Order Nr. 33923 ON FRIENDSHIP.
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(Rogers, Bruce).
  • Cambridge: n.p., (1918).
  • 8vo.
  • stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label.
  • (vi) pages.

Price: $160.00  other currencies

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Limited to 150 copies privately printed for A.T. Bartholomew and Bruce Rogers with designs by Rogers (Warde 129; Grolier 244). Printed in Caslon Italic. With presentation "W.G.H. Sprott from A.T.B. 6 April 1918." A fine copy. 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"

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