Octavo. 40pp. The first in Henry Morris's series of works about the history and culture of the fictional Republic of San Serriffe, an island nation which was first conceived of in a 1977 April Fool's Day issue of The Guardian. Here, Morris, in his guise as Dr. Theodore Bachaus, D.S.E., a persona created by Arthur Rushmore in 1938, provides a clever and entertaining overview of several contemporary private presses in San Serriffe, including his own Bird & Bull. Fine in cloth-backed decorated boards. Prospectus, original sales receipt, and previous owner's bookplate laid in. (Bird & Bull Bibliography A25).