(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

THE ART OF INTAGLIO. PRODUCED ON A LETTERPRESS WITH A COLLECTION OF TWELVE PRINTS OF 18TH CENTURY LONDON TRADESMEN'S CARDS with SCHLOCKER & THE FISHES.

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2010. 8vo. quarter Morocco and Japanese cloth, slipcase. 33, 12 plates, 12 pages. Limited to 115 numbered copies. Morris' first dos-a-dos binding. Engravings and etchings (intaglios) are printed on special presses which exert the far greater pressure needed for this kind of printing. After successful experimentation in printing small intaglio plates by letterpress, Morris produced this book, with twelve plates (some as large as 5 x 6.5") printed in..... READ MORE about THE ART OF INTAGLIO. PRODUCED ON A LETTERPRESS WITH A COLLECTION OF TWELVE PRINTS OF 18TH CENTURY...

Price: $600.00  other currencies  Order nr. 105233

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

BON MOT.

N.P. Bird & Bull Press, n.d. 4to. cardboard frame with title and Bird & Bull insignia printed at the bottom enclosing 12 broadsides printed on different colored paper. Each broadside shows a different example of typography and is printed in two colors. Meant as a gift for standing order customers of his fine private press. Displays Henry Morris's design work and sense of humor. Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about BON MOT

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15851

(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. Interspersed with anecdotes and observations on book collecting, printing, private presses and other bookish matters. Limited to 160 numbered copies printed by hand on Arches Mould-made paper by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press in Dante types composed by Michael and Winifred Bixler..... READ MORE about MY LOG & DIARY, 1994-2005

Price: $500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 90233

(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. READ MORE about OMNIBUS, INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMATEUR PAPERMAKERS WITH NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS OF PRIVATE PRESSES,...

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96732

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

PRINTED PASTE-PAPERS FOR THREE-PIECE BOOKBINDINGS.

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, n.d. (1990). 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 2 leaves of text followed by (74) leaves of specimen sheets. Limited to 200 copies. Spine lightly faded, else fine. Henry Morris spent time during the Spring of 1990 producing paste-paper for sale to the public. This specimen book shows examples of these papers which he produced based on 18th and 19th century Italian and French woodcut papers. READ MORE about PRINTED PASTE-PAPERS FOR THREE-PIECE BOOKBINDINGS

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 29747

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

SOME PEOPLE'S UNDER-WEAR IS BETTER THAN OTHERS.

New Hope, PA: Bird & Bull Press, c. 1985. 12mo. paper wrappers. (4) pages. This very limited (35 copies or so) privately printed pamphlet was written and printed by Henry Morris. It is a poem on how Henry Morris sold four copies of a bookmark that was made from an assortment of materials, including clothing worn by Bruce Rogers, which the proceeds were then used as funds for a dinner at Morris' local eatery, 'The..... READ MORE about SOME PEOPLE'S UNDER-WEAR IS BETTER THAN OTHERS

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134221

(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 (Berger A62). 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...... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING

Price: $240.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56850

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

A VISIT TO HAYLE MILL. WRITTEN FROM NOTES MADE DURING A VISIT TO J. BARCHAM GREEN, LIMITED [WITH] DEAR FRIEND AT HOME. LETTERS WRITTEN BY NATHAN GUILFORD.

North Hills PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1970. 8vo. Half crimson morocco and boards, dust jacket. [ii], 88, [4] pages. First edition printed in an edition of 210 copies. 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..... READ MORE about A VISIT TO HAYLE MILL. WRITTEN FROM NOTES MADE DURING A VISIT TO J. BARCHAM GREEN, LIMITED [WITH]...

Price: $225.00  other currencies  Order nr. 79652

(Leaf Book). Adams, John W. and George Kolbe, Henry Morris and Pete Smith.

THE MAGNUM OPUS OF JOSEPH FLORIMOND LOUBAT.

A Leaf Book
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2007. small 4to. quarter morocco leather, Japanese silk boards, leather spine label. 59 , (13) pages. A Leaf Book. Limited to an edition of 150 numbered copies. The book contains a foreword by Henry Morris, and essay about Joseph Florimond Loubat by Pete Smith, a bibliographical addendum by George Kolbe, a book review of Loubat's master work, Medallic History of the United States of America, by John W. Adams..... READ MORE about THE MAGNUM OPUS OF JOSEPH FLORIMOND LOUBAT

Price: $110.00  other currencies  Order nr. 97135