| Description |
Deluxe Edition of The Feel of SteelFirst edition. Newtown: Bird & Bull Press, 2009. 4to, original black quarter morocco with blue-gold Japanese cloth impressed with gilt on the upper cover; red morocco spine label, gilt. 177, (3) pages; mounted intaglio frontispiece vignette; 30 pages of stochastically printed illustrations, often in color; 10 mounted stochastically printed illustrations; 4 folding stochastically printed illustrations; 11 fine intaglio printed plates; 4 mounted intaglio printed illustrations, including samples; overprinted $2 bill laid in as a bookmark; printed in blue and black. Prospectus laid in. An exceptional example of fine printing from Henry Morris's Bull & Bird Press, this spectacular volume includes a number of examples of intaglio printing, including bank note vignettes, as well as actual samples of bank notes and documents. One of only 150 copies printed. Fine. Estimate $500. Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Heritage Auctions 11/2018 (Newman XI), lot15398 (realized $456).
Heritage link: http://www.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=1283&lotIdNo=11102 |
