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Forty-four years of Bird & Bull : a bibliography, 1958-2002

Title
Forty-four years of Bird & Bull : a bibliography, 1958-2002 / compiled by Sidney E. Berger ; with a foreword & commentary by Henry Morris.
Author
Berger, Sidney E.
Publication
Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Morris, Henry, 1925-2019.
  • Heaney, Howell J.
  • Bixler, Michael
  • Bixler, Winifred
  • Bird & Bull Press. prt
  • Campbell-Logan Bindery. bnd
Description
99 p. : ill. (some col.); 33 cm. +
Alternative Title
44 years of Bird & Bull
Subjects
Genre/Form
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Dante.
Note
  • "150 copies printed on Arches mouldmade paper at the Bird & Bull Press in April, 2002. The book was composed in Dante types by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery"--Colophon.
  • NYPL copy is no. 56.
  • Portfolio contains samples of 18 productions of the Press."Included in the inch-thick portfolio of specimens is a 16-pp. small folio booklet with the complete woodcuts of Three lions and the cross of Lorraine (1992) ... Careful examination of some of the woodcuts will reveal details lacking in the original work. An additional inner portfolio contains a generous collection of leaves from Dard Hunter & Son (1998). This inner portfolio has a printed sheet providing details of the items enclosed. The main portfolio also includes 8-, 12- and 16-pp. specimen sections, large posters, prospectuses, the two aforementioned items and other ephemera. There are an additional twenty-four tip-ins or inserts bound into the book, including five 4-pp. inserts, two 6-pp. inserts, and one fold-out broadside [Hamlet's cat's soliloquy] on handmade Italian Roma paper"--Prospectus.
  • Continues numbering of previous Bird & Bull Press bibliographies; updates Thirty years of Bird & Bull : a bibliography, 1958-1988 / compiled by Howell J. Heaney ; with a foreword & commentary by Henry Morris.
  • Includes index.
Binding (note)
  • Binding: Publisher's quarter brown morocco and dark green Japanese cloth, with green morocco spine label. Issued, with dark green cloth-covered portfolio of specimens, in dark green cloth-covered drop back solander case (35 cm.) with brown morocco spine label.
Call Number
*KP+ (Bird) 05-160
OCLC
50611211
Author
Berger, Sidney E.
Title
Forty-four years of Bird & Bull : a bibliography, 1958-2002 / compiled by Sidney E. Berger ; with a foreword & commentary by Henry Morris.
Imprint
Newtown, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press, 2002.
Binding
Binding: Publisher's quarter brown morocco and dark green Japanese cloth, with green morocco spine label. Issued, with dark green cloth-covered portfolio of specimens, in dark green cloth-covered drop back solander case (35 cm.) with brown morocco spine label.
Local Note
Prospectus ([4] p.) laid in.
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Added Author
Morris, Henry, 1925-2019.
Heaney, Howell J. Thirty years of Bird & Bull.
Bixler, Michael. Compositor
Bixler, Winifred. Compositor
Bird & Bull Press. Printer
Campbell-Logan Bindery. Binder
Research Call Number
*KP+ (Bird) 05-160
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