced from
a wallpaper design by William Morris.

Marbling, books from my library:










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