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Price: US$125.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto; in green marbled paper backed in green cloth with titling on the spine in gilt; on the recto of the first leaf is the design from the title page, with names of famous bookmen printed on it, second leaf blank; [I], half-title; [3], title; [5], contents; 7-8, introduction; 9-65, text; [67], colophon; repeat of the design from the first blank leaf on recto of the last blank; this is #201 of 250 copies, signed by Henry Morris; prospectus is laid in.~~The edges of the slipcase are sunned; there is some discoloration at the hinges, presumably from the binder's glue; the token from a whore-house is in a small envelope attached to the rear pastedown.~~From the Colophon: "Two hundred and fifty copies of this book have been printed with Centaur types at the Bird & Bull Press in North Hills, Pa. The text paper is Hodgkinson's hand made "Bird & Bull" Royal. The three other papers used were made at the Press; two of them with the cooperation of certain local wasps and my magazine publishing friends. The publisher's have already been identified but I never knew the wasps, or even which particular species I was dealing with. Since there are about 2000 varieties I trust the omission of these details will be forgiven. It has been wonderful working with the people and insects that have helped me put this book together ."~~NOTE; There is a brass whore-house check in a pocket attached to the inside lower cover. Very Good binding.
Seller: BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB, Richmond, VA, U.S.A.
Price: US$179.32 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 196 of 220 copies handset in Centaur and printed in black and brown on Henry Morris "Bird & Bull" handmade paper. 11 half-tones and 16 line-block illustrations, with a sample pair of "assignats" (a highly inflationary French revolutionary currency) inserted in a pocket. Quarter brown morocco, lettered in gilt on spine with gold rules on front and back, tan paper sides printed in brown. 8vo, pp.71, North Hills, Pennsylvania, 1976. A fine copy.
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
. The Bird and Bull Commonplace Book. Bird and Bull Press, North Hills PA, 1971.
Price: US$202.00 + shipping
Description: North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good in a good slipcase (browned on all edges). Quarto (9-1/4' x 12'), 65 (6) deckled pages. Includes $45 invoice from Henry Morris to librarian at University of Virginia dated paid 1972. Bound in cloth-backed marbled boards. One of 255 copies with numerous samples of paper made by hand from such substances as junk mail and wasp nests. With brass cathouse token in small pocket inside rear cover, as issued.
Seller: 2nd Act Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Morris, Henry. The Bird & Bull Commonplace Book. Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, 1971.
Price: US$230.00 + shipping
Description: Quarto. 67pp. One of 255 copies. Contains some amusing essays on paper-making, and some paper samples, including two made "with the cooperation of certain local wasps." A brief history of printing gives credit to "a man named Gutenberg, probably a foreigner," who "wanted to make a good impression." A pocket inside the cover holds an unusual piece of Americana (a circular brass whorehouse check). Very fine in quarter-cloth and marbled boards. Slipcase, which is toned at edges. (Bird & Bull Bibliography A10).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$230.56 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: 65pp. Green and red marbled boards quarterbound green cloth with gilt titles to spine in slipcase. Copy numbered 113 of 255 copies printed with Centaur types at the Bird & Bull Press. No inscriptions. Slipcase a little sunned and faded. Eps a little discoloured. Otherwise this is a beautiful copy . the contents of which are most entertaining!
Seller: David Kenyon, King's Lynn, United Kingdom
MORRIS, Henry et. al. THE BIRD AND BULL COMMONPLACE BOOK. Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, 1971.
Price: US$312.50 + shipping
Description: Quarto (9-1/4" x 12"), 65 (6) pages. Bound in cloth-backed marbled boards. One of 255 copies with numerous samples of paper made by hand from such substances as junk mail and wasp nests. With brass cathouse token in small pocket inside rear cover, as issued. Delightful book!
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.