PROSPECTUS TO PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPERMAKERS IN 1853.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, n.d. Single sheet. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS TO PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPERMAKERS IN 1853
Price: $6.50 Order nr. 466
Twentieth Century
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 (Taylor A17). 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..... READ MORE about A PAIR ON PAPER, TWO ESSAYS ON PAPER HISTORY AND RELATED MATTERS
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 89152
REMONDINI AND RIZZI, A CHAPTER IN ITALIAN DECORATED PAPER HISTORY.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1990. 8vo. cloth-backed, patterned paper (in facsimile of an original Remondini pattern specially executed by Henry Morris), leather spine label. 55, (5) pages. Limited to 215 numbered copies, of whicht his copy is classified as "publisher's copy" (Berger B36). Set in Perpetua and printed letterpress on Johannot mould-made paper by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. Italian block-printed papers were the start of the collection of decorated..... READ MORE about REMONDINI AND RIZZI, A CHAPTER IN ITALIAN DECORATED PAPER HISTORY
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 71189
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. This particular copy displays the exlibris bookplates of E. Harold Hugo..... READ MORE about THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND 11 ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES BY...
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 120869
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
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. This particular copy displays the exlibris bookplate of George Cunha, noted..... READ MORE about THE MYSTERIOUS MARBLER WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND 11 ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES BY...
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 134718
THE HANDMADE PAPER OF JAPAN.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2001. 4to. single sheet , folded once. Four page prospectus for this book. READ MORE about THE HANDMADE PAPER OF JAPAN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 92851
HENK VOORN TO HENRY MORRIS, SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE, JUNE 1967--JULY 1981.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2003. small 4to. cloth, slipcase. 56, (4) pages. Printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper in an edition limited to 150 numbered copies. Composed in Garamond types by Michael and Winifred Bixler, bound by the Campbell-Logan bindery in Japanese cloth and enclosed in a cloth covered slipcase. Sixteen colored illustrations are tipped-in throughout. Henk Voorn (b. 1921), publisher and editor of De Papierwereld (The Paper World) since 1949, is well known..... READ MORE about HENK VOORN TO HENRY MORRIS, SELECTED CORRESPONDENCE, JUNE 1967--JULY 1981
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 73386
OLD REAM WRAPPERS, AN ESSAY ON EARLY REAM WRAPPERS OF ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1969. small 4to. leather spine, marbled paper over boards. 111 pages. One of 375 numbered copies (Taylor A8). This was by far the largest Bird & Bull edition to date. It took Mr. Morris 30 weeks to make the paper used for it. The book was the result of a trip the Morrises took to Europe in 1967. With prospectus. The separately issued envelope containing two reproductions of a...... READ MORE about OLD REAM WRAPPERS, AN ESSAY ON EARLY REAM WRAPPERS OF ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 461
OLD REAM WRAPPERS, AN ESSAY ON EARLY REAM WRAPPERS OF ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1969. small 4to. leather spine, marbled paper over boards. 111 pages. Taylor A8. One of 375 numbered copies. This was by far the largest Bird & Bull edition to date. It took Mr. Morris thirty weeks just to make the paper used for it. The book was the result of a trip the Morrises took to Europe in 1967. Bound by Kurt Gaebel & Sons, Holland, PA. The separately..... READ MORE about OLD REAM WRAPPERS, AN ESSAY ON EARLY REAM WRAPPERS OF ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 95993
OLD REAM WRAPPERS, AN ESSAY ON EARLY REAM WRAPPERS OF ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1969. small 4to. leather spine, marbled paper over boards. 111 pages. Taylor A8. One of 375 numbered copies; this copy is "8, H. Morris' copy." This was by far the largest Bird & Bull edition to date. It took Mr. Morris thirty weeks just to make the paper used for it. The book was the result of a trip the Morrises took to Europe in 1967. The separately issued..... READ MORE about OLD REAM WRAPPERS, AN ESSAY ON EARLY REAM WRAPPERS OF ANTIQUARIAN INTEREST
Price: $215.00 Order nr. 120358
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. 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. Prospectus loosely inserted. READ MORE about ON IMPROVEMENTS IN MARBLING THE EDGES OF BOOKS AND PAPER, A NINETEENTH CENTURY MARBLING ACCOUNT...
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 462
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 specifically for this edition. 106 pages. Limited to 310 numbered copies and hand-printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press on Umbria handmade paper (Heaney A43). Wolfe has translated an unpublished manuscript from Lyon circa 1642, containing the earliest known French marbling recipe..... READ MORE about THREE EARLY FRENCH ESSAYS ON PAPER MARBLING, 1642-1765
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 17530
BOOK LONGEVITY.
Reports of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity.
