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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry CONSERVATORY FOR MY PROSPECTUSES AND SPECIMEN LEAVES
Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2008 small folio cloth, leather spine label, clamshell case with leather spine label 90, (8) pages
Limited to only 100 numbered copies and out of print upon publication. This book combines Henry's brief descriptions of the books that he has published over 50 years complemented by bound-in examples of original prospectuses and leaves in Henry Morris's possession. Included are many scarce early prospectuses, of which he had kept a small hoard. There are 36 pages of brief commentaries on the books, facsimiles of relevant letters plus leaves from books which will be unknown to Morris's subscribers. The 46 inserts are bound-in and not removable, thus providing a permanent record of the progression and variety of works produced over a fifty-year period. As the inserts are so varied and quantities limited, no two copies are alike. This book is a perfect example of the value of doing leaf books as it demonstrates the progression of the Bird & Bull Press through actual examples of its work through 50 years. The prospectus for the present volume is loosely laid-in. We are offering this book at its publication price for a period of time even though it is now out of print.
Price: $ 500.00 other currencies Order nr. 98953

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry FIRST FINE SILVER COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAN SERRIFFE: THE BIRD & BULL PRESS COMMEMORATIVE 100 CORONAS.
Including an account of this legendary republic and its connection with the Bird & Bull Press. With a description of similar numismatic rarities and a 30-year checklist of work produced by the Press, 1958-1988. Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 1988 8vo. quarter morocco, paper-covered sides with a silver coin design on the front cover. Accompanied by a special holder for the silver proof coin; both inserted in a slipcase. 57 pages.
First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies. Full of Henry Morris humor about his mythical kingdom of San Serriffe, a tipped-in numbered stock certificate for 1000 shares of Bird & Bull stock, printed currency of San Serriffe, and even a map of the kingdom. The coin itself (1 troy oz., .999 silver) is sure to be a numismatic rarity, a beautifully minted proof silver coin of San Serriffe. Also of interest is the chapter on other privately minted coins.
Price: $ 85.00 other currencies Order nr. 21246

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry FIRST FINE SILVER COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAN SERRIFFE: THE BIRD & BULL PRESS COMMEMORATIVE 100 CORONAS.
Including an account of this legendary republic and its connection with the Bird & Bull Press. With a description of similar numismatic rarities and a 30-year checklist of work produced by the Press, 1958-1988. Newtown Bird & Bull Press 1988 8vo. quarter morocco with paper-covered sides with a silver coin design on the front cover. Accompanied by a special holder for the silver proof coin; both inserted in a slipcase. 57 pages.
First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies. Full of Henry Morris humor about his mythical kingdom of San Serriffe, a tipped-in numbered stock certificate for 1000 shares of Bird & Bull stock, printed currency of San Serriffe, and even a map of the kingdom.The coin itself (1 troy oz., .999 silver) is sure to be a numismatic rarity, a beautifully minted proof silver coin of San Serriffe. Also of interest is the chapter on other privately minted coins. Prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 100.00 other currencies Order nr. 79022

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry FIRST FINE SILVER COINAGE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SAN SERRIFFE: THE BIRD & BULL PRESS COMMEMORATIVE 100 CORONAS.
Including an account of this legendary republic and its connection with the Bird & Bull Press. With a description of similar numismatic rarities and a 30-year checklist of work produced by the Press, 1958-1988. Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 1988 8vo. quarter morocco, paper-covered sides with a silver coin design on the front cover. Accompanied by a special holder for the silver proof coin; both inserted in a slipcase. 57 pages.
First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies. Full of Henry Morris humor about his mythical kingdom of San Serriffe, a tipped-in numbered stock certificate for 1000 shares of Bird & Bull stock, printed currency of San Serriffe, and even a map of the kingdom. The coin itself (1 troy oz., .999 silver) is sure to be a numismatic rarity, a beautifully minted proof silver coin of San Serriffe. Also of interest is the chapter on other privately minted coins. The book is spotted with mildew. The coin is fine.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 115802

