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Price: US$1125.00 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 145 copies, (this, no. 29), large folio clamshell box, approx. 26" x 19½", containing a bound series of 5 leaves printed on rectos only, followed by 21 printed broadsides, each within a printed bifolium, and each covering a different subject (largely related to printing and papermaking) and printed on various papers in various fonts. This copy warmly inscribed by Morris on the colophon to the box-maker, Greg Campbell of Campbell-Logan Bindery: "Greg -- I usually don't sign things but in this case I'd like to. I don't know if I'll be praised or pilloried for this, but in any case you did a great job on the boxes and I thank you. Henry 6/23/97." Laid in is the original invoice to Campbell, as well as a printed note from Henry Morris, as issued, noting that this project "has been the lengthiest and most demanding project I have done." Conservatory 60: "It was too big, too heavy. and impossible to shelve. However, it was liked by most recipients and only two copies were returned." Forty-Four A60.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
Morris, Henry. BROADSIDE VIGNETTES. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, PA, 1997.
Price: US$1140.00 + shipping
Description: 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 both. Each of the twenty-one folders holds a complete and different "short story," almost all of which are on subjects dear to the hearts of the book collector, private press connoisseur, or hand-papermaking enthusiast. Two of the twenty-one folders consist of two sheets, and one includes four sheets. Each is printed in two or more colors on a wide variety of imported and domestic papers, with an even wider variety of uncommon type faces. All but two of the vignettes are generously illustrated. Henry Morris has worked steadily on this for eight months and has told us that he has never spent so much time, worked harder, or found more satisfaction and pleasure in any previous undertaking. He issued this volume with the goal of producing a new volume each year. And don't worry about how to shelve this giant folio, for Henry has included a simple and practical suggestion regarding the convenient storage of this large case. Fine condition. 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
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.