Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
. BIRD & BULL PRESS, S.S.. Republic of San Serriffe, 1977.
Price: US$12.00 + shipping
Description: 9 x 10.5 inches. Single sheet. A stock certificate printed by Henry Morris for 1000 shares in the Bird & Bull Press incorporated under the laws of his mythical kingdom (Taylor C11), San Serriffe. Printed by hand at the press in two colors.
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$30.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. vii, 29 pages. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press (Taylor B8), of which this is one of 300 copies for distribution by Bernard M. Rosenthal, Inc. A fine copy. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$36.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. vii, 29 pages. First edition, limited to 500 copies printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. A fine copy. This is one of the 200 copies reserved for Club members. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Bernard Shaw. Flyleaves. W. Thomas Taylor, Austin, TX, 1977.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A very sharp copy of the 1977 1st edition, one of only 350 copies issued. Clean and Fine in its russet cloth. Quarto, edited with an Introduction by Dan H. Laurence and Daniel J. Leary (whose personal copy this was). Beautifully printed and designed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, PA.
Seller: APPLEDORE BOOKS, ABAA, WACCABUC, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$50.00 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: 8vo. 2 pp. ALs. Morris states that his books go o.p. quickly and only has copies of the prospectus for the Proceedings of the VAT Paper Makers From the estate of Herb Yellin (1935-2014), the publisher of the Lord John Press., designed the 1993 program for The Tom Bradley Tribute at the Century Plaza Hotel.
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$75.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8 1/4 inches x 11 1/4 in., half-title; title-page with design border printed in brown; dedication page; contents; introduction; 62 pp. + printer's limitation page. With two fold-out reproductions of the Hamlet & Mr. Badman flyleaves; Shaw's marginalia to Bunyan's Mr. Badman, and postscript. Notes and acknowledgments on the books. Red-brown textured cloth over boards, with a mounted, printed paper title label on the spine; brown paste-paper endpapers with a "GBS Flyleaves" design. Contents: book titles: Shakespeare: Tragedie of Hamlet Prince of Denmarke (The Cranach Press, 1930); Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies (Facsimile of the 1623 First Folio, Methuen, 1910); Dante Alighieri: Tutte Le Opere (Ashendene Press, 1909); Sir Thomas Malory: The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur [Le Morte Darthur](Illustrated by Beardsley; Dent, Third Edition, 1927); Sir Edward Elgar: The Severn Suite (London, R. Smith, 1930); T. E. Lawrence: A Letter to His Mother (Corvinus Press, 1936); T. E. Lawrence: Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A triumph (London: privately Printed, 1926); John Bunyan: The Life and Death of Mr. Badman (Illustrated by George W. & Louis Rhead; Heinemann, 1900).
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$79.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Text of flyleaf inscriptions written by Shaw in 8 books in his library; these books were sold at auction on July 25, 1949. "350 copies printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, Pa." Erratum slip inserted.62 pages, [2] folded leaves of plates : 2 facsimiles ; 29 cm. Contents: William Shakespeare: The tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke.--William Shakespeare: Mr. William Shakespeare's comedies, histories, and tragedies.--Dante Alighieri: Tutte le opere.--Sir Thomas Malory: The birth, life and acts of King Arthur (Le Morte Darthur).--Sir Edward Elgar: The Severn suite.--T.E. Lawrence: A letter to his mother.--T.E. Lawrence: Seven pillars of wisdom, a triumph.--John Bunyan: The life and death of Mr. Badman. Later in life when Shaw needed money, he sold many of his books at auction and tried to increase their value by writing in the flyleaves. This book gathers these autobiographical sketches together for the first time. Foldout facsimiles.
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Terracotta linen, spine label, small 4to., 62, (1) pages, two facsimile folding leaves. One of 350 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press, with his paste paper endpapers, and signed by him at the colophon. Errata slip laid in. A fine copy.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Shaw, Bernard. FLYLEAVES. W. Thomas Taylor, Austin, 1977.
Price: US$96.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. cloth, paper spine label. 62, (4) pages. Limited to 350 copies. A fine copy. Printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press for Taylor. Edited with an introduction by Dan H. Laurence and Daniel J. Leary. Later in life when Shaw needed money, he sold many of his books at auction and tried to increase their value by writing in the flyleaves. This book gathers these autobiographical sketches together for the first time. With foldout facsimiles.
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$103.06 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A good copy in original terracotta linen, paper spine title label, small 4to., 62pp, (1p.) two facsimile folding leaves. One of 350 numbered copies printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press, with his paste paper endpapers, and inscribed by him at the colophon. Scarce Errata slip laid in. Also laid in the original prospectus. Features two TE Lawrence titles. O'Brien F0958
Seller: Rickaro Books BA PBFA, Wakefield, United Kingdom
Henry Morris. Pepper Pot. Bird & Bull Press North Hills PA. USA, 1977.
Price: US$128.83 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: Number 243 of c. 250 copies, 4to. (295x235x17mm), 85pp, quarter leather with paste paper sides, 7 essays including a memoir by the author/printer, and an illustrated dissertation on Jacob Christian Schaeffer, an experimental paper maker in the 18th, century. The paste paper boards and 'grapevine paper' of which there is an example in the book were made at the press. The prospectus is loosely inserted. Mint copy.
