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Berger, Sidney E. PRINTING & THE MIND OF MERKER: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY
Checklist by Kyle Schlesinger New York The Grolier Club 1997 8 x 11 inches paperback 142 pages
This book was produced to accompany the public exhibition held at the Grolier Club from March 4 to May 3, 1997. It is a bibliographical study of K.K. Merker and the subtle beauty of the books produced at his Windhover and Stone Wall presses. The bibliography covers books, pamphlets, occasional pamphlets, and ephemera. Contributors include Harry Duncan, Dana Gioia, and K.K. Merker. The book is illustrated and includes a frontispiece photograph of Kim Merker at his press. It also contains 16 full-page color illustrations.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 106621

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(Berliner, Harold) THE PRIVATE PRESS OF HAROLD BERLINER:BOOKS AND BROADSIDES: 1988.
Nevada City, CA The Private Press of Harold Berliner 1988 4to stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Catalogue of the press's publications available in 1988. Includes brief article "News of the Press." Sample illustrations with hand-colored woodcut illustrations. Order form laid in. Inscribed on inside front wrapper by noted woodcut artist John DePol, who is mentioned in the news article.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 108750

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(Between-Hours Press) White, Lewis F A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE BETWEEN-HOURS PRESS, BEN GRAUER PROPRIETOR.
Engravings by John De Pol. New York The Privy Council Press 1952 small 8vo. paper wrappers. (18) pages.
First edition, limited to 1200 copies of which this is one of the 350 numbered copies printed for the Typophiles.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 8424

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(Between-Hours Press) White, Lewis F A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE BETWEEN-HOURS PRESS, BEN GRAUER PROPRIETOR.
Engravings by John De Pol. New York The Privy Council Press 1952 small 8vo. paper wrappers, cord-tied. (18) pages.
First edition, limited to 1200 copies of which this is one of the 350 numbered copies printed for the Typophiles. Presentation from Ben Grauer to Dick Dickman on half-title.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 116514

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BEYOND THE BOOK, CONTEMPORARY DIRECTIONS.
N.P. Montgomery Gallery, Pomona College 1993 small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (28) pages.
Preface by Marjorie L. Harth. Introductory remarks by Phyllis McGibbon and Kitty Maryatt.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 94949

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BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1998 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
VOLUME 3, NO.4, APRIL 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: L. Gordan on E.B. and R. Browning in Italy, W. Brown and K. Blewster on Jackie Gleason's collection of books on the paranormal, D. Ressinger on the memoires of the Huguenot refugee Jacques Fontaine, an article and publication checklist for the Bird & Bull Press, the library of Umberto Eco, bestselling war novels of 1948, AND MUCH MORE.
Price: $ 4.95 other currencies Order nr. 52344

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BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1998 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
VOLUME 3, NO.5, MAY 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: S. Cowell on the world's most famous defunct Library (at Alexandria), C. Grossman on the definition of "private press," "limited edition" et al., D. Thompson on George Orwell as a print and radio journalist, plus articles on W.M. Thackeray, Charles Dickens, the libraries of the University of Toronto, books on chess, the novels of the preacher Harold Bell Wright, AND MUCH MORE.
Price: $ 4.95 other currencies Order nr. 52533

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BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1998 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages.
VOLUME 3, NO.6, JUNE 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: D. Lobban on Aldus Manutius, P. Cuneo on Johnson and Garrick, D. Porter on the Hogarth Press and its proprietors, Virginia and Leonard Woolf, R. Meador on bookstores in Ann Arbor, N. Basbanes on the Archive of the Indies and the Biblioteca Columbina in Seville, R. Young on miniature books, AND MUCH MORE.
Price: $ 4.95 other currencies Order nr. 52956

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BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS
Eugene, OR Aster Publishing Corporation 1998 4to. paper wrappers. 72 pages.
VOLUME 4, NO.1, JAN., 1999. IN THIS ISSUE: K. Ramsland on A. Camus, B. Roismann-Cooper on the private press printer Gloria Stuart (who learned printing from Ward Ritchie and is at the moment better known for her role in a recent movie), S. Stipe on "the book that ruined Kate Chopin's career," B. Hicks on Powell's Books in Portland, N. Basbanes on the London Library, AND MUCH MORE.
Price: $ 4.95 other currencies Order nr. 53955

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(Bieler Press) Smith, Tracy E. THE BIELER PRESS: A CHECKLIST OF THE FIRST TEN YEARS, 1975-1985.
Minneapolis The Campbell-Logan Bindery 1985 8vo. stiff paper wrappers not paginated
Limited to 300 copies. Contains a checklist of 43 texts published by Bieler Press within a ten-year span. Some little creases and bumps at the extremities.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 97308