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry FORTY-FOUR YEARS OF BIRD & BULL. A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1958-2002.
Two parts in a larger clamshell box. Newtown, Pennsylvania Bird & Bull Press 2002 large 4to. quarter morocco with Japanese cloth sides, leather spine label, Japanese cloth portfolio, cloth-covered clamshell box, leather spine label. 99 pages plus not paginated inserts.
Printed in an edition limited to 150 numbered copies (Leaf Book - Chalmers 225). The third volume of the Bird & Bull bibliography, providing entries from 1988-2001 (A46-A66 plus B and C items) and complements the previously published Twenty-One Years of Bird & Bull and Thirty Years of Bird & Bull. The main volume includes an introduction by Morris, his bibliography (written with his usual candor) and 8-, 12-, and 16-pp. specimen sections, large posters, prospectuses, and other ephemera. 24 tip-ins or inserts bound in, including five 4-pp. inserts, two 6-pp. inserts, and a fold-out broadside on handmade Italian "Roma" paper. The other portfolio contains a variety of specimens, all loosely inserted. Among the items included is a 16-pp. small folio booklet with the complete woodcuts of Three Lions and the Cross of Lorraine (1992). Dard Hunter & Son (1998) also makes an appearance here in the form of various leaves from the book. Several prospectuses, exhibition posters, and paper samples are included in this specimen group. Composed in Dante types and printed on Arches mouldmade paper.
Price: $ 500.00 other currencies Order nr. 71716

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry GUILFORD & GREEN
North Hills Bird & Bull Press 1970 8vo. quarter morocco over patterned paper-covered boards. (ii), 88, (4) pages.
Limited to 210 numbered copies. (Taylor A9). The first part of the book describes a visit made by Henry Morris to J. Barcham Green, the famous hand papermaking firm in England. Gives a history of the firm and reproduces correspondence between William Morris and Joseph Batchelor regarding production of paper. The second section of the book reprints a number of letters written by Nathan Guilford during a trip to Kentucky in the early part of the 19th century. The interesting series of letters provides real insight into life in the States. Loosely inserted is a dust jacket made up of paper that was not used for the cover with a piece of the paper folded and inserted in a pocket in the back of this jacket .
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 12587

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry MY LOG & DIARY, 1994-2005.
Interspersed with anecdotes and observations on book collecting, printing, private presses and other bookish matters. Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2005 4to. quarter leather with blue cloth stamped in gilt with the Bird & Bull logo, blue leather spine label, slipcase. 105, (5) pages.
Limited to 160 numbered copies printed by hand on Arches Mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press in Dante types composed by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery. The sometimes hilarious, sometimes sad but always amusing log kept by Henry Morris while printing and writing his private press books. Filled with tipped-in color photographs and other ephemera. Learn about Waterlow & Sons and their specimen books, Gaylord Schanilec, Bernard Middleton, Dard Hunter (I, II, and III), the mythical kingdom of San Serriffe and Karli Frigge's marbling with samples (and yes, even a mention or two of Bob Fleck). With prospectus.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 90233

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry NICOLAS LOUIS ROBERT AND HIS ENDLESS WIRE PAPERMAKING MACHINE
Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2000 folio cloth-covered portfolio with paper cover label and accompanied by small 4to. cloth-covered book with a paper cover label. Both inserted in a folio clamshell box with a leather spine label. 41, (3) pages and additional plates.
Printed in an edition limited to 150 numbered copies. The actual inventor of the paper machine was a thirty-three year old former artilleryman named Nicolas Louis Robert (1761-1828). The existence of five of his own ink and watercolor patent drawings was not previously known until Leonard Schlosser bought the set at auction and reproduced them. His reproductions have now been lost except for a very few copies, one of which was given to Schlosser's friend Henry Morris. These drawings are of historical significance because they describe in detail the very beginning of the paper machine, an invention that had almost as much impact as Gutenberg's printing press. The cheap production of paper and the resultant dissemination of knowledge and information would not have taken place without this invention. The five drawings are reproduced full size on 12" x 16-3/4" card stock and held in a separate board portfolio. The accompanying book provides background material on the inventor and his machine and a chapter on the paper collector and historian Leonard Schlosser.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 58400

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry OMNIBUS, INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMATEUR PAPERMAKERS WITH NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS OF PRIVATE PRESSES, BOOK PRINTING AND SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THESE ACTIVITIES.
(North Hills, PA) Bird & Bull Press 1967 large 8vo. quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards. 121 pages.
Limited to 500 numbered copies. Chapters on The Mould, The Beater, Other Necessary Equipment and Beating Pulp, Some Observations on Private Presses, Making, Drying and Sizing Paper, Notes on Printing and Binding. Includes six samples of paper used by Morris for his books. Loosely inserted is a printed paper specimen with text referring to page 120 of the book. Also present is the four page prospectus. The boards are spotted. Small security plate on back pastedown.
Price: $ 175.00 other currencies Order nr. 16205

