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

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

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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

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  other currencies  Order nr. 132739

(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). 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.

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  other currencies  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  other currencies  Order nr. 58400

(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. 50341

(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: $240.00  other currencies  Order nr. 56850