Available Copies from Independent Booksellers
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Fine, no. 155 of 500 copies, 8vo, 9 3/4" x 6 1/4." White and orange paper-covered boards backed with brown leather. Gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated emblem of the Bird & Bull Press on front and back. Deckled edges. Covers have minuscule bumping to tips and head and tail of spine, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Pages pristine and intact. Illustrations in black-and-white and color included. Several sample sheets in different colors included. 121 pp., including illustrations and sample sheets. Beautiful fine-press book about papermaking by Henry Morris, the owner of the Bird & Bull Press. Back colophon: "Five hundred copies of this book were printed at the Bird & Bull Press on a variety of hand made papers. The text is printed on Green's hand made 'Bird & Bull' paper; papers made at the Press and at other places are so identified. The text is set in Emerson types and the book was bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. The printing was finished in August, 1967. This is copy number 155." Heavy and oversized items may require additional shipping.
Seller: Amatoria Fine Art Books, IOBA, CALIBA, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$225.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarter leather over cloth. 8vo. First edition, numbered 90 of a limited edition of 500 copies. 121 pp. Very good. Boards lightly stained. Sample of paper from the De Schoolmeester mill in Holland laid in, as issued. Illustrated with drawings and photographs, blinstamped watermarks, and with samples of paper bound in. The text is printed on Green's hand made "Bird & Bull" paper, papers made at the Press and at other places. The book was bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.
Seller: David Morrison Books, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Price: US$332.22 + shipping
Description: 8vo, 121pp. A near fine copy. Printed on hand-made Bird & Bull paper with bound in paper samples. Also included is a sample of paper made a De Schoolmeester Mill in Westzaan, Holland. Bound in quarter morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Limited to 500 numbered copies with gift inscription from the author.
Seller: Sainsbury's Books Pty. Ltd., Camberwell, VIC, Australia
Price: US$349.81 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Set in Centaur, Emerson, &c.; number 18 of 500 copies printed in black and various colours on 'Bird and Bull' hand made paper. 13 reproductions of drawings, etc., 8 pages of photographs, two pages of watermark designs printed in blind. Inserted sample sheets. Quarter brown morocco, spine gilt, with cream cloth boards printed with a pattern of a laid mould in yellow tan. A fine copy. Omnibus is printed on a variety of hand made papers - there is paper from the Dard Hunter mill at Lime Rock, Connecticut, from Australia, and from the Bird & Bull Press. Of 123pp., 34 pages are from these three sources. There is also a sample sheet from the last wind-driven paper mill in the Netherlands.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Original quarter niger, bound by Sangorski & Sutclife. Number 22 of 500 copies. Sample of paper from the De Schoolmeester mill in Holland laid in, as issued. A fine copy
Seller: Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA, Ardsley, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$375.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, one of 500 copies. Illustrated, with numerous watermarked and handmade paper samples bound in. 1 vols. 8vo. A fine copy of this beautifully produced work. Quarter morocco and cloth boards by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Fine, with loosely inserted paper sample as issued Illustrated, with numerous watermarked and handmade paper samples bound in. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$400.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Size: 6 1/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. 121 pp. Copy No. 171 of an edition of 500 printed at The Bird & Bull Press. Decorative cloth cover with leather spine and hinges. Gilt titling on spine, "bird & bull" decoration on front cover. Deckled fore-edge and bottom edge. Illustrated and with samples of paper bound in. Loosely inserted in a protective plastic cover is a sample of paper made a De Schoolmeester Mill in Westzaan, Holland, with reference to p. 120 for further details. A little dusting to the covers. In a fine acetate wrapper. Inscribed in ink on the limitation page by Henry Morris, proprietor of Bird & bull Press: "For Hilda- with best regards at Doc Leslie. 9/18/68. Henry Morris."
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$460.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: 8vo. 121pp. Quarter morocco, gilt spine title, decorated paper boards by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Finely printed on Green's hand-made 'Bird & Bull' paper. Bound in are paper samples made at the press and at other places, as well as a tribute to Dard Hunter printed on his own paper made ca. 1930. Also laid in is a large sample of paper from the De Schoolmeester mill in Holland. A double sheet of old watermark designs shows those designs in deep embossing for easy identification. One of 500 numbered copies. This is number 216. In fine condition.
Seller: Thorn Books, ABAA, Tucson, AZ, U.S.A.
Price: US$480.00 + shipping
Description: large 8vo. quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards. 121 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Chapters on The Mould, The Beater, Other Necessary Equipment and Beating Pulp, Some Observations on Private Presses, Making, Drying and Sizing Paper, Notes on Printing and Binding. Includes six samples of paper used by Morris for his books. quarter leather over decorated paper-covered boards
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.