Bird and Bull Press

• Morris, Henry. Omnibus, Instructions for Amateur Papermakers with Notes and Observations on Private Presses, book printing and some people who are involved in these activities. (1967) North Hills, PA. Limited edition of 500 copies printed from Emerson types on a variety of handmade papers. Leather quarter-bound by Sangorski Sutcliffe. UMCP has copy numbered 442. Special Collections Stacks Z247 .M6.


• Schlosser, Leonard B. An Exhibition of Books on Papermaking: A Selection of Books from the Collection of Leonard B. Schlosser. (1968) Greenwich, CN. Limited edition of 300 copies printed from Bulmer type. Catalogue of an exhibit at the Free Library of Philadelphia, April 15-June 15, 1968. Binding by Mary Coxe Schlosser at Greenwich, CT. R.D. Remley Collection Special Collections Stacks TS1090 .S34.


• Voorn, Henk. Old Ream Wrappers: An Essay on Early Ream Wrappers of Antiquarian Interest. (1969) North Hills, PA. Limited edition of 375 copies printed from Baskerville types on hand-made coarse laid paper. UMCP has copy numbered 72. Special Collections Stacks Z237 .V66.


• Morris, Henry. Guilford and Green Part I: A Visit to Hayle Mill. (1970) North Hill, PA. Limited edition of 210 copies printed from Baskerville types. UMCP has copy numbered 156. Special Collections Stacks TS1095 .G7 G8.


• The Bird and Bull Commonplace Book. (1971) North Hills, PA. Limited edition of 255 copies printed from Centaur on Hodgkinson's hand-made paper; bound in cloth and marbled boards; issued in a slipcase. R.D. Remley Collection. UMCP has copy numbered 236. Special Collections Folio Z247 .B5.


• Whitehill, Walter Muir. The Club of Odd Volumes, Boston, 1887-1973. (1973) Philadelphia: Philobiblon Club. Limited edition of 250 copies. An address given to the Philobiblon Club on April 19, 1973. Special Collections Stacks Z1008 .C58 W47.


• Spiller, Robert Ernest. The Philobiblon Club of Philadelphia: The First Eighty Years, 1893-1973. (1973) Philadelphia: Printed for the Philobiblon Club by the Bird and Bull Press. Limited edition of 275 copies printed from Times Roman types. Binding executed by Fritz and Trudi Eberhardt. UMCP has copy numbered 110. Special Collections Stacks Z1008 .P573 S7.


• Bird and Bull Paste Papers for Bookbinding. (1973) North Hills, PA. Samples of ten different designs in various colors. R. D. Remley Collection. Special Collections Stacks Z272 .B57.


• Morris, Henry. The Paper Maker: A Survey of Lesser-Known Hand Paper Mills in Europe and North America. (1974) North Hills, PA. Limited edition of 175 copies printed from Centaur and Goudy No. 38 types. Includes a selective index to the Paper Maker, 1932-1970 compiled by J. L. Anderson and H. Morris. The binding was executed by Fritz and Trudi Eberhardt. UMCP has copy numbered 85. Special Collections Folio TS1109 .M68.


• Schulz, Ernst. Aufgaben und Ziele der Inkunabelforschung. English Translation: The Study of Incunables: Problems and Aims. (1977) Philadelphia: Philobiblon Club; San Francisco: Distributor B.M. Rosenthal. Introduction to the essay by Bernard Bischoff. Limited edition of 500 copies printed at the Bird and Bull Press, North Hills, PA. Copies numbered 1-200 are for distribution to members of the Philiobiblon Club of Philadelphia. UMCP has copies numbered 264 and 385. R.D. Remley Collection. Special Collections Stacks Z240 .S3513.


• Sparrow, John Hanbury Angus. Association Copies: An Essay with Examples Drawn from the Author's Own Collection. (1978) Los Angeles: A. Hill. Limited edition of 200 copies printed for Jonathan A. Hill at the Bird and Bull Press, and printed from Caledonia type on Green's hand-made paper. UMCP has a copy numbered 54 and signed. R. D. Remley Collection. Special Collections Stacks Z1033 .A84 S66.


• Morris, Henry. The World's Worst Marbled Papers: Being a Collection of Ten Contemporary San Serriffean Marbled Papers Showing the Lowest Level of Technique, the Worst Combinations of Colors, and the Most Inferior Execution known since the Dawn of the Art of Marbling. (1978) North Hills, PA. With an introduction and commentary by Theodore Bachaus. Limited edition of 400 copies. UMCP has copy numbered 1. Special Collections Folio Z271 .W670.


• Barrett, Timothy. Nagashizuki: The Japanese Craft of Hand Papermaking. (1979) North Hills, PA. Limited edition of 300 copies printed from Van Dijck types on Bird and Bull Press “Nagashizuki” paper. Bound by E. G. Parrot II. UMCP has copy numbered 169. Special Collections Folio TS1109 .B267.


• Valls I Subirà, Oriol. A Lively Look at Papermaking. (1980) North Hills, PA. Limited edition of 300 copies printed from Times Roman types by Surburban Graphics on Ingres-Bütten paper. Bound by Edward G. Parrot II. UMCP has an unnumbered copy. Special Collections Stacks TS1095 .S7 V254.


