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AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS ON PAPERMAKING, A SELECTION OF BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER.

- Philadelphia : The Free Library of Philadelphia 1968 - large 8vo. - double salmon colored paper wrappers. - 24 pages. - Order Nr. 6133 - Price: $ 90.00

Taylor B1. One of 300 copies. This was the first commissioned work done for another institution by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. The printed cover design is repeated on a second sheet of salmon colored paper as a watermark. The catalogue describes 75 landmark books on papermaking and is an excellent "high spot" bibliography of the field. Loosely inserted in this copy is a section of a book printed by Henry Morris showing "Old Watermark Designs." Scarce.

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> PRIVATE PRESS & FINE PRINTING, TWENTIETH CENTURY
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CYRUPAEDIA: THE INSTITUTION AND LIFE OF CYRUS, THE FIRST ... by Xenophon Limited to 150 numbered copies. This is one of the 135 bound thus by the Gregynog Bindery and signed at the bottom of the back cover on the turn-in. (Harrop 34). Printed under the direction of Loyd Haberly who provided floriated wood engraved initials. Well preserved copy inserted in clamshell box with matching green quarter leather.