[Henry Morris]. [SPECIAL PRESS] THE PAPER MAKER. A SURVEY OF LESSER-KNOWN HAND PAPER MILLS IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA. Bird & Bull Press, North Hills, PA, 1974.

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Description: Signed. Quarto; in quarter natural goat-skin lettered vertically in gilt on the spine; and in red paste-paper over boards lettered in paste vertically on the upper cover LONG LIVE THE PAPER MAKERS and on the lover cover VIVA I FRABRICANTI DI CARTA; with two blank leaves and two inserted leaves of pink paper in the front and back of the book, with dedication to Lessing Rosenwald on the verso of the first of these; with prospectus laid in.~~From the colophon: "One hundred and seventy-five copies of this book have been printed with Centaur and Goudy No. 38 types at the Bird & Bull Press in North Hills, Penna. The text paper, endpaper and paste-paper was made at the press. The printing was finished on January 13, 1974, and the book was bound by Fritz and Trudi Eberhardt at Harleysville, Penna. This is copy No 50." Signed by Henry Morris.~~Mr. Morris said of this book: "For many reasons this was one of the most enjoyable books I have produced, possibly because I had to involve myself with so many people in order to bring the work to a successful conclusion."~~ (Taylor & Morris A15). Very Good binding.

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