Print.
N.P. n.p., 1967. broadside (7 1/2 by 9 1/4 inches). Limited to 100 numbered copies. Signed. Print by Danish ex libris artist Christopher W. Bauditz. READ MORE about Print
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 132655
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Illustration.
N.P. n.p., 1998. broadside (8 by 12 inches). Illustration by German bookplate artist Ellen Beck. Signed. READ MORE about Illustration
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 132610
CHERUBS AND FLOWERS.
N.P. n.p., n.d. broadside (9 1/2 by 6 1/2 inches). Print by Ottohans Beier (1892-1979), a German graphic artist. READ MORE about CHERUBS AND FLOWERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 133096
LA BELGIQUE FLANDRES ET HAINAUT.
Grenoble, France: B. Arthaud, (1936). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers in half leather, marbled cloth, five raised bands, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. 146, (6) pages. Text in French. Adapted by Jean de Metz. Table of contents and list of other works in the series follow text. Black and white illustrations. Foldout map. A travel guide, a volume in "Les Beaux Pays" series. READ MORE about LA BELGIQUE FLANDRES ET HAINAUT
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 131235
SMALL SONG OF THE NEW MOON.
N.P. Bellwether Press, (1977). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (18) pages. Limited to 90 numbered copies, signed by the author on colophon. Woodcut on title by Leigh McLellan. READ MORE about SMALL SONG OF THE NEW MOON
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 132400
JOHNNY PYE & THE FOOL-KILLER.
Weston, VT: The Countryman Press, (1938). 8vo. cloth with paper wrapper. 78, (2) pages. Limited to 750 numbered copies, signed by the author and illustrator Charles Child on colophon. Drawings by Child. Bookplate of Jean Heresholt on front pastedown. Covers and spine sunned. Small tear at top fore-edge corner of cover wrapper. READ MORE about JOHNNY PYE & THE FOOL-KILLER
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 131188
LET'S MAKE A B FOR BENNETT.
New York: The Typophiles, 1953. 12mo. paper wrappers. (12) pages. Limited to 1250 copies. Monograph no.40. A fine copy. READ MORE about LET'S MAKE A B FOR BENNETT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 408
PAUL BENNETT, A ROAMIN' CATALYST.
N.P. Privately printed by The Stinehour Press for the Duschnes, 1967. 12mo. paper wrappers. (6) pages. Limited to 500 copies printed for the Heritage of the Graphic Arts, Gallery 303. Sent out at Christmas Time. READ MORE about PAUL BENNETT, A ROAMIN' CATALYST
Price: $10.00 save 30% $7.00 Order nr. 2261
Print.
N.P. n.p., 1968. broadside (10 3.4 by 8 1/2 inches). Limited to 100 numbered copies. Signed. Print by Alex Berau. READ MORE about Print
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 132653
THE BIBLE THROUGH THE AGES.
N.P. Privately printed, n.d. (circa 1955). 12mo. marbled paper, paper cover label. 34 pages. With illustrations showing the pages of many famous Bibles. READ MORE about THE BIBLE THROUGH THE AGES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 15520
BIBLIOTHÈQUE JACQUES GUÉRIN SIXIÈME PARTIE LIVRES ANCIENS EXCEPTIONNELS PROVENANCES ILLUSTRES.
Paris, France: Ader Picard Tajan, 1990. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in French. Auction of 62 lots from the library of Jacques Guérin, June 17, 1990, most with notable provenances. Color illustrations throughout. READ MORE about BIBLIOTHÈQUE JACQUES GUÉRIN SIXIÈME PARTIE LIVRES ANCIENS EXCEPTIONNELS PROVENANCES ILLUSTRES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 131945
ILLUSTRATION AND REPRODUCTION.
London: Blandford Press, (1950). small 4to. cloth. 240 pages. First edition. Designed for those interested in drawing for graphic reproduction and anyone interested in learning more about the graphic processes. Lacking the dust jacket. Lightly soiled. READ MORE about ILLUSTRATION AND REPRODUCTION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 81201
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 (Berger A65). Those of you who were impressed by Dr. Bachaus' 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..... READ MORE about THE BOOKSELLERS OF SAN SERRIFFE
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 62199
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. One of 255 numbered copies (Taylor A11). Fine in fine slipcase. 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..... READ MORE about THE BIRD & BULL COMMONPLACE BOOK
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 5504
GORDON CRAIG'S PARIS DIARY 1932-1933.
