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: $20.00 Order nr. 466
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ON GRAFTING IN ANIMALS (DEGLI INNESTI ANIMALI).
Translated by Joan Bond Sax.
Boston: The Boston Medical Library in The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, 1985. tall 8vo. quarter green morocco with decorated paper-covered boards, leather spine label. 87, (5) pages. Translated by Joan Bond Sax. Limited to 325 numbered copies, this work was printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press (Heaney B32) and features a historical introduction by Robert M. Goldwyn. Very minor wear to the corners of the paper-covered boards, else a...... READ MORE about ON GRAFTING IN ANIMALS (DEGLI INNESTI ANIMALI
Price: $300.00 Order nr. 103778
BIRD & BULL PRESS, S.S.
Republic of San Serriffe: Bird & Bull Press, 1977. 9 x 10.5 inches. Single sheet. A stock certificate printed by Henry Morris for 1000 shares in the Bird & Bull Press incorporated under the laws of his mythical kingdom (Taylor C11), San Serriffe. Printed by hand at the press in two colors. READ MORE about BIRD & BULL PRESS, S.S
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 36342
GORDON CRAIG'S PARIS DIARY 1932-1933.
Edited with a Prologue by Colin Franklin.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 8vo. quarter leather with leather tips and leather spine label and Japanese paper sides. Enclosed in later cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. 154, (2) pages. Edited with a Prologue by Colin Franklin. First edition, limited to 350 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press (Heaney A34). Prospectus is loosely inserted. A fine copy. Includes a number of reproductions of pages of..... READ MORE about GORDON CRAIG'S PARIS DIARY 1932-1933
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 457
Prospectus for GORDON CRAIG'S PARIS DIARY 1932-1933.
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. oblong 4to. two-sided broadside. Please note this is for the prospectus only. 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. READ MORE about Prospectus for GORDON CRAIG'S PARIS DIARY 1932-1933
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134680
SO LONG, HOT-METAL MEN.
The Comprehensive Bird & Bull Type Specimen Book
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2007. small folio. quarter tan morocco over green silk-covered boards, green morocco spine label, gilt on spine label and front board, slipcase. (x), 117, (3) pages. The Comprehensive Bird & Bull Type Specimen Book. Limited to an edition of 140 numbered copies. Prospectus loosely inserted. With the private bookplate of Adam Moore on the front pastedown. A fine copy in fine slipcase. This book represents a full year of..... READ MORE about SO LONG, HOT-METAL MEN
Price: $1,750.00 Order nr. 93138
Introduction to Oak Knoll Fest X Portfolio.
(New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 2003). broadside (12 by 8 3/4 inches). Introduction to portfolio of private press broadsides commemorating Oak Knoll Fest X, New Castle, Delaware. This broadside was printed by Henry Morris, Bird & Bull Press. From an incomplete set of the broadsides published in portfolio form for Fest X. READ MORE about Introduction to Oak Knoll Fest X Portfolio
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 127120
THIRTY YEARS OF BIRD & BULL A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1958-1988.
With a foreword and commentary by Henry Morris.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1988. 8vo. three-quarter morocco, Bird & Bull Press paste-paper over boards, morocco spine label. Accompanied by a cloth folder containing various text pages and ephemera; both inserted in a cloth-covered and lined clamshell box with a morocco spine label. 104 pages. With a foreword and commentary by Henry Morris. First edition, limited to 300 numbered copies, of which 275 are for sale (Berger A46; Leaf Book - Chalmers 190)..... READ MORE about THIRTY YEARS OF BIRD & BULL A BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1958-1988
Price: $250.00 Order nr. 23772
IRRESISTIBLE BITS NO.1.
N.P. Bird & Bull Press, 1987. 11 x 4 inches. small broadside. Reprint of a passage taken from The New Inclosures Broken Down ... (London, printed by W. Godbid, 1657), which is a humorous explanation of punctuation. Originally tipped-into a Double Crown Club menu for a 1936 meeting in which Francis Meynell read a paper on "A Printer's Reader on Printing." With one decorative initial letter printed in red ink. With foldmark added by printer..... READ MORE about IRRESISTIBLE BITS NO.1
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 31731
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 Order nr. 90233
THE PAPER MAKER, A SURVEY OF LESSER-KNOWN HAND PAPER MILLS IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA AND AN ACCOUNT OF A UNIQUE PUBLICATION, WITH A SELECTIVE INDEX.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1974. small 4to. quarter natural goatskin over red paste paper over boards. (iv), 130 pages. NOTE: SOLD AS IS - Limited to only 175 numbered copies and printed by hand on handmade paper manufactured by Morris. Prospectus loosely inserted. Spine lightly browned, large dampstain throughout. Bound by Fritz and Trudi Eberhardt. (Taylor A15). The first part of this book consists of a survey made by Morris of the lesser..... READ MORE about THE PAPER MAKER, A SURVEY OF LESSER-KNOWN HAND PAPER MILLS IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA AND AN...
Price: $450.00 Order nr. 1564
TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS.
