A conservatory for my prospectuses and specimen leaves / Henry Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Henry, 1925-2019, author.

Contributor:

Bixler, Michael, typographer.

Bixler, Winifred, typographer.

Mardersteig, Giovanni, 1892-1977, type designer.

Bird & Bull Press, publisher, printer.

Campbell-Logan Bindery, binder.

Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker & Söhne, papermaker.

Jean-François Vilain and Roger S. Wieck Collection of Private Presses, Ephemera, & Related References (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bird & Bull Press--Bibliography.

Bird & Bull Press.

Genre:

Bibliographies.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Mould-made papers (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Dante.

Case bindings (Binding)

Clamshell boxes (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Prospectuses.

Penn Provenance:

Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)

Physical Description:

90, [8] pages : illustrations (some color), samples (some color) ; 31 cm

Other Title:

B & B conservatory

Place of Publication:

Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 2008.

Notes:

"The prospectuses and specimen leaves herein are limited to only those books published by Bird & Bull Press from 1958 to the present date, and insofar as such material is available. Many of the earliest items have long since been dispersed or included in the portfolios which accompanied the three bibliographies I have published. But I had kept small hoards of some of the earlier material and these, combined with larger amounts of later pieces, will be found here. The varying quantities, disparate sizes and thicknesses present a challenge in assembling and binding. There are no two copies alike so each must be separately measured and appropriate shims inserted in the spine to make a proper binding. The most limited items have been combined into lots of 100 and will be located as close as possible to their descriptive listings. In some cases identifying the book from which a given leaf has been taken may require a little study."--Foreword.

"For the 50th anniversary of Bird & Bull Press I have made 100 bound collections of all the prospectuses and leaves in my possession"--Prospectus.

"100 copies printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper at Bird & Bull Press in October, 2008. The book was composed in Dante. Types by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound at the Campbell-Logan Bindery. No. [blank]"--Colophon. Note: the book was printed at the latest in May 2008.

Title and text in black and green.

Letterpress printed by Henry Morris. Bound in green cloth over boards. The number '50' stamped in gold on the front cover; black leather label on spine stamped in gold with title: B & B conservatory. Deckled edges (fore- and tail edges untrimmed). Issued in a black cloth-covered, drop-spine box (34 cm in height) with green leather label stamped in gold with the same title.

Local Notes:

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy is number 92 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 100 copies. See colophon.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy has publisher's prospectus for this edition laid in.

OCLC:

231417787