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry THE PRIVATE PRESS-MAN'S TALE.
With illustrations by Lili Wronker. Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 1990 4to. paste paper over cloth-backed boards, leather spine label. 61, (2) pages.
First edition, limited to 230 numbered copies. Letterpress printed with Van Dijck types on Arches mouldmade paper and bound by Barbara Blumenthal. A humorous collection of satire and prose, inspired by Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. All the text is related to the book arts - book-collecting, bookselling, printing, papermaking, etc. It includes an imaginary interview with William Morris, a great poem about the attitude of FINE PRINT magazine, Henry's explanation of the Handmade Paper Today incident and a review of the antics in Fine Print's book reviews. There are also two excellent articles by Sidney Berger on Book Fairs and Book Scouts. The illustrations have been very well executed and express all the humour of the text. An essential for anybody who is known in the books about books field, because they are bound to have been mentioned! Prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 240.00 other currencies Order nr. 89153

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry SCHLOCKER & THE FISHES
Newtown, Pa Bird & Bull Press 2010 8vo stiff paper wrappers 16 pages
One of 115 copies. Relates an unforgettable event in the early life of Henry Morris, entitled Schlocker & The Fishes. This brief account is illustrated with two full-page wood engravings by Wesley Bates.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 105377

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, MY LOG AND DIARY 1980-1993.
Newtown Bird & Bull Press 1994 4to. cloth, leather spine label. Not paginated.
No limitation given but only enough copies to satisfy standing order customers. Luckily Oak Knoll has a standing order for multiple copies so that we have some copies available for sale. Beautifully printed on fine paper and bound by Barbara Blumenthal. This book is an example of Henry Morris at his best, both as printer and author. The log relates the day to day of a private press printer - the boring times, the exciting times, the sad times and, especially with Morris, the humorous times. The excerpts sometimes are angry and sometimes are nasty but always they are interesting. The book is also a type specimen book and an example of Morris's ideas on design. As he states in the foreword "Over the years, I, like many others, have purchased families of type fonts, which at the time I was sure would be useful. Some of them were, but there are lots of cases of unused expensive type, slowly oxidizing and going to waste. Surely, this is an undeserved fate for these vanishing artifacts of the letterpress era. Most are unused because they are of the larger sizes, which aren't much called for in book work. But it's the larger sizes which best show the true character of a type, and I am pleased to set as much of this log as I can, using these virgin types. The mixtures of sizes, weights and faces may create some strange-looking pages. But if you think of this as a type specimen book, which in part it is, perhaps these typographic outbursts will be seen with a more indulgent eye."
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 40677

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING.
Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 1999 large 4to. cloth with leather spine label, in special cloth solander case with leather spine. 72, (5) pages, with additional pages of color illustrations.
Limited to 150 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press. Includes chapters on Bird & Bull Incunabula, 19th-Century Security Papers, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Numismata Typographica, Farewell to Papermaking, A History of Die Cutting, The Wurzburg Lithography and more. Includes a tipped-in sample of the first Bird & Bull handmade paper (1958). The portfolio case includes two removable cylinder seal impressions. These clay impressions, attributions to the article "Better Late Than Never," bear images of people and inscriptions from ancient cylinder seals in Babylonia. Full of illustrations in both black and white and color, many tipped-in. Text in Ehrhardt types on Arches Mouldmade paper. Several pages printed in two colors. Prospectus inserted.
Price: $ 400.00 other currencies Order nr. 56850

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(Bird & Bull Press) Morris, Henry THE WORLD'S WORST MARBLED PAPERS, BEING A COLLECTION.
N.P. San Serriffe Publishing Co. 1978 tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 10 pages, 10 double-page marbled paper samples, 5 pages.
Limited to 400 copies, all numbered "1." This book is the first of the San Serriffe books. As Swift used Gulliver, Henry Morris resurrected his mythical author, Theodore Bachaus, from the BIRD & BULL COMMONPLACE BOOK and NUMBER 13 to give us comments on a very bad lot of marbled paper he received. Very amusing. Spine and upper cover faded.
Price: $ 90.00 other currencies Order nr. 11227

