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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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
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). 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..... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING
Price: $240.00 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
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
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 in a stiff blue paper box. 54 pages. Taylor A10. Printed in an edition limited to 300 copies. Copied from a hand-written manuscript, this account of a meeting of workers in a hand-made paper mill accurately depicts the working conditions of the day. Social problems brought along by mechanical paper making and allowing women to do certain jobs are discussed. Outer folder is foxed..... READ MORE about PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING OF THE VAT PAPER MAKERS HELD AT THE BELL HOTEL, MAIDSTONE ON TUESDAY...
Price: $24.00 Order nr. 120205
PROSPECTUS FOR CHIYOGAMI PAPERS.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2011. 8vo. self paper wrappers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (4) pages. Prospectus for Sidney E. Berger, Chiyogami Papers, a study of Japanese papermaking. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS FOR CHIYOGAMI PAPERS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 126559
EAST-WEST: HAND PAPERMAKING TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS, AN EXHIBITION CATALOGUE.
Newark, DE: University of Delaware, 1988. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers in facsimile of an 18th century decorated paper known as "Dutch gilt." 55+(1) pages. One of the 300 numbered special copies of this exhibition catalogue printed by the Bird & Bull Press (Berger B35). Well written catalogue describing some of the highlights of the University's excellent collection of books about papermaking. Included is much Bird & Bull material as Delaware contains most of the archives..... READ MORE about EAST-WEST: HAND PAPERMAKING TRADITIONS AND INNOVATIONS, AN EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 24013
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 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: $125.00 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: $180.00 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 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: $172.00 Order nr. 120358
A MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING CONTAINING FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF FORWARDING, GILDING AND FINISHING. Also, the Art of Marbling Book-Edges and Paper, the Whole Designed for the Practical Workman, the Amateur, and the Book-collector.
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1856. 8vo. quarter blue leather over vellum-covered boards, cloth clamshell box with original cloth boards of the first edition incorporated into the binding, binder's stamp on the rear paste-down of the book 'DON RASH 2026'. 318, (2), 18 pages. First edition of this manual on bookbinding, of which is the first authored by an American (Mejer 1950; Appleton p.83; Brenni no.39 - for first edition). This copy has been rebound by..... READ MORE about A MANUAL OF THE ART OF BOOKBINDING CONTAINING FULL INSTRUCTIONS IN THE DIFFERENT BRANCHES OF...
Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 8421
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: $20.00 Order nr. 126417
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. A fine copy. With a black and white portrait of Bradley. READ MORE about STRATHMORE LUNCHEON HONORING WILL BRADLEY
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 133780
ANCIENT HANDMADE PAPER.
(Pasadena, CA: The Clinker Press, 2010). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Limited to 200 copies. A fine copy. 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
AMERICA AT EASE, SOME GLIMPSES OF OUR SPORTING BLOOD AT PLAY IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
(Newark, De.
(Newark): Curtis Paper Company, 1962. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 38, (2) pages. (Newark, De. Ninth in a series of these publications issued by Curtis. Designed by Peter Oldenburg and Joseph Blumenthal and printed at the Spiral Press. READ MORE about AMERICA AT EASE, SOME GLIMPSES OF OUR SPORTING BLOOD AT PLAY IN THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 24552
THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AS WRITTEN BY THOMAS JEFFERSON AND CHANGED BY THE CONGRESS BEFORE ITS UNANIMOUS ADOPTION ON JULY THE FOURTH, 1776.
Newark: Curtis Paper Company, 1955. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, original mailing envelope. (22) pages. One in a series of booklets issued by Curtis. Printed at the Spiral Press and designed by Joseph Blumenthal. With an introduction by Earl Schenck Miers. READ MORE about THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AS WRITTEN BY THOMAS JEFFERSON AND CHANGED BY THE CONGRESS BEFORE...
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 67266
THE DROWNED RIVER, THE STORY OF CHESAPEAKE BAY.
Newark, DE: The Curtis Paper Company, 1967. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. Printed at the Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal. Illustrated. READ MORE about THE DROWNED RIVER, THE STORY OF CHESAPEAKE BAY
Price: $6.40 Order nr. 28871
FATHER OF WATERS, OR WHY, MAJESTICALLY, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOWS ON, MAKING AMERICAN HISTORY.
Newark: The Curtis Paper Company, 1963. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. The 10th booklet issued by Curtis. Printed by the Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal and Peter Oldenburg. Illustrated by Fritz Kredel. READ MORE about FATHER OF WATERS, OR WHY, MAJESTICALLY, THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOWS ON, MAKING AMERICAN HISTORY
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 40001
THE FUNDAMENTAL CREED OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Newark, DE: Curtis Paper Company, 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 30, (2) pages. The third in a series of booklets issued by Curtis. Printed at the Spiral Press and designed by Joseph Blumenthal. With woodcuts by Antonio Frasconi. READ MORE about THE FUNDAMENTAL CREED OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 40417
FUNDAMENTAL CREED OF ROBERT E. LEE.
Newark: The Curtis Paper Company, 1958. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 33+(1) pages. The 5th booklet issued by Curtis and printed by The Spiral Press with design by Joseph Blumenthal. A fine copy. Illustrated by Antonio Frasconi. READ MORE about FUNDAMENTAL CREED OF ROBERT E. LEE
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 67027