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Price: US$169.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. Octavo. 108pp. One of 310 copies, of which 275 copies were for sale. This is no. 76. With an introduction and thirteen original marbled samples by Richard J. Wolfe. Printed in red and black on the sumptuous Italian handmade "Umbria" paper. Bound in paper marbled by Wolfe, backed in green morocco with orange lettering-piece. --- Condition very good, with slight abrasions to the f corners of the paper covered binding. Comes in slightly damaged mylar cover. Ships from Hawaii with free Priority Mail upgrade within US. Includes as the third essay the interesting "The Marbler of Paper"; as published in the Diderot and D'Alembert Encyclopedie, 1765 (page 55 -82, incl. 4 plates from the Encyclopedie. Bound in marbled paper, backed in green morocco
Seller: Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
Price: US$170.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Quarter green morocco, and marbled paper covered boards; gilt with orange leather spine label. Fine with 13 original marbled samples tipped in. 106 pages Number 184 of 310 numbered copies and hand-printed by Henry Morris. Clear acetate DJ has a .25" tear at top corner, otherwise near fine. Four pieces of ephemra from the Bird and Bull are laid in with a folded, two illustration in full color.
Seller: All Booked Up, Louisville, KY, U.S.A.
Price: US$173.00 + shipping
Description: Octavo. 108pp. One of 310 copies, of which 275 copies were for sale. With an introduction and thirteen original marbled samples by Richard J. Wolfe. Printed in red and black on the sumptuous Italian handmade "Umbria" paper. Bound in paper marbled by Wolfe, backed in green morocco with orange lettering-piece. Fine. Prospectus laid-in. (Bird & Bull Bibliography A43).
Seller: Bromer Booksellers, Inc., ABAA, Boston, MA, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Description: 106 [1] pp. 8vo, publisher's quarter morocco and marbled sides. First edition; No. 163 of 310 copies. Fine. Publisher's prospectus and two pieces of ephemera laid in.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$175.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Hardcover. Number 28 of 310 copies. The Bird & Bull Press was one of America's oldest private presses, started in 1958 by Henry Morris - who describes a private press as "someone who prints books or ephemera related to his personal interests." By starting the press Morris was hoping to "make use of the product of a new hobby - hand paper-making." Many of the books published by Bird & Bull dealt with book related subjects, such as paper-making, printing, illustration, book binding, and typography. Henry Morris and his press thus played an important role in the study, preservation, and dissemination of printing history. In 2013, Morris announced that he was ending his press's 55 years of activity due to advanced age and difficulty finding exciting projects. An interesting book from the press on the history of marbling paper and its role in the production of decorated paper in the Near East, Europe, and the New World. The craft was carried on extensively in Europe from early in the 17th century. Most notably, this volume includes thirteen original marbled samples provided by Wolfe. Each sample gives the name of its pattern and when it was mainly used. There is light offsetting from the samples to the blank versos of each sample page. Bound in multicolored marbled paper covers with black leather spine with orange title label. Printed in Cochin types on damped handmade Umbria paper and bound by Gray Parrot. In near fine condition. Measures 7 x 10 inches. 81 pages plus paper samples and two pages of notes on the text. PRI/031524.
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop, ABAA, Savage, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: As New
Description: 106, [1] pages. Copy 264 of a limited edition of 310. Hand-printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press on Umbria handmade paper (Heaney A43). The three accounts, all translated by Wolf, are: For the Making of Marbled Paper, Called Turkish Paper, from a 1642 unpublished manuscript from Lyon, containing the earliest known French marbling recipe; The Best Method of Making Marbled Paper, published in the Journal Oeconomique, 1758; and The Marbler of Paper, an essay in the Diderot-d'Alembert Encyclopedie of 1765. The Diderot article is especially interesting as it comments on the practical side of marbling and how much money could be made. Printed on dampened Umbria handmade paper and bound by E. Gray Parrot in quarter green morocco, with leather spine label, and "snail" pattern marbled paper sides made by Wolfe especially for this edition. The 12 tipped in samples were produced by Wolfe using the instructions in the translated manuals. Included is a four-color sequence showing the various steps taken by Wolfe in producing the Placard pattern. (Henry Morris notes the paper for this book cost only $2000 more than his first 3-bedroom house.) With an Introduction and thirteen original marbled specimens by Richard J. Wolfe. Also, one tipped in photograph, showing the making of marbled paper; two tipped in tinted plates; seven pages in facsimile; and four plates, taken from the Encyclopaedie, showing papermaking and its tools. Quarter green morocco over marbled boards, orange morocco spine label. In original Mylar jacket. Richard Wolfe is well known for his long association with marbling, both as historian and practicing marbles.
Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Description: First edition. Limited to 310 numbered copies and hand-printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press on Umbria handmade paper. with 13 original marbled samples tipped in. 106 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter green morocco, and marbled paper covered boards; gilt with orange leather spine label, by E.G. Parrot. Fine with 13 original marbled samples tipped in. 106 pp. 1 vols. 8vo First edition. Limited to 310 numbered copies and hand-printed by Henry Morris at his Bird & Bull Press on Umbria handmade paper.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$275.00 + shipping
Description: Edition limited to 310 numbered copies. Black morocco, orange calf spine label, over marbled boards. Prospectus laid in. Fine like New. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Seller: Wm Burgett Bks and Collectibles, san diego, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: Fine copy in original quarter morocco of this superbly produced volume from the Bird and Bull Press.
Seller: Jeremy Norman's historyofscience, Novato, CA, U.S.A.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: The three accounts are: ÒFor the Making of Marbled Paper, Called Turkish Paper,Ó from a 1642 unpublished manuscript from Lyon; ÒThe Best Method of Making Marbled Paper,Ó published in the Journal Oeconomique, 1758; and ÒThe Marbler of Paper,Ó printed in the Diderot-DÕAlembert Encyclopdie, 1765. Octavo. [107] pp. Thirteen original marbled paper samples; one tipped in photograph, showing the making of marbled paper; two tipped in tinted plates; seven pages in facsimile; and four plates, taken from the Encyclopdie, showing papermaking and its tools. Printed on dampened handmade Umbria paper and bound by Gray Parrot. Quarter green morocco over marbled boards, orange morocco spine label. A fine copy in the original acetate jacket. With original prospectus laid in. Also with a printed announcement, thanking members of the Standing Order List; the card has two color illustrations of a printer at work, and is dated 1987. One of 275 copies.
Seller: Michael R. Thompson Books, A.B.A.A., Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.