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Published by Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, Pa., 1975
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Quarter vellum gilt with paste paper covered boards, landscape 8vo., 57, (4) pages, illustrated and with 24 mounted paste paper specimens and title-page onlay. Number 100 of "approximately" 215 copies printed from Centaur and Codex types on Hodgkinson hand made B&B paper. Bound by Gray Parrot. Mere trace of wear to the upper tips, else a fine copy.
Published by North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1975, 1975
Seller: James Arsenault & Company, ABAA, Arrowsic, ME, U.S.A.
Sm oblong 16mo (6" x 9.5"), half vellum and blue roller-printed paste paper over boards, gilt title at spine. 59 pp., with 24 paste paper samples tipped in, colophon. CONDITION: Near fine. This is copy 36 of "approximately 215 printed." A delightful volume of paste paper samples, bound by Gray Parrot.
Published by Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, PA, 1975
Seller: James S. Jaffe Rare Books, LLC, ABAA, Deep River, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition
Large, oblong 8vo, paste-paper onlay to title-page, illustrations, numerous press-made paste-papers tipped-in, original quarter vegetable parchment and paste paper over boards by Gray Parrot. Lower extreme fore-tips slightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy. Lower extreme fore-tips slightly bumped, otherwise a fine copy First edition. One of "approximately" 215 numbered copies (the entire edition) printed on Hodgkinson hand-made B & B paper.
Published by Bird and Bull Press, 1975
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Limited ed. #101 of 215. Oblong 8vo. Original vellum back and blue paper patterned boards. 25 color specimens. Internally clean. [Taylor A16]. The binding was done by by Edward G. Parrot II at Hancock, Maine.
Published by Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, 1975
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Bird & Bull Press (illustrator). oblong 8vo. vellum spine, paste paper over boards. 59 pages. One of 215 numbered copies (Taylor A16). A fine copy. This book was the result of a summer of experimentation on how to commercially produce paste papers for book binders and publishers. While Mr. Morris succeeded in solving an astounding array of technical problems described here, there were no buyers for his paper. The book is illustrated with photographs of the process and many tipped-in examples showing various results. The paste paper used on the cover is a Bird and Bull design. vellum spine, paste paper over boards.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Limited edition. Oblong 4to. 60 finely printed letterpress pages including full page paste-paper samples. One of approximately 215 numbered copies; this is copy 87. The text is set in Centaur and Codex types, and printed on Hodgkinson hand made B & B paper. Bound with a vellum spine, gilt, and paste-paper boards in a design of birds and bulls. .
Published by Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, Pennsylvania, 1975
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Mylar Jacket. 1st Edition. #134 from a Limited Edition of "Approximately 215 copies" (200 were for sale). Four page prospectus on hand made paper laid in. Oblong book. 57 pages + [4]. 25 paper samples, including the one used on title, tipped in; 13 illustrations in the text; original blue pasteboard sides with white parchment spine lettered in gold. Henry Morris wrote next to his signature on the colophone: "For Paulette Green", the prominent book dealer and collector. The binding was done by by Edward G. Parrot II at Hancock, Maine.
Published by Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, 1975
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Edition limited to 215 copies (this no. 199), oblong 8vo, pp. 57, [5]; 24 paste-paper samples; roller-printed paste-paper title page, parchment-backed paste-paper boards with Bird & Bull motif, gilt title direct on spine; fine. The samples come from Morris' failed attempt at becoming a roller-printed paste paper mogul. Twenty-One, A16.