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Bigus, Richard ECHO FROM WATER, ETCHINGS OF SKY
(Santa Cruz, California) (Cowell Press) (1974) 4to. self paper wrappers not paginated
Edition limited to 78 copies. "This book is handset in Bembo Roman & Italic Type and printed on Strathmore Artlaid. Designed and printed by the poet with M. Carey on the Cowell Press, University of California at Santa Cruz, Spring of 1974. Much appreciation to our professors, Jack Werner Stauffacher and William Everson, whose efforts preserve a home of beauty for the word." This copy shows minor wear at the edges, and the lower fore-edge corner of the back wrapper is bent slightly. The center fore-edge of each leaf is also creased a bit. The upper fore-edge corners of the two pages containing the poem "Wolf Village" are lightly soiled. Inside the back wrapper are security tags indicating that this was formerly part of a university library collection.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 90520

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(Binnacle Press) Levy, Robert E. LOG: FIVE DAYS ABOARD THE SCHOONER "STEPHEN TABER."
Oyster Bay, NY Binnacle Press 1962 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label (ii), 18, (4) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 600 copies printed for friends of the Binnacle Press. Designed and illustrated by John DePol. The text type is Linotype Times Roman with Bulmer display on Strathmore Text and Ivory Wove Paper. With centerfold chart of the route of the schooner "Stephen Taber" 10 to 15 July, 1961.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 63708

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(Binnacle Press) Levy, Robert E. LOG: FIVE DAYS ABOARD THE SCHOONER "STEPHEN TABER."
Oyster Bay, NY Binnacle Press 1962 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label (ii), 18, (4) pages
Printed in an edition limited to 600 copies printed for friends of the Binnacle Press. Designed and illustrated by John DePol. The text type is Linotype Times Roman with Bulmer display on Strathmore Text and Ivory Wove Paper. With centerfold chart of the route of the schooner "Stephen Taber" 10 to 15 July, 1961. Spine label is glue stained in places.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 116281

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(Bird & Bull Press) Abercrombie, Lascelles A TOWER IN ITALY A LEGEND, BEING A ROMANTIC PLAY IN ONE ACT.
Toronto Basilike 1976 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31 pages.
First edition, one of 175 numbered copies. (Taylor B5). Designed and printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 467

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(Bird & Bull Press) Adelman, Seymour CHANGING PATTERNS IN THE FUNCTION OF TRAVEL AGENCIES.
Philadelphia Taylor & Hessey 1981 8vo. paper wrappers. 31 pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 400 numbered copies. Printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. Text is based on a speech by the noted collector, Seymour Adelman, about an imaginary trip to London in 1817 when it would have been possible to meet William Wordsworth, Coleridge, Blake, Shelley, Keats and Edgar Allan Poe. Mr. Morris has illustrated the book with his own typographical whimsey including a "to let" classified ad for Keat's apartment printed on type hammered dull by Mr. Morris to add to its realism.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 452

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(Bird & Bull Press) Adelman, Seymour CHANGING PATTERNS IN THE FUNCTION OF TRAVEL AGENCIES
Philadelphia Taylor & Hessey (1977) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 23, (3) pages.
Limited to 400 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. A humorous trip to England where the author meets many of the famous authors of the 19th century. Presentation from the author on the first blank page.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 3564

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(Bird & Bull Press) Adelman, Seymour HELP FROM HEAVEN
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1984 long scroll inserted in plastic container
Autobiographical sketches of some of the most interesting book collecting "miracles" experienced by this well known collector. Limited to 325 copies and printed by the Bird & Bull Press. Personally glued together in this long scroll form by the wife of the owner of Oak Knoll Books over a long, hot summer.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 14

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(Bird & Bull Press) Adelman, Seymour HELP FROM HEAVEN
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1984 long scroll inserted in plastic container
Autobiographical sketches of some of the most interesting book collecting "miracles" experienced by this well known collector. Limited to 325 copies and printed by the Bird & Bull Press. Personally glued together in this long scroll form by the wife of the owner of Oak Knoll Books over a long, hot summer. This copy was mailed to Jake Chernofsky who was the editor of AB (Antiquarian Bookman) as a review copy. The mailing label is still attached to the plastic container.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 109951

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(Bird & Bull Press) Atkyns, Richards and William Caslon A PAIR ON PRINTING.
Introductions by Carey S. Bliss. North Hills Bird & Bull Press 1982 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 141 pages.
One of 500 copies. This is the first reprinting in facsimile of two important first books on printing in English. The first is Atkyns' The Original and Growth of Printing(1664) which is the first book devoted to the subject of printing; the second is William Caslon's first type specimen book, also the first English type specimen book. Carey Bliss, the curator of rare books at the Huntington Library, has written introductions for both books.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 1353

