Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Bixler, Michael
2. Bixler, Winifred
3. Bird & Bull Press, printer, publisher.
4. Arjo Wiggins Appleton (Firm), papermaker.
5. Campbell-Logan Bindery, binder.

Description

1. 72, [5] pages : illustrations (some color), samples; 36 cm +

Alternative title

1. Vignettes volume II
2. Broadside vignettes.

Subject

1. Bird & Bull Press > Bibliography
2. Bird & Bull Press
3. Printing > Anecdotes
4. Papermaking > Anecdotes
5. Papermaking
6. Printing

Genre/Form

1. Anecdotes.
2. Bibliographies.
3. Private press books (Publishing) – Pennsylvania – Newtown – 1999.

Contents

1. Foreword -- Bird & Bull Incunabula, I -- Bird & Bull Incunabula, II -- Bird & Bull Incunabula, III -- 19th century security papers -- Rosenwald -- Tale of a trunk -- Numismata typographica -- Farewell to papermaking -- Mary Kettilby's cook book -- Lieutenant A.S. Rowan -- Pop goes the weasel -- Better late than never -- A history of die cutting -- The Würzburg lithography.

Call number

1. Rare Books+ 21-519

Note

1. "Volume II". Intended as a sequel to Broadside vignettes.
2. In box; 2 clay impressions from Babylonian cylinder seals contained in box housing.
3. "150 copies printed on Arches mouldmade paper at the Bird & Bull Press in August 1999. The book was composed in Erhardt types by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound at the Campbell-Logan bindery" -- colophon.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed in (note)

1. Berger, S.E. Bird & Bull

Binding (note)

1. Bound in publisher's sheepskin color cloth; leather spine label with title tooled in gold, issued with clamshell box covered in same cloth; lid of box has a compartment to contain the tablets.

Author

1. Morris, Henry, 1925-2019.

Title

1. Vignettes : an eclectic assemblage of anecdotes about papermaking, the private press and its history, book collecting, Numismata typographica and much more / Henry Morris.

Publisher

1. Newtown, Pennsylvania : Bird & Bull Press, 1999.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Indexed in:

1. Berger, S.E. Bird & Bull, A 62

Binding

1. Bound in publisher's sheepskin color cloth; leather spine label with title tooled in gold, issued with clamshell box covered in same cloth; lid of box has a compartment to contain the tablets. NN

Local note

1. Copy in Rare Books+ 21-519 is no. 140 of 150 copies; prospectus laid in at front.

Added author

1. Bixler, Michael, compositor.
2. Bixler, Winifred, compositor.
3. Bird & Bull Press, printer, publisher.
4. Arjo Wiggins Appleton (Firm), papermaker.
5. Campbell-Logan Bindery, binder.

Spine title

1. Vignettes volume II

Added title

1. Broadside vignettes.

Research call number

1. Rare Books+ 21-519