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THE ART OF THE MARBLER The bibliophiles among us have an appreciation for marbled endpapers, that ubiquitous design for covers and endpapers once so popular in
bookbinding. But most of us probably haven't given a second thought to how marbled papers are made (by hand!). Here's a fascinating old video
that's worth watching all the way through.. -Editor
This old-timey UK film about marbled book covers has a peculiar quality to it, like a particularly sleepy episode of Look Around You or the video to some spooky electronica. It's "A Bedfordshire County Council Film" from "1970" and a completely wonderful how-to guide to a beautiful art form 
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