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(Bird & Bull Press) A BABYLONIAN ANTHOLOGY.
North Hills Bird & Bull Press 1966 small 4to. quarter blue niger goatskin, tan cloth sides. 83 pages.
Limited to 200 numbered copies. (Taylor A6). Printed by hand and produced on "paper made at the press, with watermarks of Babylonian designs." The text consists of translations of various Semitic texts with each portion of text described with an historical introduction. Illustrated in color throughout. Includes a five page "Note from the Printer," Henry Morris. With prospectus loosely inserted as is an envelope with a printed note from Morris meant to accompany two examples of Babylonian text which could be pasted on the binding if desired. Very minor fading to spine.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 95911

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(Bird & Bull Press) Bachaus, Theodore THE BOOKSELLERS OF SAN SERRIFFE.
Port Clarendon San Serriffe Publishing Company 2001 8vo. quarter leather with green leather spine label, slipcase. 89, (10) pages with various leaves with tipped-in plates.
First edition, limited to 200 numbered copies. Those of you who were impressed by Dr. Bachaus's earlier book on the Private Presses of San Serriffe will be absolutely shattered by this in-depth survey of the booksellers of San Serriffe. The book has an historical introduction by Dr. Bachaus, which is followed by chapters on Hobart Flock of Hoki-Nol Books (hmm!), Ki-flongian Booksellers, Ltd., Grandiloquent Bookshop, Cloacina Books, St. Luke's Paper Mill and Bookshop, Contre Kook Mail Order Books, and Exterminator Books. Contains tipped-in photographs, a fold-out broadside, and three woodcuts by Wesley Bates (including one showing Robert and Mildred Flederbach in front of Hoki-Nol Press Books). The book is accompanied by a prospectus, and a letter from Dr. Bachaus to the purchaser of the book talking about the book, and enclosing four commemorative stamps from the Republic of San Serriffe inserted in an envelope with a canceled stamp.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 62199

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(Bird & Bull Press) Baronio, Giuseppe ON GRAFTING IN ANIMALS (DEGLI INNESTI ANIMALI).
Translated by Joan Bond Sax. Boston The Boston Medical Library 1985 tall 8vo. quarter green morocco with decorated paper-covered boards, leather spine label. 87, (5) pages.
Limited to 325 numbered copies, this work was printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press (Taylor B32) and features an historical introduction by Robert M. Goldwyn. The first edition of On Crafting Animals (Degli Innesti Animali) was printed in 1804 and was the first book on skin transplant.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 103778

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(Bird & Bull Press) Bidwell, John (editor) EARLY AMERICAN PAPERMAKING: TWO TREATISES ON MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES REPRINTED FROM JAMES CUTBUSH'S AMERICAN ARTIST'S MANUAL (1814).
New Castle, DE Oak Knoll Books 1990 8vo. quarter leather with marbled paper covered boards, leather spine label. 90, (2) pages.
This first edition work is limited to 180 copies of which this is one of the trade copies bound thus. Editor John Bidwell has located the first known account of hand papermaking to define American practice in relation to its European heritage. This text first appeared in James Cutbush's The American Artist's Manual (Philadelphia: 1814) and has been reprinted, including an original sample of Gilpin machine-made paper. A lengthy and well-researched introduction, written by John Bidwell, examines the early history of papermaking in America, the English and French sources used by Cutbush, and the specific American papermaking techniques. The introduction has been printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press on Frankfurt paper. The facsimile reprint has been printed by lithography and the book has been bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 104220

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(Bird & Bull Press) THE BIRD & BULL COMMONPLACE BOOK.
North Hills Bird & Bull Press 1971 4to. cloth spine, marbled paper over boards, slipcase. 65, (6) pages and with envelope on inside rear cover with brass token inserted.
Taylor A11. One of 255 numbered copies. Designed as a collection of "various short pieces which were almost all connected in some way to papermaking or printing, and generally written in a humorous or informal manner." It contains an article on Schaeffer's wasp nest paper, a leaf made from recycling junk mail, and a reprint of the first poem written on the subject of collecting books on papermaking. It is also the only Bird & Bull book to contain a brass token used for services in a house of ill repute. Prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 5504

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(Bird & Bull Press) BIRD & BULL PRESS, S.S.
Republic of San Serriffe 1977 9" x 10.5" Single sheet
A stock certificate printed by Henry Morris for 1000 shares in the Bird & Bull Press incorporated under the laws of his mythical kingdom, San Serriffe. Printed by hand at the press in two colors.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 36342

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