Octavo. 60pp. The full title of the book reveals that the text contains "an Account of This Legendary Republic and Its Connection with the Bird & Bull Press," along with "a Description of Similar Numismatic Rarities and a 30-year Checklist of Work Produced by the Press, 1958-1988." Expanding on the 1977 April Fool's joke originating from The Guardian newspaper in the UK, Henry Morris published The Private Presses of San Serriffe in 1980, and followed that up with this book, focused on the currency of the imaginary island nation. Each book comes with a map of the Republic, certificate of copyright registration for the Private Presses of San Serriffe, and a common stock certificate bound in. Two 25-corona banknotes are laid in, "to pay your taxi fare into town from Bodoni International Airport." A silver 100 corona piece encapsulated in plastic is held in a separate portfolio. Fine in morocco-backed terra cotta boards housed together with the portfolio in slipcase. Prospectus, original purchase receipt, and previous owner's bookplate laid in.