250th ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN PAPERMAKING, 1690-1940, PAPER PROMTES ECONOMY AND CULTURE.
1940. A block of 25 commorative stamps issued by Pennsylvania celebrating this event. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 107476
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A-D., AN INTIMATE JOURNAL FOR ART DIRECTORS, PRODUCTION MANAGERS, AND THEIR ASSOCIATES. VIII, 2.
(New York, NY: Advertising Art Now), n.d., but 1942. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. VIII, 2. A continuation of PM. name changed to AD in 1940 (Union List 2). With a feature article by E. McKnight Kauffer, "Advertising Art Now." Black and white illustrations. Includes advertisement with paper specimens and an advertising supplement "Design and Paper Number 7" by the Marquardt & Company of New York. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 126911
A-D., AN INTIMATE JOURNAL FOR ART DIRECTORS, PRODUCTION MANAGERS, AND THEIR ASSOCIATES. VII, 4.
(New York, NY: Advertising Art Now), n.d., but 1942. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. VIII, 4. A continuation of PM. name changed to AD in 1940 (Union List 2). With notice that publication would be suspended during World War II. Black and white illustrations. Includes advertisement with paper specimens and an advertising supplement "Design Paper Number 9" by the Marquardt & Company of New York. Bottom edge of spine chipped. Back cover lightly soiled. READ MORE
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 126912
ALASKAN FLOWER PAPERS,
Anchorage, AK: Karen Stahlecker, 1993. oblong miniature book (5.0 x 7.6 cm). paper-covered boards, Japanese bound. unpaginated. Limited to 10 copies (Bradbury, Karen Stahlecker 1). "Gathered from the land to celebrate and preserve a bit of the brief, fertile Alaska summer for the long dormant season to come." A collection of handmade papers with list of papers included. READ MORE
Price: $350.00 other currencies Order nr. 118354
BOGHANDLERUDDANNELSE I DANMARK. NOGLE TRAEK AF NYERE DANSK BOGHANDELS HISTORIE.
København: Boghandlerfagskolen, 1947. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, pages unopened. 68+(1) pages. First edition. The history of the book in Denmark is the subject of this volume of collected essays. Topics range from book selling in Denmark to a history of Danish literature. Other essays address bibliography and paper. In Danish. Small damaged spot along edge of front cover. READ MORE
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 61869
ARCHIV FUR DRUCK UND PAPIER.
Berlin: Buch- und Druckgewerbe, 1956. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Various pagination. Per issue:. Following issues available: Vol 1 no. 3, Vol.3, no.1 of this international printing journal in two languages. English title Archives for Printing, Paper, and Related Trades. Well-illustrated. READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 49574
HISTORIC BRANDYWINE GUIDE BOOK.
West Chester: The Bradford Village Press, (1960). small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 72 pages. With contributions by Henry Pleasants, Jr., William M. Scheffey, Roy R. Fuller, and Norman B. Wilkinson (information on paper mills). Contains an advertisement for "Book & Things," the Wilmington bookstore owned by Arthur and Jean T. Dobbs. READ MORE
Price: $6.00 other currencies Order nr. 39765
MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS, THEIR DETERIORATION AND RESTORATION.
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, (1976). 8vo. cloth. xxvii, 84 pages. Second printing of second edition. Chapters on inks, paper, storage, deacidification, lamination, etc. READ MORE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 28103
MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS, THEIR DETERIORATION AND RESTORATION.
Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, (1955). 4to. tape-backed stiff paper wrappers. (v), 86 leaves. Pre-publication edition. Chapters on inks, paper, storage, deacidification, lamination, etc. This was Barrow's first study on paper printed here for the first time. READ MORE
Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 17726
BIBLIO, EXPLORING THE WORLD OF BOOKS.
Eugene, OR: Aster Publishing Corporation, 1998. 4to. paper wrappers. 80 pages. VOLUME 3, NO.3, MARCH 1998. IN THIS ISSUE: B. Hicks on Nancy Drew books, G. Dibert-Himes on the library of Schloss Corvey in Germany, B.G. Henneke on old ship's logbooks, J.G. Schiller on the early publishing history of the Paul Bunyan tales, T. Conway on James Michener, G. and M. Green on the Little Blue Books of the 1920's and 30's, N. Basbanes on... READ MORE
Price: $4.95 save 20% $3.96 other currencies Order nr. 51973
HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY.