• Updike, John. Ego and Art in Walt Whitman. (1980) New York: Targ Editions. Number Ten of Targ Editions. Limited edition of 350 signed copies. Signed by the author. Special Collections Stacks PS3242 .S46 U6


• Taylor, W. Thomas. Twenty-One Years of Bird and Bull: A Bibliography, 1958-1979. (1980) Austin, Texas: W. Thomas Taylor; North Hills, PA: Bird and Bull Press. Limited edition of 350 copies. Special Collections Stacks Z1215 .T39.


• Morris, Henry. Private Presses of San Serriffe. (1980) North Hills, PA: Distributed by Bird and Bull Press. Limited edition of 350 copies printed by the San Serriffe Publishing Co. in Port Clarendon, February 1980. UMCP has copy numbered 1. Special Collections Stacks Z231 .5 .P7 B253.


• Adelman, Seymour. Changing Patterns in the Function of Travel Agencies. (1981) Philadelphia: Taylor & Hessey. Limited edition of 400 numbered copies were designed and printed by Henry Morris at Bird and Bull Press in North Hills, PA. UMCP has copy numbered 231. Special Collections Stacks PR108 .A32.


• Kamph, Jamie. A Collector's Guide to Book-Binding. (1982) New Castle: Oak Knoll Books. Illustrations by Rosemary Tottoroto. Limited edition of 250 copies printed from Van Dijck types on mould-made Ingres paper. 220 copies case-bound by Fritz and Trudi Eberhardt. UMCP has copy numbered 197. Special Collections Stacks Z269 .K36.


• A Pair on Printing: Atkyns' “The Original and Growth of Printing” and William Caslon and the First English Type Specimen Book. (1982) North Hills, PA. Reproduced in facsimile with introductions by Carey S. Bliss. The introduction printed from Van Dijck types on Frankfurt paper; the facsimiles printed on Mohawk Text by Blair Printing Company, Inc. Bound by Gray Parrot. Special Collections Stacks Z124 .A87.


• Wolfe, Richard J. On Improvements in Marbling the Edges of Books and Paper: A Nineteenth Century Marbling Account. (1983) Newtown, PA. Explained and illustrated with fourteen original marbled samples by Richard J. Wolfe. Limited edition of 350 copies. Bound by E. G. Parrot. UMCP has copy numbered 344. Special Collections Stacks Z271 .O5.


• Franklin, Colin, editor. Doves Press: the Start of a Worry. (1983) Dallas: Printed for the Bridwell Library at the Bird and Bull Press in Newtown, PA. With an introduction by Colin Franklin and foreword by Michael Hornby. Limited edition of 275 copies. Bound by E. G. Parrot. UMCP has copy numbered 101. R. D. Remley Collection. Special Collections Stacks Z232 .C65 D68.


• McKitterick, David. The Sandars and Lyell Lectures: a Checklist. (1983) New York: J. A. Hill. Limited edition of 300 copies printed and bound by the Bird and Bull Press. UMCP has copy numbered 32. Special Collections Stacks Z151 .M29.


• Feather, John. English Book Prospectuses: An Illustrated History. (1984) Newtown, PA: Bird and Bull Press; Minneapolis: Daedalus Press. Limited edition of 325 copies printed from Spectrum Types on mould-made Arches paper. Bound by E. G. Parrot. UMCP has copy numbered 213. Issued in a slipcase. Special Collections Stacks Z325 .F4.


• Adelman, Seymour. “Help from Heaven.” (1984) New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books. Limited edition of 300 copies. Special Collections Stacks Z987 .A34.


• Heaney, Howell, J. Thirty Years of Bird and Bull: A Bibliography, 1958-1988. (1988) Newtown, PA. With a foreword and commentary by Henry Morris. Limited edition of 300 copies printed from Van Dijck type on dampened Bird and Bull Jerricho paper. Bound by Barbara Blumenthal. UMCP has copy numbered 130. Issued in slipcase. Special Collections Folio Z232 .B6 H43.


• Morris, Henry. Trade Tokens of British and American Booksellers and Bookmakers: With Specimens of Eleven Original Tokens Struck Especially for this Book. (1989) Newtown, PA. Limited edition of 300 copies printed from Van Dijck types on French mould-made Arches text paper. Issued in a slipcase with coins. UMCP has copy numbered 153. Special Collections Stacks Z234 .M67.


• Schmoller, Tanya. Remondini and Rizzi: a Chapter in Italian Decorated Paper History. (1990) New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books. Limited edition of 175 copies printed from Perpetua types on Johannot paper. Bound by Campbell-Logan bindery. UMCP has copy numbered 195. Special Collections Stacks Z232 .R353 S3.


• Cutbush, James. American Artist's Manual. (1990) New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books. Limited edition of 180 copies printed from Caslon Types cast by M & H Type and printed on Frankfurt paper; copies lettered A-J include original specimens of Gilpin and Robeson handmade paper; 35 copies numbered 1-35 include a specimen of Robeson handmade paper. Bound by Campbell-Logan bindery. UMCP has copy numbered 57. Special Collections Stacks TS1095 .U6 C88.


• Macfarlane, Nigel. A Paper Journey: Travels Among the Village Papermakers of India and Nepal. (1993) New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Books. Limited edition of 210 copies printed from Dante types on Arches mould-made paper; bound by Campbell-Logan Bindery. UMCP has copy numbered 117. Special Collections Stacks TS1095 .I4 M33.


• Morris, Henry. Two Birds with One Stone: My Log and Diary, 1980-1993. (1994) Newtown: Bird & Bull Press. Bound by Barbara Blumenthal. Special Collections Folio Z232 .B6 M67.

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