Montgomery, Elizabeth.

REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NE W.

Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1851. 8vo. original 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. Illustrated. This copy has been recased with original spine laid down on new cloth; new enedpapers. Old ink inscription on first blank leaf followed by..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NE W

Price: $85.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39629

Montgomery, Elizabeth.

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

Philadelphia: T.K. Collins, Jr., 1851. 8vo. original brown cloth stamped in blind. 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. Illustrated. Pencil presentation from former owner to his brother dated 1851 in pencil on first blank page. Top of spine worn..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW

Price: $135.00  other currencies  Order nr. 28368

Montgomery, Elizabeth.

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

B1-488.
Wilmington: Johnston & Bogia, 1872. 8vo. original cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi, 17-310 pages. B1-488. B1-488. Second edition, actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. History of the settlement of Wilmington, De., 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. With the bookplate of the Bradford family. Also contains the..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 39630

Montgomery, Elizabeth.

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

B1-488.
Wilmington: Johnston & Bogia, 1872. 8vo. original green cloth. Frontispiece portrait of Israel Acrelius; xvi, 17-310, (2) pages. B1-488. B1-488. Second edition, actually a second printing with a two page preface by the new publishers. History of the settlement of Wilmington, De., 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. Contains a full-page advertisement for Johnston & Bogia..... READ MORE about REMINISCENCES OF WILMINGTON, IN FAMILIAR VILLAGE TALES, ANCIENT AND NEW

Price: $135.00  other currencies  Order nr. 126879

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  other currencies  Order nr. 117777

(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  other currencies  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  other currencies  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 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  other currencies  Order nr. 120205

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 126559

(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  other currencies  Order nr. 53318

(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.

TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS, WITH SPECIMENS OF ELEVEN ORIGINAL TOKENS STRUCK ESPECIALLY FOR THIS BOOK.

Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1989. 8vo. quarter morocco leather with paper-covered sides and leather spine label. 83, (3) pages. Accompanied by a heavy die-cut board folder containing 11 different copper tokens minted by individual booksellers & bookmakers especially for this book, all enclosed in a slipcase. First edition. Limited to 300 numbered copies, 250 of which are for sale (Berger A47). Morris provides a history of these tokens that includes many illustrated reproductions..... READ MORE about TRADE TOKENS OF BRITISH AND AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS & BOOKMAKERS, WITH SPECIMENS OF ELEVEN...

Price: $250.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133743