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 about A-D., AN INTIMATE JOURNAL FOR ART DIRECTORS, PRODUCTION MANAGERS, AND THEIR ASSOCIATES. VIII, 2

Price: $25.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126911

(Alembic Press). Bolton, Claire.

THE COMPTON MARBLING PATTERN BOOK.

Winchester: The Alembic Press, 1986. small 4to. cloth. (46) pages. Limited to 96 numbered copies, handprinted. Illustrated with Twenty Seven Samples of their Specially hand marbled Papers. The samples of marbled paper are tipped-in. READ MORE about THE COMPTON MARBLING PATTERN BOOK

Price: $190.00  other currencies  Order nr. 13556

Andersen, Otto.

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 about BOGHANDLERUDDANNELSE I DANMARK. NOGLE TRAEK AF NYERE DANSK BOGHANDELS HISTORIE

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Baldwin, William C. (editor).

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 about HISTORIC BRANDYWINE GUIDE BOOK

Price: $6.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39765

Barrow, W.J.

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 about MANUSCRIPTS AND DOCUMENTS, THEIR DETERIORATION AND RESTORATION

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 17726

(Bibliography). Williamson, Derek.

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 about HISTORICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY

Price: $22.50  other currencies  Order nr. 20638

(Bird & Bull Press).

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 about ERNIE THE CAVE KING AND SHERLOCK THE SMART PERSON IN THE INVENTION OF PAPER

Price: $15.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39600

(Bird & Bull Press).

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 about AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS ON PAPERMAKING, A SELECTION OF BOOKS FROM THE COLLECTION OF LEONARD B....

Price: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 120359

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

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 about GUILFORD & GREEN

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 12587

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

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 about OMNIBUS, INSTRUCTIONS FOR AMATEUR PAPERMAKERS WITH NOTES AND OBSERVATIONS OF PRIVATE PRESSES,...

Price: $400.00  other currencies  Order nr. 96732

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

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. 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 a.... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING

Price: $200.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56850

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

THE WORLD'S WORST MARBLED PAPERS, BEING A COLLECTION.

N.P. San Serriffe Publishing Co., 1978. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, clamshell box. 10 pages, 10 double-page marbled paper samples, 5 pages. Limited to 400 copies, all numbered "1." (Taylor A20). This book provides the first view of Henry Morris's mythical world of San Serriffe. Little did he know that this one book would inspire a series of Bird & Bull Press titles. As Swift used Gulliver, Henry Morris resurrected his mythical author, Theodore Bachaus... READ MORE about THE WORLD'S WORST MARBLED PAPERS, BEING A COLLECTION

Price: $60.00  other currencies  Order nr. 11227

(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 (Taylor 30). 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 paper of some of the practices used by the industry. The book is prophetic in tone in light of... READ MORE about PRACTICAL REMARKS ON MODERN PAPER. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY LEONARD B. SCHLOSSER

Price: $65.00  other currencies  Order nr. 464