(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 numbered copies; this copy is not numbered and has the following statement written in ink by Morrs "Binding sample H1, 7-10-81." (Heaney A30). 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..... READ MORE about PRACTICAL REMARKS ON MODERN PAPER. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER

Price: $115.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120252

(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 illustrations and a separate suite of color prints in a portfolio, all enclosed in a slipcase. Limited to 450 copies (Heaney A38). 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..... READ MORE about MR. GLADSTONE'S WASHI, A SURVEY OF REPORTS ON THE MANUFACTURE OF PAPER IN JAPAN, THE PARKES...

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 460

(Bird & Bull Press). Feather, John.

ENGLISH BOOK PROSPECTUSES, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY.

Newtown: Bird & Bull Press and Minneapolis: Daedalus Press, 1984. 8vo. quarter morocco with tips, Dutch Gilt sides reproduced from an 18th century German decorated paper, plus 14 larger facsimiles in a separate accompanying portfolio. 109 pages. Limited to 325 copies (Heaney A39). The history of this important piece of publishing ephemera from its beginning in 1610 up through the 19th century and accompanied by 24 facsimile prospectuses from 2 to 10 pages in length..... READ MORE about ENGLISH BOOK PROSPECTUSES, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 2685

(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: $165.00  other currencies  Order nr. 60469

(Black Sparrow Press). Eshleman, Clayton and Norman Glass (translators).

ARTAUD THE MOMO BY ANTONIN ARTAUD. SPARROW 47.

(Santa Barbara, CA): Black Sparrow Press, 1976. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (24) pages. First printing. August 1976. Monthly periodical of the Black Sparrow Press. Covers printed in red and black indicating first printing. Black and white illustration. READ MORE about ARTAUD THE MOMO BY ANTONIN ARTAUD. SPARROW 47

Price: $10.00 save 50% $5.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127689

(Black Sparrow Press). Everson, William.

BIRTH OF A POET, THE SANTA CRUZ MEDITATIONS. EDITED BY LEE BARTLETT.

Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press, 1982. 8vo. quarter cloth with decorated paper-covered boards. (ix), 197, (iii) pages. First edition, this is one of the 750 hardbound copies. READ MORE about BIRTH OF A POET, THE SANTA CRUZ MEDITATIONS. EDITED BY LEE BARTLETT

Price: $30.00 save 50% $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 127176

(Book Club of California). Chalmers, Claudine (editor).

SPLENDIDE CALIFORNIE!

San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 2001. Folio. cloth, pictorial cover label and paper spine label, paper slipcase. xiv, 144, (2) pages. Published in an edition limited to 450 copies. Text subtitled "Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1789-1900." A unique perspective on the history of California, and specifically San Francisco, from immigrants arriving from a country undergoing nearly a century of violence. Foreword by James McClatchy. Book designed by Yolla..... READ MORE about SPLENDIDE CALIFORNIE!

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 76199

(Book Club of California). Harlan, Robert D.

WILLIAM DOXEY'S SAN FRANCISCO PUBLISHING VENTURE, AT THE SIGN OF THE LARK.

With an Annotated Bibliography
San Francisco: Book Club of California, The, 1983. 8vo. cloth. 84, (4) pages. With an Annotated Bibliography. First edition, limited to 550 copies. Designed and printed by Harold Berliner. With a well-annotated 57-item bibliography of Doxey's publications. Illustrated. With errata slip. READ MORE about WILLIAM DOXEY'S SAN FRANCISCO PUBLISHING VENTURE, AT THE SIGN OF THE LARK

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 24732

(Book Club of California). Kurutz, Gary F.

THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS COVERING THE YEARS 1848-1853.

San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1997. large 8to. blue cloth with title on spine and gold design on front cover, plain paper dust jacket. xxvii, 771 pages, with 33 additional pages of plates. Limited to 1,000 unnumbered copies. A descriptive bibliography of publications in book or pamphlet form of a) accounts by eyewitnesses of the Gold Rush in the years 1848-1853, for example, diaries (actual date of publication irrelevant), and b) "contemporary" publications from..... READ MORE about THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS COVERING THE YEARS...

Price: $165.00  other currencies  Order nr. 49759

(Book Club of California). Johnson, Bruce L.

JAMES WELD TOWNE: PIONEER SAN FRANCISCO PRINTER, PUBLISHER & PAPER PURVEYOR.

San Francisco, CA: Book Club of California, The, 2008. 4to. cloth. xiv, 214 pages. Limited to 275 copies. Book Club of California Publication 223. Table of contents, acknowledgments, list of illustrations, introduction, endnotes, two appendices, index. Black and white frontispiece, color and black and white illustrations throughout. A study of the life and career of an early San Francisco printer and publisher. Prospectus and order form laid in. READ MORE about JAMES WELD TOWNE: PIONEER SAN FRANCISCO PRINTER, PUBLISHER & PAPER PURVEYOR

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 132373

(Caliban Press). Dickens, Charles.

A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS BEING A CHRISTMAS CAROL.

New York, NY: Caliban Press, 2017. 4to. limp paper-covered boards, leather stamped spine, paper-covered slipcase, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (x), 107, (3) pages. Limited to 110 numbered copies, signed by printer Mark McMurray on colphon. Paper cutout illustrations by Guy Berard, Greg LAgo, Melissa Schulenberg, and Gregory McMurray using various media including pochoir, collage, wood engraving, and relief blocks. Printed on a variety of handmade and mould-made papers. Text based on the original..... READ MORE about A GHOST STORY OF CHRISTMAS BEING A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Price: $700.00  other currencies  Order nr. 134439

(Center for Book Arts).

CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO.

(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). rectangular 4to. lavender Fabriano Tiziano paper covered storage box with deep rose cloth spine, cream color paper title label with rose colored lettering, Velcro closure. not paginated. This special limited edition portfolio features the work of the artist members of The Center for Book Arts. Each participating artist submitted a broadside in an edition of 100. The theme of the project was the celebration of the contributions of..... READ MORE about CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103041

(Center for Book Arts).

CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO.

(New York: Center for Book Arts, 2005). rectangular 4to. museum board storage box covered with Moriki paper in a variety of colors, button and tag on flap. not paginated. This limited edition portfolio features the work of the artist members of the Center for Book Arts. Each artist submitted a broadside in an edition of 100, the theme of which is a celebration of the contributions of artist members to the growth of the CBA..... READ MORE about CELEBRATING ARTIST MEMBERS: 30TH ANNIVERSARY BROADSIDE PORTFOLIO

Price: $1,500.00  other currencies  Order nr. 103043