Hamden: Archon Press, (1967). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 129 pages. First U.S. edition. Two major sections; The History of Books and The Analysis and Description of Books. Chapters on printing, illustration, paper, binding, the book trade, etc. Bookplate. READ MORE
Price: $22.50 other currencies Order nr. 20638
ERNIE THE CAVE KING AND SHERLOCK THE SMART PERSON IN THE INVENTION OF PAPER.
N.P. Western Publishing Co. 1971 (1975). square 12mo. pictorial paper-covered boards. (26) pages. In 1979, Henry Morris published a book by Timothy Barrett on Japanese papermaking entitled Nagashizuki. Morris decided to add an additional title to the list of reference books to see if anyone ever really consulted these lists. Thus the last entry was "Wilcox, Daniel. The Invention of Paper. New York: Western Publishing Co., 1971" and was a direct reference to a little... READ MORE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 39600
EXHIBITION OF BOOKS ON PAPERMAKING, A SELECTION OF BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER.
Philadelphia: Free Library of Philadelphia, 1968. large 8vo. double salmon colored paper wrappers. 24 pages. One of 300 copies (Taylor B1). This was the first commissioned work done for another institution by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. The printed cover design is repeated on a second sheet of salmon colored paper as a watermark. The catalogue describes 75 landmark books on papermaking and is an excellent "high spot" bibliography of the field... READ MORE
Price: $250.00 other currencies Order nr. 39894
AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS ON PAPERMAKING, A SELECTION OF BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER.
Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1968. large 8vo. double salmon colored paper wrappers; self paper wrappers with both pieces in clamshell red cloth box with title in gilt on spine. 24 pages. One of 300 copies (Taylor B1). This was the first commissioned work done for another institution by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. The printed cover design is repeated on a second sheet of salmon colored paper as a watermark... READ MORE
Price: $175.00 other currencies Order nr. 120359
AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS ON PAPERMAKING, A SELECTION OF BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER.
Philadelphia: The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1968. large 8vo. double salmon colored paper wrappers. 24 pages. One of 300 copies (Taylor B1). This was the first commissioned work done for another institution by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press. The printed cover design is repeated on a second sheet of salmon colored paper as a watermark. The catalogue describes 75 landmark books on papermaking and is an excellent "high spot" bibliography of the field. Scarce. READ MORE
Price: $100.00 other currencies Order nr. 125866
FIVE ON PAPER, A COLLECTION OF FIVE ESSAYS ON PAPERMAKING, BOOKS AND RELEVANT MATTERS.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1963. small 4to. original full morocco. 59+(1) pages. This collection of essays is limited to 169 numbered copies (Taylor A4) and contains "A Collection of Notes Written in the Vat-House of an Old Devonshire Paper Mill" by Dard Hunter, "A Letter from Kent" by J. Barcham Green, "Adventures in Papermaking, the Founding of the Twelve by Eight Mill" by John Mason, and "The Pleasures of Paper are Infinite" by... READ MORE
Price: $950.00 other currencies Order nr. 23346
FIVE ON PAPER, A COLLECTION OF FIVE ESSAYS ON PAPERMAKING, BOOKS AND RELEVANT MATTERS.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1963. small 4to. original full morocco. 59+(1) pages. Limited to 169 numbered copies. (Taylor A4). Contains "A Collection of Notes Written in the Vat-House of an Old Devonshire Paper Mill" by Dard Hunter, "A Letter from Kent" by J. Barcham Green, "Adventures in Papermaking, the Founding of the Twelve by Eight Mill" by John Mason, and "The Pleasures of Paper are Infinite" by Norman H. Strouse. Included are six... READ MORE
Price: $1,000.00 other currencies Order nr. 74432
DARD HUNTER & SON.