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 154, (2) pages. Limited to 350 numbered copies. Acknowledgments, prologue by Colin Franklin, endnotes. Includes facsimiles of the cover and pages from the diary. Commences on November 16, 1932, and ends on November 11, 1933. Recounts difficult times in Craig's life. Prospectus laid in. READ MORE about GORDON CRAIG'S PARIS DIARY 1932-1933
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 129242
THE ART OF MEDAL ENGRAVING.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1991. 4to. Japanese cloth with leather spine label. 56 pages. First edition, limited to 230 numbered copies (Berger A50). Henry Morris printed only 160 copies of this book (Leaf Book - Chalmers 198). With introduction by Henry Morris. Discusses the history and invention of one the lesser-known graphic processes. Includes an original complete folio leaf from Achille Collas' Tresor de numismatique-- which was illustrated by this process-- and photographic..... READ MORE about THE ART OF MEDAL ENGRAVING
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 61557
BROADSIDE VIGNETTES.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1997. elephant folio. 10 page introductory booklet, 27 poster/broadsides (each 19 x 25 inches) in 21 folders, gathered in a cloth clamshell box with paper cover label. Printed in an edition limited to only 145 numbered copies by Henry Morris (Berger A60). Broadside Vignettes joins the typographic aspect of the poster/broadside format with the contentual character of the book, creating a hybrid with some of the best qualities of..... READ MORE about BROADSIDE VIGNETTES
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 131086
PROSPECTUS FOR CHIYOGAMI PAPERS.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2011. 8vo. self paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (4) pages. Prospectus for Sidney E. Berger, Chiyogami Papers, a study of Japanese papermaking. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS FOR CHIYOGAMI PAPERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126559
RARITIES OF NUMISMATA TYPOGRAPHICA, FOUR EXAMPLES OF EARLY DUTCH PRINTER'S BOOKBINDERS' & BOOKSELLERS' GUILD MEDALS, CAST IN STERLING SILVER FROM ORIGINAL SPECIMENS.
Descriptions by William Blades. Introduction by Henry Morris.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1996. 8vo. cloth, cloth spine label. medals portfolio, slipcase. Descriptions by William Blades. Introduction by Henry Morris. Limited to only 120 numbered copies (Berger A58). Printed from Dante types composed by Dan Carr and Julia Ferrari at Golgonooza Letter Foundry. During the 17th and 18th centuries, the Dutch printing guilds, which included booksellers, bookbinders, publishers and artists, issued medals to their journeyman members, with the name or number of..... READ MORE about RARITIES OF NUMISMATA TYPOGRAPHICA, FOUR EXAMPLES OF EARLY DUTCH PRINTER'S BOOKBINDERS' &...
Price: $550.00 Order nr. 131084
THE FORTSAS CATALOGUE, A FACSIMILE. With an Introduction by Lessing J. Rosenwald.
Philadelphia: Philobiblon Club, 1970. 4to. cloth spine, marbled paper over boards. 19 pages with a 16-page 8vo. facsimile of the original Fortsas Catalogue in a pocket in the inside rear cover. One of 250 numbered copies (Taylor B2). This book was designed and printed by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. The "Avis" and the text of M. Polain's newspaper account of the hoax are reproduced in facsimile and tipped-in. An important addition..... READ MORE about THE FORTSAS CATALOGUE, A FACSIMILE. With an Introduction by Lessing J. Rosenwald
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 456
THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND 11 ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES BY RICHARD J. WOLFE.
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1976. 8vo. quarter blue leather over marbled paper-covered boards. 71 pages. First edition, one of about 250 numbered copies (Taylor A18). A reprint of this manual on marbling which first appeared in 1854. Marbling had been practiced as a "secret art" until the 1850s. This little manual supplemented an earlier manual by Charles Woolnough published in 1851. READ MORE about THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND 11 ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES BY...
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 125381
A TRIP TO PARIS IN JULY & AUGUST 1792.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2012. 8vo. quarter morocco, blue cloth covered boards, gilt lettering on spine. (4), 82 pages. One of 120 copies. Richard Twiss (1747-1821) was an 18th century travel writer of some renown. He went out of his way to stir up controversy as the resulting publicity increased the sale of his books. His second book, A Tour of Ireland in 1775, full of disparaging remarks, sneers and ridicule, earned him..... READ MORE about A TRIP TO PARIS IN JULY & AUGUST 1792
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 109163
JEMSHID IN EXILE AND OTHER POEMS.
Chicago, IL: Black Cat Press, 1935. 8vo. cloth, inlaid paper front cover label, fore-edge uncut. 62, (2) pages. Limited to 150 numbered copies. Acknowledgments, table of contents, introduction by Walter de la Mare. A collection of poetry. Light tanning at edges of text. READ MORE about JEMSHID IN EXILE AND OTHER POEMS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131306
GENUINE NARRATIVES AND CONCISE MEMOIRS OF SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING EXPLIOTS AND SINGULAR ADVENTURES OF JOHN McALPINE, A NATIVE HIGHLANDER FROM THE TIME OF HIS EMIGRATION FROM SCOTLAND TO AMERICAN 1773.
Greenock, Scotland: The Black Pennell Press, 1985. 8vo. full brown calf, slipcase. Contains an extra suite of plates loosely inserted in a pocket in the back. xiii, 82, (2) pages. Limited to 226 copies of which this is one of the 26 copies printed on handmade paper by Barcham Green and bound thus by A.W. Lumsden of Edinburgh. These 26 copies also contain an extra suite of the nine woodcuts printed directly from the block..... READ MORE about GENUINE NARRATIVES AND CONCISE MEMOIRS OF SOME OF THE MOST INTERESTING EXPLIOTS AND SINGULAR...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 37036
THE ART OF PROCURING PLEASANT DREAMS.
Detroit, MI: The Blue Ox Press, 1937. 8vo. text loosely inserted in stiff paper wrappers. 7+(1) pages. Limited to 250 copies. Illustrations by Paul McPharlin. Written for Catherine Louise Shipley in the summer of 1786, under the pen name "A Good Conscience." Covers slightly sunned. READ MORE about THE ART OF PROCURING PLEASANT DREAMS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 132308