Results for: Papermaking

Montgomery, Elizabeth.

REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW.

Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1851. 8vo. original brown cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xii, 7-367 pages. B1-488. First edition. History of the settlement of Wilmington followed by the author's recollections of the town. With a lengthy section on the Gilpins and their papermill and some notes on printers and booksellers. Covers worn with parts of hinge covering cracked partially detached. Old ink inscription at top of title page. READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW

Price: $115.00 Order nr. 68103

Wright, Helena E.

300 YEARS OF AMERICAN PAPERMAKING.

Washington, DC: National Museum of Americn History, Smithsonian Institution, 1990. 7 x 11 inches. stiff paper wrappers. 31+(1) pages. Publication accompanying an exhibition on the history of papermaking in the United States, held 1990-1991 in the Hall of Printing and Graphic Arts of the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Short articles on the history of papermaking followed by a catalogue of the exhibition. Color and black and white illustrations throughout. READ MORE about 300 YEARS OF AMERICAN PAPERMAKING

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 132739

Yarnell, Jim.

SPECIMENS: FROM RAGS TO RUSHES.

Wichita: Oak Park Press, 1983. miniature book (6.8 x 5.0 cm). leather, title gilt-stamped on spine and front cover, edges uncut. unpaginated. Limited to 200 numbered copies, signed by author on colophon (Bradbury, Oak Park 3). Twelve handmade paper specimens, with explanatory comments on each. Gilt on spine worn away, else near fine. READ MORE about SPECIMENS: FROM RAGS TO RUSHES

Price: $125.00 Order nr. 117777

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 Order nr. 39765

(Bird & Bull Press).

THE BIRD & BULL COMMONPLACE BOOK.

North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1971. 4to. cloth spine, marbled paper over boards, slipcase. 65, (6) pages and with envelope on inside rear cover with brass token inserted. One of 255 numbered copies (Taylor A11). Designed as a collection of "various short pieces which were almost all connected in some way to papermaking or printing, and generally written in a humorous or informal manner." It contains an article on Schaeffer's wasp nest paper, a...... READ MORE about THE BIRD & BULL COMMONPLACE BOOK

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 5504

(Bird & Bull Press).

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

Price: $250.00 Order nr. 39894

(Bird & Bull Press).

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: $17.50 Order nr. 1352

(Bird & Bull Press).

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: $30.00 Order nr. 120205

(Bird & Bull Press).

PROSPECTUS FOR CHINESE DECORATED PAPERS.

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, n.d. broadside (11 by 7 3/4 inches). bottom edge uncut. Prospectus for Hans Schmoller, Tanya Schmoller, and Henry Morris, Chinese Decorated Papers. Based on a collection purchased by the Schmollers from May Crittall. Cited in Heaney A44. READ MORE about PROSPECTUS FOR CHINESE DECORATED PAPERS

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 126560

(Bird & Bull Press).

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

(Bird & Bull Press).

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

(Bird & Bull Press). Hunter II, Dard.

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's Bird & Bull Press..... READ MORE about DARD HUNTER & SON

Price: $850.00 Order nr. 53318

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

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 (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 the best qualities of..... READ MORE about BROADSIDE VIGNETTES

Price: $950.00 Order nr. 131086

(Bird & Bull Press). Morris, Henry.

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 about NICOLAS LOUIS ROBERT AND HIS ENDLESS WIRE PAPERMAKING MACHINE

Price: $185.00 Order nr. 58400

(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 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; this is one of the first four numbered copies and is a copy "with extra material" according to the pencil note by Henry Morris in the colophon (Berger A62). Includes chapters on..... READ MORE about VIGNETTES, AN ECLECTIC ASSEMBLAGE OF ANECDOTES ABOUT PAPERMAKING

Price: $200.00 Order nr. 120383

(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; this copy is not numbered and has the following statement written in ink by Morrs "Binding sample H1, 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: $115.00 Order nr. 120252

(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; 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: $100.00 Order nr. 120253

(Bird & Bull Press). Nevins, Iris.

VARIETIES OF SPANISH MARBLING, A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION WITH TWELVE ORIGINAL MARBLED SAMPLES.

N.P. Bird & Bull Press and Iris Nevins, 1991. 8vo. quarter cloth, Spanish marbled sides, leather spine label. 79 pages. First edition, limited to 250 numbered copies; this copy has "K" in place of a number (Berger A49). Composed in Cochin types and printed on Johannot mouldmade paper. Of all the marbled patterns, the Spanish is the most difficult to achieve. This book contains detailed instructions for making twelve different patterns, as well as original..... READ MORE about VARIETIES OF SPANISH MARBLING, A HANDBOOK OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION WITH TWELVE ORIGINAL MARBLED...

Price: $295.00 Order nr. 126684

(Bird & Bull Press). Pfeiffer, Gordon (editor).

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: $175.00 Order nr. 52522

(Bird & Bull Press). Pfeiffer, Gordon (editor).

AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING.

New Castle: Oak Knoll Books and Delaware Bibliophiles, 1991. 8vo. quarter cloth, printed paper over boards, leather spine label. 81, (3) pages. Limited to 200 numbered copies (Berger B40). This work is based on an original article written by Barbara Benson about the general history of papermaking in Delaware. To this has been added two previously published articles - "The Gilpins and their Endless Papermaking Machine" by H.B. Hancock and N.B. Wilkinson; and "Papermaker Joshua..... READ MORE about AN ANTHOLOGY OF DELAWARE PAPERMAKING

Price: $195.00 Order nr. 67230

(Bird & Bull Press). Schlosser, Leonard B.

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

(Bird & Bull Press). Schreyer, Alice.

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: $25.00 Order nr. 24013

(Bird & Bull Press). Voorn, Henk.

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

(Bird & Bull Press). Voorn, Henk.

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

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