Order Nr. 120955 OF FRIENDSHIP: AN ESSAY FROM A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS. Henry David Thoreau.
OF FRIENDSHIP: AN ESSAY FROM A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS.
OF FRIENDSHIP: AN ESSAY FROM A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS.
OF FRIENDSHIP: AN ESSAY FROM A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS.
OF FRIENDSHIP: AN ESSAY FROM A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS.

OF FRIENDSHIP: AN ESSAY FROM A WEEK ON THE CONCORD AND MERRIMACK RIVERS.

(Rogers, Bruce).
  • (Cambridge, MA): The Riverside Press, 1901.
  • 12mo.
  • quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, spine and front cover gilt-stamped
  • vi, 88, (2) pages

Price: $300.00  other currencies

Order Nr. 120955

Limited to 500 numbered copies. Lacking the slipcase. Spine lightly age darkened. Else near fine. Introductory note. BAL 20197. Borst A1.6; Allen 31; Warde & Haas 52. Borst and Warde & Haas note typography by Bruce Rogers.

The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books... Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB).