(Bird & Bull Press) Forty-Four Years of Bird & Bull: A Bibliography

$500.00

34. () Forty-Four Years of Bird & Bull: A Bibliography, 1958-2002. Compiled by and with a Foreword & Commentary by . Newtown. 2002. 99p. plus unpaginated inserts. 12.75” x 9.5”. Printed on Arches Mouldmade in Dante types composed by Michael and Winifred Bixler. Many tip-ins, inserts, and fold-outs. Brown leather spine with green leather title label; green cloth boards. Matching green Japanese cloth board folder containing examples of Bird & Bull printing. All laid in green cloth drop-back box with brown leather title label on spine.One in an edition of 150 copies. Fine.

“Included in the inch thick portfolio of specimens is a 16pp. small folio booklet with the complete woodcuts of Three Lions and the Cross of Lorraine (1992), which is now a scarce and expensive book. … An additional inner portfolio contains a generous collection of leaves from Dard Hunter & Son (1998). “ - Prospectus.

Morris also writes in his Prospectus: “I have tried to make my comments informative and engaging. … and to provide this information in an enjoyable form.” In true fashion, there are many amusements throughout - which I leave for the reader to discover!

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