Title: The Bird & Bull Commonplace Book Author: Morris, Henry Place: North Hills, PA Publisher: Bird & Bull Press Date: 1971 Description: 67 pp. With several mounted paper samples, 1 mounted leaf, and a facsimile brothel token within envelope mounted on rear pastedown. 4to. Green cloth-backed marbled boards backed, spine lettered in gilt, slipcase. No. 219 of 255 copies. First Edition. Laid in are two holograph letters from Henry Morris to a friend and collector. In the first, dated January, 1973, Morris comments about The Commonplace Book that "I think it was the one book I enjoyed more than any other." In the second, dated October, 1974, and contained within its original mailing envelope, Morris states that his book The Paper Maker had been so successful that he could not even supply it to some of his regular customers. The Commonplace Book is a collection of typically hilarious, irreverent, and often ribald essays on making paper from wasps' nests, brothel tokens, making paper from junk mail, and American toilet papers, as well as a selection of poems on papermaking. Taylor & Morris A11. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight fading and other light wear to slipcase; else volume fine. Item number: 186909
Title: The Bird & Bull Commonplace Book Author: Morris, Henry Place: North Hills, PA Publisher: Bird & Bull Press Date: 1971 Description: 67 pp. With several mounted paper samples, 1 mounted leaf, and a facsimile brothel token within envelope mounted on rear pastedown. 4to. Green cloth-backed marbled boards backed, spine lettered in gilt, slipcase. No. 219 of 255 copies. First Edition. Laid in are two holograph letters from Henry Morris to a friend and collector. In the first, dated January, 1973, Morris comments about The Commonplace Book that "I think it was the one book I enjoyed more than any other." In the second, dated October, 1974, and contained within its original mailing envelope, Morris states that his book The Paper Maker had been so successful that he could not even supply it to some of his regular customers. The Commonplace Book is a collection of typically hilarious, irreverent, and often ribald essays on making paper from wasps' nests, brothel tokens, making paper from junk mail, and American toilet papers, as well as a selection of poems on papermaking. Taylor & Morris A11. Lot Amendments Condition: Slight fading and other light wear to slipcase; else volume fine. Item number: 186909
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