THE WORLD'S WORST MARBLED PAPERS...BY THEODORE BACHAUS.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1978. 7 x 10 1/2. (5) pages of text and 10 double-spreads of marbled papers. Wraps. Fine. One of 400 copies. This being # 1 -- as were all other 400. More
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MY LOG & DIARY 1994-2005. Interspersed with anecdotes and observations on book collecting, printing, private presses and other bookish matters.
Newtown, 2005. 9 x 12. 105 pages, illustrated (numerous color photos). Quarter golden morocco,blue morocco spine label. Spine is slightly darker than sides, else fine in slipcase, with prospectus. One of 160 copies. Includes a 32-page photographic essay on Japanese paper. A "good read" and a sequel to "Two Birds With One Stone." More
LA RELIEUSE. CHARLES MEUNIER'S PLAQUETTE, 1900.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1996. A 3 x 2 inch pewter plaquette, presented in the recessed compartment of a blue cloth folder stamped in silver. Front of the medal depicts a seated young woman at the sewin frame. The reverse side reads "Aux amis de la maison du livre/1900/Ch... More
EMBLEMATA, The Emblem Books of Andrea Alciato. A Leaf book.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2007. 6 x 9. 139 pages, 4 tipped-in original leaves from Alciato's 1589 edition. Quarter leather, slipcase. Fine. This is one of 8 copies having additional leaves. (124 regular copies had one leaf.) Three leaves in this copy bear woodcuts with moral lesson in Latin... More
SON OF THE BOOKBINDER. With an Appendix Showing Samples of Some of the Finest Bookcloths Manufactured Today.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2004. Two vols. 6 x 9. 81 pages illustrated with 6 tipped-in color photos. 60 samples of book cloths from 5 producers are mounted in an accordion-fold portfolio. Both volumes in brown silk cloth, leather labels, in a matching slipcase. Fine, with prospectus. A fascinating... More
ENGLISH BOOK PROSPECTUSES, An Illustrated History.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press & Minneapolis: Daedalus Press, 1984. Two vols. 6 x 9 1/2. 109 pages, illustrated. Quarter morocco & morocco tips, "Dutch gilt" paper boards by E. G. Parrot. A separate portfolio contains 4 facsimile prospectuses--most rather large, and folded. Fine in slipcase. The loss facsimiles look... More
DARD HUNTER & SON.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. 9 x 12 1/2. 165 pages (including 30 tip-ins: original folio & quarto leaves from Mountain House books, 4 original light-and-shade watermarked papers made by all three Hunters, color photos, and 30 pages of b&w illustrations). Quarter black morocco & red cloth, red leather... More
DARD HUNTER & SON. With a Foreword and Notes by Henry Morris.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. 9 x 12 1/2. 165 pages including thirty pages of black and white illustrations, thirty tip-ins, many of which are in full color, seven original folio or quarto leaves from Mountain House books, and four original light-and-shade watermaked papers made by all three generations... More
DARD HUNTER & SON. With a Foreword and Notes by Henry Morris.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. 9 x 12 1/2. 165 pages (including 30 tip-ins: original folio & quarto leaves from Mountain House books, 4 original light-and-shade watermarked papers made by all three Hunters, color photos, and 30 pages of b&w illustrations). Quarter black morocco & golden silk cloth, red... More
CHINESE HANDMADE PAPER.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1986. 8 x 10. 123 pages with 40 paper samples. Large folded broadside "South China Post" is laid in, as issued. Quarter black morocco & morocco tips, decorated paper boards. Fine copy. One of 325 copies. The paper samples, all collected by McClure during the... More
YOU CAN JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. A Brief Survey of Materials.
(Pico Rivera, 1994). 2 1/4 x 2 3/4. 161 pages. Seven wood engravings by John DePol. Gold-printed decorations for each chapter head. Full black morocco with abstract onlays of red & blue morocco, stamped all over with iridescent blue & green dots & one gilt circle, top edge gilt and... More
BIRD & BULL NUMBER 13.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1972. 9 1/2 x 6. 70 pages. Vellum & pastepaper boards. Fine. One of 140 copies printed damp on handmade B&B paper. A collection of short pieces including Henry Morris' instructions for printing dampened handmade paper on a power press (with a bow to... More
JAPONICA. The Study and Appreciation of the Art of Japanese Paper.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1981. 6 x 9. 66 pages, 22 leaves of Japanese screen papers, 12 pages. With 2 kimono pattern swatches and 33 Chiyogami samples. Quarter morocco & patterned boards. Spine is faded; contents fine. In a handsome, custom clamshell case., with prospectus. The colorful specimens... More
Nicolas Louis Robert and his Endless Wire Papermaking Machine. With facsimiles of the inventor's original drawings of the first paper machine.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2000. Two vols. 7 1/2 x 11. 42 pages. Tipped-in color photos. Blue cloth. Portfolio (13 x 18) contains 5 color facsimiles of Robert's original ink and watercolor patent drawings. Folded facsimile of a sheet of assignats laid in. In red cloth clamshell case. Robert... More
OMNIBUS. Instructions for Amateur Papermakers with notes and observations on private presses, book printing and some people who are involved in these activities.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1967. 6 x 9 1/2. 121 pages, illustrated. Fourteen handmade paper samples by Henry Morris, Dard Hunter, & others. Quarter morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Fine. One of 500 copies on handmade paper. B&B A7. Schlosser 53. More
THE PRIVATE PRESS-MAN'S TALE.