With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1989. 8vo. quarter blue leather over boards with leather spine label and accompanied by separate folder containing the tokens, all inserted in a slipcase. 83, (3) pages. With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book. Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is one of 10 special copies meant for the printer, Henry Morris, and containing that notice in the colophon along with a specially minted..... READ MORE about TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS
Price: $875.00 Order nr. 140248
TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS.
With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1989. 8vo. quarter blue leather over boards with leather spine label and accompanied by separate folder containing the tokens, all inserted in a slipcase. 83, (3) pages. With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book. Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is one of 10 special copies meant for the printer, Henry Morris, and containing that notice in the colophon along with a specially minted..... READ MORE about TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS
Price: $875.00 Order nr. 140249
TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS.
With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1989. 8vo. quarter blue leather over boards with leather spine label and accompanied by separate folder containing the tokens, all inserted in a slipcase. 83, (3) pages. With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book. Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is one of 10 special copies meant for the printer, Henry Morris, and containing that notice in the colophon along with a specially minted..... READ MORE about TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS
Price: $875.00 Order nr. 140250
TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS.
With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1989. 8vo. quarter blue leather over boards with leather spine label and accompanied by separate folder containing the tokens, all inserted in a slipcase. 83, (3) pages. With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book. Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is one of 10 special copies meant for the printer, Henry Morris, and containing that notice in the colophon along with a specially minted..... READ MORE about TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS
Price: $875.00 Order nr. 140251
TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS.
With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book.
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1989. 8vo. quarter blue leather over boards with leather spine label and accompanied by separate folder containing the tokens, all inserted in a slipcase. 83, (3) pages. With Specimens of eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book. Limited to 300 numbered copies of which this is one of 10 special copies meant for the printer, Henry Morris, and containing that notice in the colophon along with a specially minted..... READ MORE about TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS
Price: $875.00 Order nr. 140254
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 label. 72, (5) pages, with additional pages of color illustrations. Limited to 150 numbered copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press (Berger A62). Prospectus loosely inserted. Fine in near fine clamshell box. Includes chapters on Bird & Bull Incunabula, 19th-Century Security Papers, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Numismata Typographica, Farewell to Papermaking, A History..... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 56850
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 #2, 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: $80.00 Order nr. 120253
OAK KNOLL FEST X PORTFOLIO.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 2003. 4to. unbound. 3 pages. Only the title, Introduction and Colophon broadsides from a portfolio produced for Oak Knoll Fest X; the complete contribution by Henry Morris of the Bird & Bull Press. Limited to 125 numbered copies, signed by Oak Knoll President Bob Fleck on colophon. READ MORE about OAK KNOLL FEST X PORTFOLIO
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 127116
OAK KNOLL IS 21, 1976-1997.
N.P. n.p., 1997. 11 1/2 x 9 inches. broadside. Broadside printed for a special dinner hosted by Henry and Pearl Morris for Oak Knoll's "21st birthday." Printed by hand by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press in limited quantity. These are the extras that aren't hanging on the wall at Oak Knoll or in the archives. Henry will be proud of me for converting these into cash in hopes that I can return..... READ MORE about OAK KNOLL IS 21, 1976-1997
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 99473
AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING.
With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol.
New Castle, DE: Delaware Bibliophiles and Oak Knoll Books, 1991. 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages. With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Berger B40). Set in Bell and printed on mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the..... READ MORE about AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING
Price: $156.00 Order nr. 33045
AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING.
With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol.
New Castle, DE: Delaware Bibliophiles and Oak Knoll Books, 1991. 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages. With an introduction by Gordon A. Pfeiffer and four wood engravings by John DePol. Limited to 200 numbered copies; this copy is out of series (Berger B40). Set in Bell and printed on mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. This work is based on an original article..... READ MORE about AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 52522
PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPER MAKERS HELD AT THE BELL HOTEL, MAIDSTONE ON TUESDAY 8TH, MARCH 1853.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1970. 4to. hand-sewn paper wrappers. 54 pages. Taylor A10. Printed in an edition limited to 300 copies. Second issue lacking the protective box because the publisher's supply ran out. This fact is not mentioned in the bibliography. READ MORE about PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPER MAKERS HELD AT THE BELL HOTEL, MAIDSTONE ON TUESDAY...
Price: $14.00 Order nr. 1352
PROSPECTUS FOR A CONSERVATORY FOR MY PROSPECTUSES AND SPECIMEN LEAVES.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, n.d., but 2008. broadside (9 by 7 1/2 inches). right edge uncut. Prospectus for Henry Morris, A Conservatory for My Prospectuses and Specimen Leaves, published for Bird & Bull's 50th anniversary. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS FOR A CONSERVATORY FOR MY PROSPECTUSES AND SPECIMEN LEAVES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126557
PROSPECTUS FOR A PAIR ON PAPER.
N.P. Bird & Bull Press, n.d., but 1976. broadside (9 1/4 by 7 1/4 inches). bottom edge uncut. Prospectus for Leonard B. Schlosser and Henry B. Morris, A Pair on Paper. Facsimile of title and descriptive information. Work cited in Taylor and Morris A17. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS FOR A PAIR ON PAPER
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126548