Bromer Bookseller has always held the aesthetic of letterpress printing as the finest technique in which to present the written word. We offer many fine examples of printing from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, as well as earlier printed items. On our shelves, you will the find traditional, restrained typography of Bruce Rogers and John Baskerville, as well as more experimental work from such modern practitioners as Gunnar Kaldewey. Other leading printers represented in our stock include ...
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Minneapolis: Bieler Press, 1985. Octavo. 67pp. One of 150 copies, signed by the author. Trace rubbing to corners, else near fine in patterned blue paper backed in navy cloth. Prospectus laid in. More
Davis, CA: Library Associates, University Library, University of California, Davis, 1979. Two copies of a poster designed by Richard Bigus announcing the "Five Fine Printers" exhibit and related events at the Memorial Union Art Gallery at the University of California, Davis. The exhibit ran from February 22 to April 10..... More
(Torrance): Labyrinth Editions, 1977. Translated by Enrique Sacerio-Gari. Tall quarto. (15)ff., frenchfold. One of 100 copies. Neruda's long poem celebrating the joys of the printed letter arranged in concrete typography by Bigus, who learned the craft of printing under the tutelage of William Everson and Jack Stauffacher at U.C. Santa..... More
Richard Bigus, 1978. Broadside measuring 21 3/8 by 14 3/4 inches. From an edition of 200 copies, this is a proof copy signed by Richard Bigus. Designed and printed by Bigus in two colors. Fine. More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 1982. Octavo. 40pp. One of 250 copies. A comprehensive guide to bookbinding techniques and terminology for the layperson collector. Backed in cloth with red paper over boards. Fine. More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1972. Oblong 16mo. 70pp. One of 140 copies. An early title, containing six articles on printing, papermaking, etc. Bound in vellum-backed pastepaper boards. Little rubbing to corners, else near fine. Prospectus laid-in. More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. 16mo. 16ff. One of 375 copies. Illustrated with a fold-out drawing of a balloon bomb tipped into a separate folder. The Japanese lanched these bombs after their defeat at Midway in an attempt at retaliation. This effort met with little success. This is..... More
(North Hills): Bird & Bull Press, 1980. Octavo. 40pp. One of 350 copies, each copy numbered "1". A clever and entertaining spoof by Henry Morris of several contemporary private presses, including his own Bird & Bull. Fine in cloth-backed decorated boards. More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. Octavo. 137pp. One of 500 copies. Facsimiles of two important essays on printing by Richard Atkins and the first specimen book by Caslon; introduced and commented upon by Cary S. Bliss. Very fine in tan buckram, with title-label on spine. Prospectus laid-in. (Bird..... More
New Castle, DE: Bird & Bull Press, 1980. Octavo. (13)pp. One of 250 copies. An amusing recounting of an encounter between a savvy bookseller and a clumsy customer. Minor fading to spine, else fine in tan wrappers. More
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1985. Octavo. (17)pp. One of 300 copies. Designed by Abe Lerner. A transcription of "an imperceptibly edition version of a talk given April 5, 1982" to the Friends of the Book Arts Press at Columbia University. Spine sunned, else near fine in tan wrappers..... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1982. One of 350 copies printed at the Bird & Bull Press and bound by Gray Parrot in morocco-backed Japanese paper. Edited, and with a Prologue by Colin Franklin. Extremely fine. Prospectus laid-in. More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1995. Octavo. (106) pp. One of 200 copies. Illustrated with plates depicting Middleton and other artists and book historians, as well as images of Middleton's bindery. With a Foreword by Marianne Tidcombe. Spine toned, else fine in quarter morocco and decorated boards, housed in cloth..... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1971. Quarto. 67pp. One of 255 copies. Contains some amusing essays on paper-making, and some paper samples, including two made "with the cooperation of certain local wasps." A brief history of printing gives credit to "a man named Gutenberg, probably a foreigner," who "wanted..... More
(North Hills): Bird & Bull Press, 1967. Octavo. 121pp. From an edition of 500 copies, this is an out-of-series copy in a 1968 trial binding by Jean Millard. According to a penciled note on the front endpaper, there were two copies bound thus, and the note mentioned that "L. Schlosser..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1990. Quarto. 64pp. One of 230 copies. A miscellany of amusing satires on many aspects of the world of fine printing, with cartoon-like line drawings. Includes "Meet Me at the Fair" and "Scouts' Honor" by Sidney Berger, both of which are signed by the author..... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1975. Oblong 16mo. 62pp. One of "approximately 215 copies." Contains 24 tipped-in samples of colorful handmade paste papers. An account of methods and materials is illustrated with photographs. Bound in paste paper boards backed in vellum, gilt. Minor rubbing to edges, faint soiling to..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1989. Octavo. 86pp. One of 300 copies. Printers, papermakers, binders, and booksellers issued such tokens from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century. Fully illustrated with photographic reproductions of tokens and engravings. Some sunning to blue morocco spine, else fine. The tokens are contained in a...... More
(N.p.): Bird & Bull Press, 1991. Octavo. 82pp. One of 250 copies. Determined to "preserve worthwhile skills and artifacts from the past," Iris Nevins has focused on the art of marbling. "Many wonderful intricate patterns fell out of use after about 1870," and Spanish marbling is among the most difficult..... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 1987. Oblong octavo. 77pp.(25) ff. One of 325 copies. The first third of this handsome book consists of correspondence between Hans Schmoller and Morris dealing with the problems of the book itself. The second part by Tanya Schmoller is text about the Chinese tea chest..... More
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1984. Quarto. x, 49, 24 pp. + (31)ff. One of 500 copies. Contains three foldout plates, nineteen color reproductions of Japanese watercolors, and 30 illustrated facsimile pages of an eighteenth century Japanese papermaking manual. These woodcut facsimiles are printed on handmade Japanese gampi paper..... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1964. Octavo. 91pp. One of 200 copies. A biography on the life and work of Thomas Bird Mosher, the remarkable New England publisher and literary pirate. The Passionate Pirate is one of Henry Morris's earlier titles. In making it, he was plagued with both..... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1976. Octavo. 70pp. One of "approximately 250 copies." Sumner's manual, first published in 1854, is full of very specific recipes. This is the first of Bird & Bull's excellent books on marbling. With an Introduction, Notes, and eleven marbled samples by Richard J. Wolfe..... More
North Hills: Bird & Bull Press, 1980. Small quarto. 78pp., + 14ff. One of 300 copies. Translated from the German with an Introduction and fourteen original marbled specimens by Richard J. Wolfe. Illustrated with numerous black & white photographs showing Weisse at work. The large marbled samples by Wolfe are..... More
Newtown, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1983. Oblong 12mo. 64pp., + (14)ff. One of 350 copies. An interesting, historic account on marbling taken from the Journal of the Franklin Institute of 1829. Minor toning to spine, some edgewear, else near fine in marbled boards, backed with gilt-stamped blue morocco. Prospectus..... More
