BRUCE ROGERS, A LIFE IN LETTERS 1870-1957.
With a foreword by John Dreyfus.
- Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, (1989).
- small 4to.
- cloth.
- xvii, 215 pages.
Price: $45.00 other currencies
Order Nr. 26096
First edition, limited to 2000 copies. A near fine copy. A biography of Rogers by an acknowledged expert in the field. Designed and printed at the press of W. Thomas Taylor with plates produced at The Press of A. Colish. Has 57 plates printed with a number in two colors.
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). Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived"