(Arion Press). Duncan, Robert.

THE STRUCTURE OF RIME.

San Francisco, CA: The Arion Press, 2008. 4to. cloth, inlaid illustrations on front and back covers, paper spine label, quarter cloth and paper-covered slipcase with paper spine label, top edge cut, other edges uncut. 95+(1) pages. Limited to 275 numbered copies. With an aquatint by Frank Lobdell, limited to 35 signed, numbered copies. Table of contents, introduction by Michael Palmer. Endnotes follow text. Prints by Frank Lobdell. Robert Duncan (1919-1988) described himself as a "derivative... READ MORE about THE STRUCTURE OF RIME

Price: $900.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133765

(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: $450.00  other currencies  Order nr. 90233

(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, clamshell box. 10 pages, 10 double-page marbled paper samples, 5 pages. Limited to 400 copies, all numbered "1." (Taylor A20). This book provides the first view of Henry Morris's mythical world of San Serriffe. Little did he know that this one book would inspire a series of Bird & Bull Press titles. As Swift used Gulliver, Henry Morris resurrected his mythical author, Theodore Bachaus... READ MORE about THE WORLD'S WORST MARBLED PAPERS, BEING A COLLECTION

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133812

(Bird & Bull Press). Wolfe, Richard J. and Paul McKenna.

LOUIS HERMAN KINDER AND FINE BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA, A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROYCROFT SHOP.

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. small 4to. quarter morocco with tips and leather spine-label, gold-decorated paper sides. 161 pages. Limited to 325 copies (Heaney A40; S-K 7047). A history of this German born binder who worked for the Roycrofters from 1897 to 1911. The authors have included much unpublished material relating to Kinder and Hubbard, a rather complete catalogue of impressions of Kinder's bookbinding hand tools and illustrated fourteen bindings in full color... READ MORE about LOUIS HERMAN KINDER AND FINE BOOKBINDING IN AMERICA, A CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE ROYCROFT SHOP

Price: $120.00  other currencies  Order nr. 60469

(Bird & Bull Press). Wolfe, Richard J.

ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER, A NINETEENTH CENTURY MARBLING ACCOUNT EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED WITH FOURTEEN ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES.

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1983. oblong 12mo. quarter leather over marbled paper-covered boards, leather tips, later half leather, paper coverd boards clamshell box. 64 pages followed by the tipped-in samples. First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies (Heaney A37). Reprints the first American Treatise on Marbling, an account which appears in the April 1829 issue of the Journal of the Franklin Institute with additional text by Wolfe. Beautifully printed on handmade paper. Edges... READ MORE about ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER, A NINETEENTH CENTURY MARBLING ACCOUNT...

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133811

(Bird & Bull Press). Wolfe, Richard J.

THREE EARLY FRENCH ESSAYS ON PAPER MARBLING, 1642-1765.

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. 8vo. quarter bound by E.G. Parrot in morocco and tips with leather spine label, and "snail" pattern marbled paper sides made by Wolfe especially for this edition, later clamshell box. 106 pages. Limited to 310 numbered copies and hand-printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press on Umbria handmade paper (Heaney A43). WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND THIRTEEN ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES. Wolfe has translated an unpublished manuscript... READ MORE about THREE EARLY FRENCH ESSAYS ON PAPER MARBLING, 1642-1765

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133813

(Bookbinding). Wolfe, Richard J.

GEHEIMEN DER BOEKBINDERIJ, SECRETS OF BOOKBINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY DUTCH BOOKBINDING MANUAL, REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE WITH TRANSLATION, INTRODUCTION AND NOTES.

Boston: Richard J. Wolfe, 1991. 8vo. decorated paper over cloth-backed boards. xix, 15, 23, (7) pages. Limited to 250 signed copies, 200 for sale. Text is a facsimile of original Dutch text with translation on facing page. Gives information on gilding of leather; paper; silk; velvet and fore edge, marbling on edges of calf and sheepskin, and dyeing of calf and sheepskin. Tipped-in are 8 samples of some of the processes explained in the book... READ MORE about GEHEIMEN DER BOEKBINDERIJ, SECRETS OF BOOKBINDING, AN ANONYMOUS 19TH CENTURY DUTCH BOOKBINDING...

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 34250

(Botany). Parkinson, John.

THEATRUM BOTANICUM: THE THEATER OF PLANTS, OR, AN HERBALL OF LARGE EXTENT.

London, England: Tho. Cotes, 1640. folio. later half leather, cloth, five raised bands on spine. (xxxvi), 1755+(1) pages. Pollard and Redgrave 19302; Lowndes 1780. Dedication, note to the reader, tributes to the author (some in Latin), list of "classes, or tribes, contained in this worke," index of Latin names, table of English names, "table of the vertues." Elaborately engraved title, 2,700 woodcut illustrations in text.. John Parkinson (1567-1650) was botanist for King Charles I. Ex-library... READ MORE about THEATRUM BOTANICUM: THE THEATER OF PLANTS, OR, AN HERBALL OF LARGE EXTENT

Price: $2,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133803

(Fleece Press). Woolnough, C.W.

A PRETTY MYSTERIOUS ART, A LECTURE BY C.W. WOOLNOUGH TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS.

Introduction by Barry McKay & new marbled samples by Ann Muir.
Denby Dale: Fleece Press, 1996. small 8vo. quarter vellum with marbled paper-covered boards, paper portfolio, all enclosed in cloth clam-shell box with paper spine label. 51, (5) pages. Introduction by Barry McKay & new marbled samples by Ann Muir. Limited to 300 copies, of which this is one of 30 special copies in a special binding and with an extra portfolio of eight nineteenth century marbled specimens. Printed by hand by Simon Lawrence at his... READ MORE about A PRETTY MYSTERIOUS ART, A LECTURE BY C.W. WOOLNOUGH TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS

Price: $275.00  other currencies  Order nr. 70868

(Gehenna Press).

EULOGY FOR HYMAN RATNER.

Northampton, MA: Gehenna Press, 1961). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (8) pages. Brook 25. Limited to 100 copies. A eulogy by Saul Fisher. READ MORE about EULOGY FOR HYMAN RATNER

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133776

(Gehenna Press). Melville, Herman.

THE PORTENT.

(Northampton, MA): The Gehenna Press, 1962. broadside (8 by 5 1/4 inches). Brook 110. Text framed by hand drawn horizontal and vertical rules in red. Printed on the Albion Hand Press. READ MORE about THE PORTENT

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133779