Seller: Theoc Books, Tewkesbury, GLOS, United Kingdom
Durfort, Claire De. OURIKA. W. Thomas Taylor, Austin, 1977.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. quarter leather over paste paper-covered boards. 65 pages. Limited to 500 copies printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press on Green's Hayle paper, with the paste paper made by Morris and the binding executed by Gray Parrot. (Taylor B6). Prospectus loosely inserted. Spine faded, else a fine copy. Translated into English with an introduction and epilogue by John Fowles who has signed all copies. A thoughtful story about a black woman, adopted and raised as a lady in French society and then left on her own without funds. quarter leather over paste paper-covered boards
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Morris, Henry. Bird & Bull Pepper Pot. Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, Pennsylvania, 1977.
Price: US$154.59 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: Hardback, original morocco-backed paste-paper boards. 29 x 23cm. 85pp. Illustrations and samples. An out-of-series copy from an edition limited to 250, this copy inscribed "Binding sample 'B'", with T.L.S. from Remy Green to Henry Morris concerning the book and the sale of a collection of Bird & Bull books loosely inserted. Small stain to upper margin extending approximately 1cm from the top edge. Small mark on front boards. The second commonplace book issued by the press.
Seller: Besleys Books PBFA, Diss, United Kingdom
Price: US$165.00 + shipping
Description: One of 350 copies printed by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. 4to; red buckram with printed paper spine label; 62,[3],2 folding plates, printed in red and black, errata slip laid in. A fine copy, but for scattered ink marginalia to text and rear pastedown in the hand of the book's original owner, the noted Minneapolis collector and arts patron Waring W. Jones. Laid in are two typed letters from publisher Thomas Taylor to the Minnesota fine press printer Emerson Wulling, proposing an exchange of books. Transcriptions of Shaw's own marginalia, contrived in 1949 and written in copies of the best books in his collection to enhance their value at auction. The scheme, which the impoverished 93-year-old Shaw admitted was "a trick to make money," was only half-successful, as many of the best lots fell flat at Sotheby's. This a compelling copy, with ink annotations of a noted American bibliophile and a pair of good letters from the publisher.
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: Signed. Quarto; in quarter tan morocco, paste paper over boards; lettered horizontally in gilt on the spine; with morocco corner tips ; [1], half-title; [3], title; [5], Contents; 7, Foreward; 8-86, text (page 23 mispaginated 27); 89, colophon. ; there is ninor loss (insect?) to the top corner of the front pastedown; the edition is limited to "Approximately 250 copies" of which this is #204 signed by Henry Morris.~~In the B&B Press bibliography, Henry Morris notes that this book was "conceived in boredom" but that he thoroughly enjoyed the writing and editing of the book. Note: "The pattern in the cover pastepaper was produced with an automobile floor mat."~~A lovely copy with the typically Morris errata slip between pages 22 and 23. And with Prospectus laid in. (Taylor, A19). Fine binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Morris, Henry. Bird & Bull Pepper Pot.. Bird & Bull Press, North Hills PA, 1977.
Price: US$195.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 4to 11" - 13" tall; Quarter bound in Oasis leather by E.G. Parrot with paste paper sides, 84p. **Copy #210 of about 250 copies printed. With prospectus.
Seller: Janet & Henry Hurley, Westmoreland, NH, U.S.A.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 227 of 250 copies. Also a note from Henry Morris to collector John Urabec, M. D., "John - this copy picked at random - not #22, but has 22 in it - , Henry 10/3/77." 86 pp.; 4to., quarter light brown Oasis leather spine lettered in gilt, green pastepaper-covered boards. Printed by hand by Morris on dampened handmade Bird & Bull paper. Seven articles including an autobiographical sketch and the first English translation of sections of Jacob Christian Schaeffers famous 18th-century text on papermaking. The latter contains four tinted plates showing raw material for paper. Prospectus laid in.
Seller: G.F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.
Morris Henry. Bird and Bull Pepper Pot. Bird and Bull Press, North Hills, PA, 1977.
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: 252 of Approximately 250 copies (rear flyleaf with notation that it was 256 copies) signed by Morris at the limitation (most copies were unsigned). 1/4 leather over paste paper boards with leather corners. With the prospectus and a signed note from Morris to the previous owner. Size: Quarto (4to). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Inventory No: 044470.
Seller: Pazzo Books, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$234.00 + shipping
Description: 4to. leather spine, paste paper-covered boards. 86, (4) pages. Limited to "approximately 250 copies", of which this copy is numbered. Being the second commonplace book issued by the press. (Taylor A19) Printed by hand by Morris on Green's handmade Bird & Bull paper. Seven articles including an autobiographical sketch and the first English translation of sections of Jacob Christian Schaeffer's famous 18th-century text on papermaking. The latter contains four tinted plates showing raw material for papers. Loosely inserted are Henry Morris' broadsides 'H.L. Mencken replies to a letter.' and 'WANTED by the San Serriffe Justice Dept.'. leather spine, paste paper-covered boards
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Morris, Henry. BIRD & BULL PEPPER POT:. North Hills, PA. U.S.A. Bird & Bull Press, 1977.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: "Ingredients: Choice bits of uncommon paper making, publishing and printing history simmered in a tasty broth of poetry, current events and amusing anecdotes. Lightly seasoned with a dash of obscenity and with selected portions of fresh tripe added as in the old original recipe." Number 25 of "approximately 250 copies." Size: 9 in. x 11 ½ in. Green decorative paper over boards with leather spine and hinges. Gilt titling on spine. 86 pp. Leather tips. Various illustrations: a photo or two, some drawings, sample of paper, et al. A small circular nick on the rear band of leather.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.