Research Catalog

Title

The private presses of San Serriffe : a talk / by Henry Morris, given at the Typophiles Christmas luncheon in New York, December 16, 1986 ; with a foreword by the publisher.

Author

Morris, Henry, 1925-2019.

Publication

Port Clarendon : Cul-de-Sac Press [i.e. New York : Typophiles], 1986.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lerner, Abe, 1908-
• Typophiles (New York, N.Y.)

Description

[8] p.; 23 cm.

Alternative Title

Talk by Henry Morris.

Subjects

• Fictitious imprints
• San Serriffe (Imaginary place)
• Private presses > Humor
• Printing > Humor

Note

• "With kind permission of the Bird & Bull Press 480 copies of this parody have been printed for the Typophiles by Herbert H. Johnson, [Rochester, N.Y.]"--Colophon.
• Fictitious imprint on t.p.
• Foreword signed: Roger A.L. Bogus (i.e. Abe Lerner and Henry Morris).
• Text (p. [5-7] consists of several excerpts from Twenty-one years of Bird & Bull / by W. Thomas Taylor and Henry Morris, 1980. The excerpts are printed in black and gray and superimposed; some printed upside down.
• Issued in cream wrappers and blue book jacket with label: A talk by Henry Morris.

Call Number

*KP (Typophiles) 89-927

OCLC

• 21083441
• NYPG89-B86805

Author

Morris, Henry, 1925-2019.

Title

The private presses of San Serriffe : a talk / by Henry Morris, given at the Typophiles Christmas luncheon in New York, December 16, 1986 ; with a foreword by the publisher.

Imprint

Port Clarendon : Cul-de-Sac Press [i.e. New York : Typophiles], 1986.

Edition

Plateaus of print ed.

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Added Author

Lerner, Abe, 1908-

Morris, Henry, 1925-2019. Twenty-one years of Bird & Bull.

Typophiles (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Talk by Henry Morris.

Research Call Number

*KP (Typophiles) 89-927