The feel of steel
Subtitle: the art and history of bank note engraving in the United States
By: by Mark D. Tomasko
Contributors: Bixler, Michael; Bixler, Winifred; Bates, Wesley W.; Bird & Bull Press; Papierfabrik Zerkall Renker & Söhne; Campbell-Logan Bindery
Publisher: Bird & Bull Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Newton, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Bank notes; Paper money design; Papiergeld; Staalgravures
Description: Tomasko, Mark D. THE FEEL OF STEEL: THE ART AND HISTORY OF BANK NOTE ENGRAVING IN THE UNITED STATES. First 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; printed in blue and black. Fine. An exceptional example of fine printing from Henry Morris's Bull & Bird Press, which published several different numismatic works over the years. 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. Number 142 of only 150 copies printed by letterpress on Zerkall mold-made paper. Ex Cardinal Collection Library.
Notes: "150 copies printed on Zerkall mouldmade paper at the Bird & Bull Press in August 2009. The text was composed in Dante types by Michael and Winifred Bixler and bound by the Campbell-Logan Bindery. No. ... Wood engravings by Wesley W. Bates"--Colophon.

Book enclosed in cloth covered slipcase, includes $2 bill bookmark.

Rare Book copy: American two-dollar bill stamped "A $2 bookmark for The feel of steel" laid in."

Rare Book copy: No. 34.