Thirteen prospectuses for B&B books.
PA, 1969-2005. Various sizes. Very good to fine. An attractive sampling of Henry Morris' design and printing. More
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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
EAST-WEST:. Hand Papermaking Traditions and Innovations. An Exhibition Catalogue.
U. of Delaware Library, 1988. 6 x 9 1/2. 55 pages, 1 tipped in specimen by Henry Morris. Illustrated. Reproduction Dutch gilt wraps. Fine. This copy is inscribed by Henry Morris to Lili Wronker, who has lettered the spine. Lili Wronker was a calligraher, who illustrated at least one of..... 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, with prospectus. A professor of law, Alciato wrote Latin epigrams as a pastime. In combining them with images he created a new literary genre. The form proved..... 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
THREE LIONS AND THE CROSS OF LORRAINE. Bartholomaeus Anglicus, John of Trevisa, John Tate, Wynkyn de Worde and De Proprietatibus Rerum. A Leaf Book with Essays by Howell Heaney, Lotte Hellinga and Richard Hills.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press: 1992. 8 1/2 x 12. 40, (26) pages plus leaf. Quarter morocco. Fine. The leaf included here bears a large, clear, centered watermark of Tate's mill. One of 138 numbered copies, with a fine leaf, ca. 1495, from Wynkyn de Worde's edition of Bartholomaeus Anglicus'..... More
THE PRIVATE TYPECASTERS. Preserving the craft of hot-metal type into the twenty-first century. With woodcuts by Christopher Manson.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2008. 8 x 12. 194 pages + several leaves of color photographs. Hopkins' two-page biographies are followed by 5 or more specimens of type & design from each of the 15 private typefounders/printers. The pagination includes these specimens. Quarter black morocco with red leather label..... 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
A Conservatory for my Prospectuses and Specimen Leaves.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2008. 9 x 12. 90 pages with 46 tipped-on prospectuses and original leaves. Green silk, black leather spine label. Black silk tray case with green leather spine label. Fine. The leaves and prospectuses range from 1958 to 2008. They are accompanied by pithy comments on..... 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, & Daniels). Quarter morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Fine, with prospectus. With the laid-in specimen, as issued, from the last wind-driven mill in Holland, the Schoolmeester. One..... 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
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, with prospectus. One of 140 (of 350) with the separate portfolio..... 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..... 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
CARTOGRAPHERS OF THE DEUS LOCI: The Mill House.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. 16 leaves. Vellum-backed pastepaper boards, with a tendency to splay; plain dustwrapper. Publisher's note to subscribers laid in. INSCRIBED by Henry Morris to Richard Wolfe. Near fine association copy. Richard Wolfe was a marbled paper historian, several of whose..... 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. Spine slightly darker (as usual, from binding glue) else fine. One of 350 numbered copies printed on handmade Roma paper. Index by Howell Heaney. More
OLD REAM WRAPPERS.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1969. 7 1/2 x 9 1/2. 110 pages, illustrated with fine reproductions of European & American wrappers. Indices of mills, papermakers, importers, and merchants. Quarter red morocco & marbled boards. Fine with the two prints (one corner tips creased) pulled from original copperplates for..... More
THREE EARLY FRENCH ESSAYS ON PAPER MARBLING 1642-1765.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. 7 x 10. 106 pages. 13 marbled specimens. Quarter morocco, marbled boards. Fine with the prospectus. First publication of a manuscript (Lyon, ca. 1642) on Turkish marbling. "The best Method of making Marbled Paper" from Journal Oeconomique 1758. The Marbler of Paper from Diderot-Alembert..... More
LOUIS HERMAN KINDER AND FINE BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA. A Chapter in the History of the Roycroft Shop.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. 6 1/4 x 9 3/4. 161, (2) pages including illustrations & color plates. Morocco and deocorated paper boards. Fine, with prospectus. One of 350 copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press. More
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