THE DOLPHIN, A JOURNAL OF THE MAKING OF BOOKS.
Numbers 1-4, a total of six volumes (all published).
- New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1933, 35, 38, 40-41.
- 4to.
- publisher's cloth
- (viii),363,(18); 329,(20); xvi,507,(34); 104,(20); 109-232,(16); 233-312,(14) pages.
Price: $450.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 2161
Limitations vary from 1200 to 2000 copies (LEC S-02, 03, 04, 05). Prospectus loosely inserted. All in near fine condition. An extremely important series of books devoted to all aspects of fine book production. Includes the highly desirable encyclopedic third volume, The History of the Printed Book, edited by Lawrence Wroth.
Articles include: ON DESIGNING A TYPE FACE by Frederic Goudy, HAND-MADE PAPER AND ITS RELATION TO MODERN PRINTING by Dard Hunter, and BIBLIOTHECA TYPOGRAPHICA: A LIST OF BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS by Horace Hart. Among 19 other contributors are Alfred Pollard, Lawrence Wroth and Carl Purington Rollins. Ulrich & Kup call the Dolphin: "The outstanding American publication on the book, touching almost every phase in a vital and scholarly way. Finely printed, a delight for the student, collector and bibliophile."