Price: US$250.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: Illustrated. 89 pages, tall 8vo, 1/2 maroon morocco, marbled boarrds. North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1970. Limited Edition. Fine. One of only 210 numbered copies. Without the outer paper wrapper that was to be used for a cover, but was found unsuitable.
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$270.00 + shipping
Description: 8vo. Half crimson morocco and boards, dust jacket. [ii], 88, [4] pages. First edition printed in an edition of 210 copies. The first part of the book describes a visit made by Henry Morris to J. Barcham Green, the famous hand papermaking firm in England. Gives a history of the firm and reproduces correspondence between William Morris and Joseph Batchelor regarding production of paper. The second section of the book reprints a number of letters written by Nathan Guilford during a trip to Kentucky in the early part of the 19th century. The interesting series of letters provides real insight into life in the States. Tipped in samples throughout (see photos). Loosely inserted is a dust jacket made up of paper that was not used for the cover with a piece of the paper folded and inserted in a pocket in the back of this jacket. Half crimson morocco and boards, dust jacket
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
Price: US$437.50 + shipping
Description: Edition ltd. to 210 copies, 8vo, 2 parts in 1, pp. 88, [4]; 2 title pages printed in two colors, 10 facsimile pages (2 folding) plus 2 inserted facsimile leaves, 1 tipped-in illustration, and 5 woodcut illustrations reproduced in a range of colors; a very good, tight copy in the original quarter maroon morocco over printed paper-covered boards, gilt titling on spine, small orangish stain on upper edge of text block (3/8" x 1/8"), with an outer paper wrapper with pocket containing a sample sheet of the paper originally produced for use on the cover, on Batchelor's Kelmscott moulds, but later deemed unsuitable.
Seller: Rulon-Miller Books (ABAA / ILAB), St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.