N.P. (but Newtown, PA): Bird & Bull Press, 1998. 4to. quarter black morocco, leather spine label, Japanese cloth-covered boards, cloth-covered clamshell box with leather spine label. 152, (6) pages, with 30 additional pages and 6 additional leaves of paper & printing samples, and reproductions. This fine letterpress work is an edition limited to only 225 numbered copies, of which 180 are pre-subscribed (Berger A61; Leaf Book - Chalmers 215). Henry Morris' Bird & Bull Press... READ MORE
Price: $750.00 other currencies Order nr. 53318
JAPANESE PAPER BALLOON BOMBS: FIRST ICBM.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 16mo. boards, slipcase. (23) pages. Also inserted in the slipcase is a foldout diagram of a paper balloon bomb in paper wrappers. This first edition work limited to 375 copies was the last book produced at Morris's Elm Street address (Heaney A36). Japanese Paper Balloon Bombs tells the history of this bizarre bombing method used by the Japanese in 1944 against America. One of these balloons actually resulted... READ MORE
Price: $200.00 other currencies Order nr. 131085
PAPER JOURNEY, TRAVELS AMONG THE VILLAGE PAPERMAKERS OF INDIA AND NEPAL.
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books, 1993. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper over boards, leather spine label. 103, (i) pages. First edition, limited to 210 numbered copies (Berger B41); this is copy "2" and has the following note by Henry Morris in ink "Given to me by Oak Knoll, Oct 28/1993." This book is a fascinating and entertaining account of contemporary hand papermaking in India and Nepal. The reader is led on a journey from Rajasthan... READ MORE
Price: $275.00 other currencies Order nr. 120310
BIRD & BULL PEPPER POT: INGREDIENTS, CHOICE BITS OF UNCOMMON PAPERMAKING PUBLISHING AND PRINTING HISTORY SIMMERED IN A TASTY BROTH OF POETRY, CURRENT EVENTS AND AMUSING ANECDOTES. LIGHTLY SEASONED WITH A DASH OF OBSCENITY, AND WITH SELECTED PORTIONS OF TRIPE ADDED AS IN THE OLD ORIGINAL RECIPE.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1977. 4to. leather spine, paste paper-covered boards. 86, (4) pages. Limited to "approximately 250 copies." Being the second commonplace book issued by the press. (Taylor A19). Printed by hand by Morris on Green's handmade Bird & Bull paper. Seven articles including an autobiographical sketch and the first English translation of sections of Jacob Christian Schaeffer's famous 18th-century text on papermaking. The latter contains four tinted plates showing raw material for papers. READ MORE
Price: $200.00 other currencies Order nr. 123188
BROADSIDE VIGNETTES.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1997. elephant folio. 10 page introductory booklet, 27 poster/broadsides (each 19 x 25 inches) in 21 folders, gathered in a cloth clamshell box with paper cover label. Printed in an edition limited to only 145 numbered copies by Henry Morris; this is copy "1." (Berger A60). Broadside Vignettes joins the typographic aspect of the poster/broadside format with the contentual character of the book, creating a hybrid with some of... READ MORE
Price: $475.00 other currencies Order nr. 120374
GUILFORD & GREEN.
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1970. 8vo. quarter morocco over patterned paper-covered boards. (ii), 88, (4) pages. Limited to 210 numbered copies. (Taylor A9). The first part of the book describes a visit made by Henry Morris to J. Barcham Green, the famous hand papermaking firm in England. Gives a history of the firm and reproduces correspondence between William Morris and Joseph Batchelor regarding production of paper. The second section of the book reprints... READ MORE
Price: $400.00 other currencies Order nr. 12587
NICOLAS LOUIS ROBERT AND HIS ENDLESS WIRE PAPERMAKING MACHINE.
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 2000. folio. cloth-covered portfolio with paper cover label and accompanied by small 4to. cloth-covered book with a paper cover label. Both inserted in a folio clamshell box with a leather spine label. 41, (3) pages and additional plates. Printed in an edition limited to 150 numbered copies (Berger A63). The actual inventor of the paper machine was a thirty-three year old former artilleryman named Nicolas Louis Robert (1761-1828). The... READ MORE
Price: $250.00 other currencies Order nr. 58400
OMNIBUS, INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMATEUR PAPERMAKERS WITH NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS OF PRIVATE PRESSES, BOOK PRINTING AND SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THESE ACTIVITIES.
(North Hills, PA): Bird & Bull Press, 1967. large 8vo. quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards. 121 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Chapters on The Mould, The Beater, Other Necessary Equipment and Beating Pulp, Some Observations on Private Presses, Making, Drying and Sizing Paper, Notes on Printing and Binding. Includes six samples of paper used by Morris for his books. READ MORE
Price: $400.00 other currencies Order nr. 96732