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Price: US$18.00 + shipping
Description: Broadside (11 3/4 by 6 3/4 inches). Prospectus for Howell J. Heaney (compiler), Thirty Years of Bird & Bull: A Bibliography, 1958-1988. The work includes a foreword and commentary by Henry Morris.
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Morris, Henry. Printed Letter regarding "Thirty Years of Bird & Bull" Nov. 30, 1988. , 1988.
Price: US$45.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Single sheet of 'Bird & Bull Press' paper. 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. "I had intended to start shipping Thirty Years of Bird & Bull today--I have most of the books back from the binder, and all the other components are ready. However a problem arose with the label on some of the cloth-covered boxes. To correct it will take about two weeks and I thought it best to avoid shipping this rather heavy, valuable book at the top of the Xmas rush.Therefore, I will start shipping in the first week of January, or around the 10th. I wanted to let you know about this, as I had already sent out prospectuses to non-standing order customers, and the standing order customers were of course unaware of the book. To repeat, your standing order will be filled in January--the usual twenty-five percent dealer discount will prevail. If you would like to have some prospectuses now, I can supply them in reasonable quantity. May I take this opportunity to thank you for your continued support and patronage, and wish you a very happy Holiday season, and good bookselling. Cordially [signed] Henry" One horizontal and one vertical fold.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$65.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Quarter black morocco gilt with orange cloth-covered boards silver gilt, 8vo., 57, (2) pages, illustrated. On San Seriffe, nuismatics, and with a 30 year short title checklist of the Bird & Bull Press. One of 350 copies printed from Van Dijck types on Arches mouldmade paper by Henry Morris at the Bird & Bull Press. Bound by Claudia Cohen and designated "Binder's Copy. Lacking the coin, folder and slipcase. Bare trace of wear, else a near fine copy in archival mylar.
Seller: Entropy Books, Ferndale, MI, U.S.A.
Price: US$95.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: With prospectus and other ephemera laid in. 2 volumes in board slipcase. Newtown,: Bird & Bull Press, 1988. Limited First Edition - number 149 of 350 copies on Arches paper, slipcased with a proof silver example of the medallion. Fine. First edition of this further elaboration upon the mythical Kingdom of San Seriffe.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$100.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Number 16 of 350 copies. 57 pp.; quarter black morocco lettered in gilt, and paper over boards; circular title device of silver coin on front cover,Accompanied by a specialholder for the silver proof coin, but without slipcase for the two volumes. From the collection of the late John D. Urabec, with added material laid in, including: a Bird & Bull invoice to John Urabec for the book; two Republic of San Serriffe, Twenty-five Corona notes, payable to the bearer on demand; one printed slip of paper from Henry Morris regarding the search for Puffin coins; a holograph note on scratch paper to Urabec - "John - Patience . . my next book - '30 Year Bibliography' will be printed on paper I made myself - Henry." In addition, laid over the half-title is a bookseller's trade token in plastic pouch and attached printed description, appears to be one of the eleven trade tokens struck for the Bird & Bull publication, Trade Tokens of British and American Booksellers.
Seller: G.F. Wilkinson Books, member IOBA, GRASS VALLEY, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$128.09 + shipping
Description: 170/350 COPIES printed in black and brown on Arches mouldmade paper, folding share certificate tipped in, pp. 57, 8vo, original quarter black morocco with terracotta boards, backstrip lettered in gilt, edges untrimmed, the upper board stamped in silver, card folder enclosing silver proof coin (numbered 247 of 500), the folder a little nicked at foot, these together in card slipcase, two copies of original prospectus enclosed, near fine.
Seller: Blackwell's Rare Books ABA ILAB BA, Oxford, United Kingdom
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. [60] pp. Plates, text illustrations Quarter black morocco over boards. A fine copy, with a separate folder, containing a proof silver example of the 100 Coronas medallion. Housed together in publisherÕs slipcase. With prospectus and other ephemera laid in. One of 350 copies printed on French mouldmade Arches text. Bound by Claudia Cohen.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$150.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: [Partial Colophon]: "350 copies of this book have been printed on French mouldmade Arches text at the Bird & Bull Press [-] The text was composed in Van Dijck types by Mackenzie-Harris Corp. and the book was bound by Claudia Cohen." 6 1/4 inches x 9 1/8 in., title-page printed in brown and black; 57+pp. + numbered colophon page; illustrated with a map, copyright certificate, and a fold-out stock certificate, signed by Henry & Pearl Morris; typographic ornaments. The silver 100 Coronas coin is in a sealed plastic holder, mounted in a folder, with a printed specifications sheet, and two loose samples of printed 25 Coronas paper currency. Black leather spine with gilt-lettered titling on the spine, and red-brown paper over boards with a design in silver on the front cover. The coin folder is matching red-brown paper over board, with dark gray paper-covered mounting frames; both are housed in a dark gray paper-covered slipcase. The upper spine end of the coin folder shows a 1/4 inch split to the red-brown paper covered backing. Prospectus laid-in.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$160.11 + shipping
Description: 30-year checklist of work produced by the press, 1958-1988. By Henry Morris. Brown boards, black morocco spine. One of 350 numbered copies. Accompanying the book is a brown cloth holder containing a 1 oz. silver coin on 100 coronas denomination. There are also 2 twenty-five coronas notes loosely enclosed, plus a map of San Seriffe and a Bird and Bull stock certificate bound in. An elaborate joke done with some style and silver coin included.
Seller: Tindley and Everett, ABA, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$190.00 + shipping
Condition: New
Description: 103 pages. Copy 232 from an edition of 300. With assorted ephemera in a portfolio in an as new sleeve. Quarter-bound in morocco and tips with leather spine label and paste paper over boards. Brand new: I bought it from Henry Morris decades ago new and it has been in the original wrapping all these years. The specimen collection is a great trove of B & B memorabilia and some scarce ephemeral material. The book contains various printed pages, inserts; the cloth-covered folder that accompanies the book in the case, contains thirty items (many of several pages), including a medallion in a plastic case. Gray leather spine and sides & tips, by Barbara Blumenthal, with a mounted red leather title label on the spine, and paste-paper over boards, with the Bird & Bull design in red on the front cover, The book fits into a specially made, drop-back box (case), made by R. C. Lohwasser, with the gray cloth-covered folder above the book; the case also features textured gray cloth and a red leather title label on the spine.
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$192.13 + shipping
Description: First edition hard back binding in publisher's original black leather spine with gilt-lettered titling on the spine, terracotta paper over boards with a design in silver to the front cover. The coin folder is matching terracotta paper over board, with dark grey paper-covered mounting frames, both are housed in a matching dark grey paper covered slip case. 8vo. 9'' x 6¼''. Hand written number 23 of 350 Limited Edition copies of this book have been printed on French mouldmade Arches text at the Bird & Bull Press. The text was composed in Van Dijck types by Mackenzie-Harris Corporation and bound by Claudia Cohen, title page printed in brown and black; 57pp. + numbered colophon page; illustrated with a map, copyright certificate, and a fold-out stock certificate, signed by Henry and Pearl Morris and counter signed by Caissa Superiore. The silver 1oz 100 Coronas coin is in a sealed plastic holder, mounted in a folder, with a printed specifications sheet and number 23 matching the limitation leaf. There are also 2 twenty-five coronas notes, note from Henry Morris and folded Prospectus laid-in. All in Fine and unused condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. NUMISMATICS (Currency)
Seller: Little Stour Books PBFA Member, Canterbury, United Kingdom
Price: US$200.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition, No. 89 of 350 copies. Illustrated, and with certificate for 1000 shares of Bird & Bull common stock bound in. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brown pictorial paper over boards, gilt-lettered black morocco spine; with accompaning box containing silver 100-Corona coin, both as new in original slipcase, original prospectus, two 25-Corona banknotes and printed Illustrated, and with certificate for 1000 shares of Bird & Bull common stock bound in. 1 vols. 8vo
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: A Fine Book and Portfolio of ephemera housed in a clamshell box. 4to. 1 of 300 copies.
Seller: Jackson Street Booksellers, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
Price: US$281.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo, original black quarter morocco with printed paper-covered sides. 57, (3) pages [certificate for 1000 shares of Bird & Bull Press (San Serriffe branch) bound in as pages 29-32]. Two San Serriffe 25 Corona notes and the original prospectus laid in. With custom-made folder holding a 1 troy ounce, .999 fine silver 100 Coronas piece issued by Morris for the Republic of San Serriffe. Both items inserted in accompanying slipcase. Fine. Limited to 350 copies. Morris is at his most amusing discussing this imaginary kingdom, and does his part to keep the legend alive, issuing not only a silver 'coin' for the island nation, but paper currency and a map as well. On a more serious note, Morris provides a checklist for the publications of his own press (one of the finest in the U.S.) and discusses other privately struck coins. Morris's printing is outstanding, and anyone who appreciates a beautiful book should own at least one of his productions.
Seller: Kolbe and Fanning Numismatic Booksellers, Gahanna, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Foreword & Commentary by Henry Morris. 4to, paste paper boards, gray leather spine, with label. Newtown: Bird & Bull, 1988, Limited edition The book is set into a specially made clamshell case, and is accompanied by a generous portfolio of assorted and varying ephemera material. One of 300 copies. Prospectus included.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$300.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Size of drop-back box/case: 10 inches x 12 3/4 in. x 2 3/4 in. (thick); size of book: 8 1/8 inches x 11 1/8 in., 103 pp. + limitation page. The book contains various printed pages, inserts; the cloth-covered folder that accompanies the book in the case, contains thirty items (many of several pages), including a medallion in a plastic case. Gray leather spine and sides & tips, by Barbara Blumenthal, with a mounted red leather title label on the spine, and paste-paper over boards, with the Bird & Bull design in red on the front cover, The book fits into a specially made, drop-back box (case), made by R. C. Lohwasser, with the gray cloth-covered folder above the book; the case also features textured gray cloth and a red leather title label on the spine. Weight: 7 1/2 lbs. Postage is extra on this item.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
Price: US$360.50 + shipping
Description: Quarto. Limited to 300 copies. The present copy is number 252. A bibliography of the works from the Bird and Bull press compiled by Howell J. Heaney with a foreword and commentary by Henry Morris and includes samples of works from the press printed on various European mould-made papers. Book bound by Barbara Blumenthal in 1/4 gray leather over paper-covered boards stamped with their press emblem on the corner of the upper board, red leather spine label gilt. The inserted papers are in a matching chemise and laid in is a trade token similar to those used in the 17th to the 19th centuries in England by booksellers. All nicely housed within a gray cloth clamshell, red leather spine label gilt. A fine production.
Seller: Alcuin Books, ABAA/ILAB, Scottsdale, AZ, U.S.A.
Heaney, Howell J.. Thirty Years of Bird & Bull. Bird & Bull Press, Newtown, PA, 1988.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 103pp. Quarter-bound in morocco and tips with leather spine label and paste paper over boards. Housed in a cloth clamshell box with leather spine label. The box gas a couple of areas of light dampstaining. Contents fine. Foreward written by Henry Morris. 275 copies. May require extra postage due to weight.
Seller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.