Washington, D.C. Council on Library Resources, Inc., 1982. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 19 pages. Reports of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity. Reprinted from the May 29, 1981 and July 2, 1982 issues of Publisher Weekly. Book conservation and restoration. Wrappers slightly soiled. READ MORE about BOOK LONGEVITY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106818
NOTES ON BOOKBINDING FOR LIBRARIES.
Chicago: Library Bureau, 1910. 8vo. cloth. 174 pages. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Covers all aspects of bookbinding including materials and paper. Also has a list of equipment, bindery terms and a list of makers of and dealers in material and equipment. From the library of the publisher Ginn and Company with their bookplate. Number on spine and pocket in back. Ownership inscription in pencil. READ MORE about NOTES ON BOOKBINDING FOR LIBRARIES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 6167
PAPER BOUND, A SHOWCASE OF CONTEMPORARY PAPERMAKERS & BOOKBINDERS.
(New York, NY): The Guild of Book Workers, 1996. oblong 32mo. stiff paper wrappers, metal spiral bound. unpaginated. Opening comments, list of sponsors. An exhibition of bookbindings with descriptive text and color illustration of the work of each exhibitor. READ MORE about PAPER BOUND, A SHOWCASE OF CONTEMPORARY PAPERMAKERS & BOOKBINDERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 126417
MACHINEMADE PAPER: TEXT WEIGHT.
Riverdale, MD: BookMakers, (1997). small 8vo. self heavy paper wrappers. (4) pages. Catalogue #16 issued by this company. 57 actual specimens of cloth mounted. READ MORE about MACHINEMADE PAPER: TEXT WEIGHT
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106291
DESIGN IN STRATHMORE ADVERTISING ... MAKING PAPER PART OF THE PICTURE.
N.P. Strathmore Paper Co., n.d. small 4to. self paper wrappers. 16 pages. Discussion of the design of advertising for the Strathmore Paper Company. Reproduces, in color, many of the ads done for the company by Will Bradley and discusses his role in designing work for them. READ MORE about DESIGN IN STRATHMORE ADVERTISING ... MAKING PAPER PART OF THE PICTURE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 15185
STRATHMORE LUNCHEON HONORING WILL BRADLEY.
New York, NY: Strathmore Paper, 1954. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (4) pages. Program for a luncheon commemorating the nearly 60 year business relationship between Bradley and the Strathmore Paper Company. With a black and white portrait of Bradley. READ MORE about STRATHMORE LUNCHEON HONORING WILL BRADLEY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 133780
BULLETIN OFFICIEL DES COURS PROFESSIONNELS.
Paris: Chambre Syndicale Typographique Parisienne, 1925. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 80 pages followed by the specially printed typographic examples. A special number issued by this group of Pariesene book professionals. This magnificent issue has paper supplied by different manufactures containing printing by various type founders. Filled with illustrations and a section of typographic examples printed on different colored paper stock. Small tear in front hinge at top; corner bumped. READ MORE about BULLETIN OFFICIEL DES COURS PROFESSIONNELS
Price: $275.00 Order nr. 105400
THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF PRINTING, BOOKBINDING AND PAPER WORKERS.
Oxford: University Press, 1959. thick 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 588, (2) pages. First edition. Tracing ofthe various unions associated with bookmaking from the end of the 18th century until their combination in 1957 into one large trade union. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE STORY OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF PRINTING, BOOKBINDING AND PAPER WORKERS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 951
PRINTMAKER'S MATERIALS.
Villa Park, IL: Graphic Chemical & Ink Co., 1970. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 37 pages. Dated January 1970. With ink specimens and even tipped-in paper specimens. READ MORE about PRINTMAKER'S MATERIALS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 109444
PRINTMAKER'S MATERIALS.
Villa Park, IL: Graphic Chemical & Ink Co., 1973. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), 37 pages. Dated January 1973. With ink specimens and even tipped-in paper specimens. Loosely inserted is an errata sheet. READ MORE about PRINTMAKER'S MATERIALS
Price: $42.50 Order nr. 109445
ANCIENT HANDMADE PAPER.
(Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2010). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Hunter's work in pouch on the back of a broadside (10 1/2 by 7 3/4 inches) with illustration of the Hunter papermill, 1912-1918. Includes a poem by Hans Sachs (1568) and endnotes. READ MORE about ANCIENT HANDMADE PAPER
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 129831
Complete set of 17 booklets.
Newark, DE: Friends of the Curtis Paper Company, 1954-1970. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. variously paginated. A complete set of 17 booklets published annually by the Friends of the Curtis Paper Company commemorating historical persons, places, and events. Printed by the Spiral Press. Subjects include Washington's Farewell Address, the Fundamental Creed of Abraham Lincoln, the Declaration of Independence, the Jamestown colony, the Fundamental Creed of Robert E. Lee, a tribute to parents, the statehood of Alaska..... READ MORE about Complete set of 17 booklets
Price: $275.00 Order nr. 118520