English book prospectuses : an illustrated history / by John Feather.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feather, John, author.

Contributor:

Parrot, Gray, binder.

Morris, Henry, 1925-2019, papermaker.

Krimpen, Jan van, 1892-1958, type designer.

Bird & Bull Press, publisher, printer.

Daedalus Press (Minneapolis, Minn.), publisher.

Arjomari Prioux S.A., papermaker.

J. B. Green & Son (Firm), papermaker.

Whatman plc, papermaker.

Mackenzie-Harris Corporation, typographer.

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book industries and trade--England--History.

Book industries and trade.

Publishers and publishing--England--History.

Publishers and publishing.

Advertising--Books--History.

Advertising.

Printed ephemera--Facsimiles.

Printed ephemera.

Facsimiles.

Advertising--Books.

History.

England.

Genre:

Facsimiles.

History.

Private press books (Printing)

Printing in multiple colors (Printing)

Facsimiles (Printing)

Limitation statements (Publishing)

Deckled edges (Paper)

Mould-made papers (Paper)

Typefaces (Type evidence) -- Spectrum.

Case bindings (Binding)

Gold tooled bindings (Binding)

Slipcases (Binding)

Untrimmed edges (Binding)

Illustrated works.

Penn Provenance:

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

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

Physical Description:

109 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm + 1 portfolio (15 pieces)

Manufacture:

[Newtown, Pennsylvania] : Printed ... at the Bird & Bull Press, in July 1984.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : Daedalus Press, 1984.

Newtown [Pennsylvania] : Bird & Bull Press, 1984.

Notes:

"325 copies of this book have been printed on mouldmade Arches paper at the Bird & Bull Press in July 1984. The text was composed in Spectrum types by Mackenzie-Harris and the binding was done by E.G. Parrot"--Colophon.

Printed in red and black.

Binding: quarter black morocco over "Dutch Gilt" decorated paper boards; title stamped in gold on spine; deckled edges (fore- and tail edges untrimmed);housed with orange paper portfolio in orange slip case.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-109).

The portfolio contains the facsimiles, folded, that were too large to be bound in the main volume.

"To provide a little added interest I have taken the liberty of printing some of the prospectuses on paper other than white. Three items are printed on a faint blue mouldmade paper which came from Hodgkinson in England in 1970. The pink paper is 122 years old and comes from a scrapbook which I got from the late Jack Green when he retired from Hayle Mill in Maidstone. One edge of this sheet is watermarked 'J. GREEN & SON 1862'' and the other edge is blank ... I noticed one sheet watermarked 3-up HARVEYS & HUDSONS ... The thinnish cream-colored laid sheet used for no. 12 was made by Whatman in 1920 and was bourght but never used, by the American artist Troy Kinney ... There is also a watermarked paper I made in 1981, and the remanands of the Nagashizuki paper I made in 1979. The other sheets used are either French or German mouldmade papers. The paper used for the sides of the book has been reproduced from a piece of 18th century 'Dutch Gilt' decorated paper ..."--Note from the printer.

Local Notes:

RBC copy is no. 161.

Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copies (Bird & Bull Press 18 and 45) presented to the Penn Libraries in 2013 by Jean-François Vilain and Roger Wieck.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Bird & Bull Press 18) is number 23 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 325 copies. See colophon.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Bird & Bull Press 18): slip case retained.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Bird & Bull Press 45) is number 115 (the copy number supplied in manuscript) of a limited edition of 325 copies. See colophon.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Bird & Bull Press 45) has publisher's prospectus for this edition laid in.

Vilain-Wieck Collection copy (Bird & Bull Press 45): slip case retained.

Cited in:

Heaney, H.J. Thirty years of Bird & Bull, A39 (pages 57-59)

OCLC:

11481874