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Feather, John. ENGLISH BOOK PROSPECTUSES, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY. Bird & Bull Press and Minneapolis: Daedalus Press, Newtown, 1984.

Price: US$240.00 + shipping

Description: 8vo. quarter morocco with tips, Dutch Gilt sides reproduced from an 18th century German decorated paper, plus 14 larger facsimiles in a separate accompanying portfolio. 109 pages. Limited to 325 copies (Heaney A39). The history of this important piece of publishing ephemera from its beginning in 1610 up through the 19th century and accompanied by 24 facsimile prospectuses from 2 to 10 pages in length. As the exact size was maintained, it was necessary to place 4 of the facsimiles in a separate portfolio. All but one of the prospectuses done in facsimile come from the Bodleian Library. Prospectus loosely inserted. quarter morocco with tips, Dutch Gilt sides reproduced from an 18th century German decorated paper, plus 14 larger facsimiles in a separate accompanying portfolio

Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.

(Bird & Bull Press.) FEATHER (John). English Book Prospectuses. An Illustrated History.. Bird & Bull Press and Daedalus Press, 1984.

Price: US$259.91 + shipping

Description: 142/325 COPIES printed on Arches mould-made paper, title-rule printed in red with a few borders printed in grey, 24 prospectuses reproduced in facsimile including one tipped-in and 14 of which in a separate folder, pp. 109, 8vo, original quarter black morocco with vertical gilt rule, attractive patterned boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed, prospectus laid in at front, together with card folder of facsimile prospectuses, board slipcase, fine. William Morris and the Kelmscott Press feature heavily in Chapter V, where he is credited with a revival of the prospectus.

Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom

FEATHER, John. English Book Prospectuses. Bird & Bull, Newtown, 1984.

Price: US$275.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: 8vo, decorative paper boards; black morocco spine. Newtown: Bird & Bull Press & Minneapolis: Daedalus Press, 1984. No. 11 of 325 copies, with a separate portfolio containing facsimiles on different papers. Both book & portfolio in publisher's boards slipcase.

Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.

Feather, John. ENGLISH BOOK PROSPECTUSES, AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY. Newtown, Pa. Bird & Bull Press; and Minneapolis: Daedalus Press, 1984.

Price: US$295.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: This is copy No. 192 of an edition limited to 325 copies. 6 ½ in. x 10 in. 109 pp. In a cardboard slipcase. Bound by E. G. Parrot in quarter morocco plus tips over decorated boards. Gilt titling on the spine. From the prospectus for the book which is inserted in the portfolio: "This book traces, through a combination of text and illustration, the history and significance of the English book prospectus from its beginnings in the 17th century down to the present day." The text is accompanied by 24 facsimile prospectuses (14 of the facsimiles are in a separate portfolio.) The book, the folder and its contents, the slipcase, and the prospectus are all fine.

Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.

(Bird and Bull Press) Feather, John. English Book Prospectuses. An Illustrated History. Bird and Bull Press, Newtown, 1984.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Description: Limited to 325 copies. With 24 facsimile prospectuses (14 of which are in separate portfolio). 109, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter black niger and decorated paper boards, portfolio in paper chemise, the two in publisher's slipcase. As new With 24 facsimile prospectuses (14 of which are in separate portfolio). 109, [3] pp. 1 vols. 8vo

Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.