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(Bird & Bull Press) Murray, John PRACTICAL REMARKS ON MODERN PAPER. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER.
North Hills, Pennsylvania Bird & Bull Press 1981 8vo. leather spine, decorative paper-covered boards. 120, (3) pages.
Printed in an edition limited to 300 copies. A reprint of a book by John Murray in 1829 on the state of papermaking at that time. It discusses the impact on the usefulness and longevity of paper of some of the practices used by the industry. The book is prophetic in tone in light of what has occurred during the last 150 years. Schlosser has added an excellent introduction explaining Murray's concerns with using shorter paper fibers in mechanical papermaking machinery, the increased use of minerals in the pulp, the introduction of chemical bleaching, and the introduction of sizing into the pulp. Henry Morris has added his own introductory remarks about other aspects of John Murray's life. He has also reprinted several abstracts on other Murray discoveries such as a "New Method of Saving Lives in Cases of Shipwreck and of Fire," a "New Shower Bath" and a respirator for aid in breathing.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 464

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(Bird & Bull Press) OAK KNOLL IS 21, 1976-1997.
N.P. n.p. 1997 11 1/2 x 9 inches broadside.
Broadside printed for a special dinner hosted by Henry and Pearl Morris for Oak Knoll's "21st birthday." Printed by hand by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press in limited quantity. These are the extras that aren't hanging on the wall at Oak Knoll or in the archives. Henry will be proud of me for converting these into cash in hopes that I can return the dining favor for my two special friends.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 99473

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(Bird & Bull Press) Pfeiffer, Gordon (editor) AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING.
New Castle Oak Knoll Books and the Delaware Bibliophiles 1991 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages.
Limited to 200 numbered copies. This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles - "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and "Papermaker Joshua Gilpin introduces the Chemical Approach to Papermaking in the U.S." by Sidney M. Edelstein. Finally there is a previously unpublished thesis written by Patricia M. Brown outlining the history of the Curtis Paper Company in Newark, Delaware. This is an important article as little has previously been published about the history of this mill which eventually supplied paper to so many of America's fine book producers. There is also an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer, President of the Delaware Bibliophiles. Henry Morris designed the book and printed it by letterpress at his Bird & Bull Press. The text has been printed on mouldmade paper and the work has been illustrated with four original wood engravings by John DePol. The book is bound in quarter cloth with paper over the boards and a leather spine label. Prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 195.00 other currencies Order nr. 67230

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(Bird & Bull Press) Pfeiffer, Gordon (editor) AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING.
New Castle Oak Knoll Books and the Delaware Bibliophiles 1991 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages.
Limited to 200 numbered copies. This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles - "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and "Papermaker Joshua Gilpin introduces the Chemical Approach to Papermaking in the U.S." by Sidney M. Edelstein. Finally there is a previously unpublished thesis written by Patricia M. Brown outlining the history of the Curtis Paper Company in Newark, Delaware. This is an important article as little has previously been published about the history of this mill which eventually supplied paper to so many of America's fine book producers. There is also an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer, President of the Delaware Bibliophiles. Henry Morris designed the book and printed it by letterpress at his Bird & Bull Press. The text has been printed on mouldmade paper and the work has been illustrated with four original wood engravings by John DePol. Prospectus loosely inserted. This copy has been signed by Barbara Benson, Henry Morris, Gordon Pfeiffer, John DePol and Bob Fleck. Spine faded.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 109843

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(Bird & Bull Press) PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPER MAKERS HELD AT THE BELL HOTEL, MAIDSTONE ON TUESDAY 8TH, MARCH 1853.
North Hills Bird & Bull Press 1970 4to. hand-sewn paper wrappers in a stiff blue paper box. 54 pages.
Taylor A10. Printed in an edition limited to 300 copies. Copied from a hand-written manuscript, this account of a meeting of workers in a hand-made paper mill accurately depicts the working conditions of the day. Social problems brought along by mechanical paper making and allowing women to do certain jobs are discussed. Prospectus loosely inserted. Outer folder is foxed as usual.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 1351

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(Bird & Bull Press) REPUBLIC OF SAN SERRIFFE WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND TWENTY-FIVE CORONAS.
Republic of San Serriffe 1986 4.5"x 6" Single small broadside sheet
Another piece of printing ephemera from the Bird & Bull Press of Henry Morris. This is a banknote printed by hand on both sides by Morris for his mythical kingdom of San Serriffe. Printed in two colors with a very interesting calligraphic border.
Price: $ 7.50 other currencies Order nr. 36343

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(Bird & Bull Press) Schlosser, Leonard B. A PAIR ON PAPER, TWO ESSAYS ON PAPER HISTORY AND RELATED MATTERS.
North Hills, PA Bird & Bull Press 1976 small 4to. quarter brown morocco over paper-covered boards. 70, (2) pages.
First edition, limited to 220 numbered copies, and printed on paper made by hand by Henry Morris. This interesting book contains a essay by Morris on his discovery of a number of books printed on French paper made from assignats, those pieces of currency used in France during the French Revolution. Includes a number of illustrations and two actual specimens of this currency inserted in a pocket opposite page 29. Schlosser writes on "Some Early Milanese Paper Wrappers," i.e. ream wrappers, with reproductions of a number of them. Small spot on front cover.
Price: $ 200.00 other currencies Order nr. 21877

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(Bird & Bull Press) Schmoller, Hans MR. GLADSTONE'S WASHI, A SURVEY OF REPORTS ON THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER IN JAPAN, THE PARKES REPORT OF 1871.
Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 1984 8vo. quarter morocco with sides based on a fine decorated paper in the Parks Collection. 134 pages plus 3 fold-out illustration and a separate suite of color prints in a portfolio, all enclosed in a slipcase.
Limited to 450 copies. Sir Harry Parks was sent to Japan by W.E. Gladstone, the English Prime Minister, to gather information on Japanese papermaking. His report, along with a large selection of handmade paper was sent to England in 1871, there soon buried. Hans Schmoller was told about this important cache of historical information in the 1970s and put together a fascinating history of Parkes, the German scientist, Engelbert Kaempfer, and accompanied the history with reprints of both the Parkes report and Kaempfer's description of Japanese papermaking, the first such report. Also reproduced are twenty full size color reproductions of Japanese watercolors depicting papermaking. Each copy of this book also has an extra suite of these plates in a separate portfolio. Slipcase age darkened along edges.
Price: $ 225.00 other currencies Order nr. 460

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(Bird & Bull Press) Schmoller, Hans, Tanya Schmoller, and Henry Morris CHINESE DECORATED PAPERS, CHINOISERIE FOR THREE.
Newtown Bird & Bull Press 1987 oblong 8vo. quarter morocco with tips in leather, leather spine label, a reproduction in gilt of one of the ream wrappers on the front cover. 77, (3) pages followed by the 24 actual samples
First edition, limited to 325 numbered copies. Printed on mouldmade Hahnemuhle paper. Hans and Tanya Schmoller found a cache of Chinese tea chest (or tinsel) paper in England that had been in storage for fifty years. This very colorful paper is no longer being manufactured. The book reprints much of the correspondence between Morris and Schmoller on the production of this book that occurred before Schmoller's death. His wife Tanya took the notes that he had written and produced the essay on the paper which follows the correspondence. The samples (mostly 6 x 8.5 inches) are the best of the large lot and have been treated by Morris to prevent further oxidation or degradation. Original prospectus loosely inserted.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 20251

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(Bird & Bull Press) Schulz, Ernst THE STUDY OF INCUNABLES, PROBLEMS AND AIMS.
Philadelphia The Philobiblon Club 1977 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. vii, 29 pages.
First edition, limited to 500 copies printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 4239

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(Bird & Bull Press) Silver, Joel DR. ROSENBACH AND MR. LILLY: BOOK COLLECTING IN A GOLDEN AGE
Newtown, PA Bird & Bull Press 2010 8vo quarter leather over cloth covered boards, leather label on spine 131 pages
First edition. Limited to 140 copies. There was a time when book collecting was big news. In the first half of the twentieth century, some of America's leading financiers, executives, and philanthropists played "this book-collecting game" (as A. Edward Newton called it), and competed with each other for the finest books and manuscripts in the world. Their booksellers were no less newsworthy, and one of the most astute, knowledgeable, and flamboyant of them all was Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach of Philadelphia. Dr. R., as the press liked to call him, helped to build some of America's greatest collections, and his own library, assembled from the treasures that he took home for himself rather than put into his stock, still draws vistors and researchers from around the world.

Dr. Rosenbach and Mr. Lilly: Book Collecting in a Golden Age is the story of one collector, Josiah Kirby Lilly, Jr., of Indianapolis, and the books and manuscripts that he bought from Dr. Rosenbach. The story is told through the many letters that they exchanged, and through the descriptions and illustrations of the books and manuscripts themselves. Though this book is the story of only one collector and bookseller, it is also a microcosm of a great age of book collecting, in which choices were made by booksellers and collectors alike that shaped the contents of some of the greatest research libraries of our own day.

Price: $ 425.00 other currencies Order nr. 104399

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