Bird & Bull Press, 1990. 9 x 12. 61 pages. Quarter morocco & gilt paste paper boards by Barbara Blumenthal. Fine, with prospectus. One of 230 copies, printed in 3 colors on Arches mould-made paper. "Inspired by Chaucer's 'Canterbury Tales' this collection of satirical poetry and prose deals with the... More
So Long, Hot-Metal Men. The Comprehensive Bird & Bull Type Specimen. By Henricus de Nova Villa.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2007. Thick small folio. Quater morocco, slipcase. Fine. One of 140 copies. Composed in numerous hand-set metal types in two colors, ranging in size from 4-pt. to 84-pt. Also included is ornamental material from the last ays of the great German type founders. Morris' Foreword... More
THIRTY YEARS OF BIRD & BULL, A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1958-1988.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1988. 9 1/2 x 12. 103 pages. Quarter morocco and pastepaper boards. With a cloth covered portfolio containing a generous amount of ephemera and sheets from books. Both are contained in a cloth clamshell box. Fine, with prospectus. One of 300 copies, printed on damped... More
TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF BIRD & BULL, A Bibliography, 1958-1979.
(North Hills): Bird & Bull Press, 1980. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. 108 pages. Morocco & decorated boards, with portfolio of specimens, in clamshell case (10 x 12 1/2). Spine slightly darker (as usual, from binding glue) else fine. Fine. One of 140 (of 350) with the separate portfolio of prospectuses and signatures from books. Index by Howell Heaney. More
VARIETIES OF SPANISH MARBLING. A Handbook of Practical Instruction with twelve original marbled samples.
Bird & Bull Press, 1991. 6 x 9. 79 pages (52 text pages, 12 mounted specimens). Quarter cloth & marbled boards, leather spine label. As new. One of 250 copies. "Spanish techniques differ from regular marbling. They are a lot more intricate, complex, and require mush more concentration." "I have... More
A PAIR ON PAPER. Two Essays.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1976. 7 x 9 1/2. 70 pages. Quarter morocco. Fine. One of about 220 numbered copies, printed by Henry Morris on his handmade paper. Schlosser writes about early Milanese ream wrappers, with reproductions; Morris about light-and-shade watermarks and Assignats, with original assignat laid in. Printers' Choice 22. More
CHINESE DECORATED PAPER.
Newton: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. 10 x 7. 77 pages plus 24 large tipped-in specimens of fancy tea chest papers. Quarter morocco & boards decorated in gilt, leather spine label by Barabara Blumenthal. Fine. These decorated papers, no longer made, were discovered in storage where they had lain for... More
MR. GLADSTONE'S WASHI. A Survey of Reports on the Manufacture of Paper in Japan, The Parkes Report of 1871.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1984. 8 x 11. 134 pages. Three folding illustrations, and a separate suite of color plates illustrating papermaking, in paper portfolio. Quarter morocco & morocco tips, decorated paper bds, slipcase S/c shows a litle wear, binding offset onto folder cover. else fine. One of 500... More
EAST-WEST: Hand Papermaking Traditions and Innovations. An Exhibition Catalogue.
U. of Delaware Library, 1988. 6 x 9 1/2. 55 pages, 1 mounted specimen by Henry Morris. Illustrated. Reproduction Dutch gilt wraps. Very good. One of 300 numbered copies printed on Arches paper at the Bird & Bull Press. The specimen contains an image of a wasp, produced using a paper matrix. Exhibition catalogue with bibliographical descriptions. More
Adlai Stevenson's Cat Bill Veto.
Bird & Bull Press, 1989. Broadside 10 x 14 1/2. Text printed in red, on Arches paper. Woodcut of a cat in black by Gunther Stiller. Folded in half for mailing. Humorous reasons for vetoing Senate Bill No. 93 entitled "An Act to provide Protection to Insectivorous Birds by Restraining... More