N.P. Privately printed for Duschnes at the Stinehour Press, 1965. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 25 pages. Limited to 750 copies. Printed in two colors and containing a tipped-in facsimile invitation. READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS, A GENTLE MAN FROM INDIANA
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 17269
N.P. n.p., 1945. 8vo. paper wrappers. 11 pages. First separate edition, reprinted from The Indiana Quarterly for Bookmen. Covers detached. READ MORE about NOTES ON BRUCE ROGERS OF INDIANA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 129321
Cambridge: n.p., n.d. (1918). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 5 pages. Warde no.132. Printed in Centaur type. Wrappers split along fold and chipped. READ MORE about ADDRESS AT THE UNVEILING OF THE ROLL OF HONOUR OF THE CAMBRIDGE TIPPERARY CLUB. BY THE PROVOST OF...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 6360
Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1907. 8vo. paper-covered boards, slipcase, label with title on spine and slip case, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (x), 47+(1) pages. Limited to 330 numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde 58). A collection of the works of American poet Maria White Lowell (1821-1844), first prepared for publication by her husband James Russell Lowell, and first published in 1855. Frontispiece illustration of Lowell with tissue guard. Table of contents. Biographical..... READ MORE about THE POEMS OF MARIA LOWELL
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 114766
High Wycomb: University Microfilms Limited, (1965). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers with a paper cover label. vii, 101 pages. A dissertation reproduced from microfilm by Georgia Mansbridge, friend of Bruce Rogers. She writes about his career and personal life from the eighteen hundreds till his death in 1957. READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS, AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 56903
New York: The Typophiles, 1997. small 8vo. cloth. xiii, 95, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book, New Series, Number One. Short biography of Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), a reprint of the 1965 Master's Thesis by Mansbridge, who was acquainted with Mr. Rogers during the last decade or so of his life. (Facing the title page is a photo of the author and Mr. Rogers.) There is no discussion of books designed by Mr. Rogers..... READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS: AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 61160
New York: The Typophiles, 1997. small 8vo. cloth. xiii, 95, (3) pages. Limited to 500 copies. Chap Book, New Series, Number One. Short biography of Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), a reprint of the 1965 Master's Thesis by Mansbridge, who was acquainted with Mr. Rogers during the last decade or so of his life. (Facing the title page is a photo of the author and Mr. Rogers.) There is no discussion of books designed by Mr. Rogers..... READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS: AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 105234
New York, NY: The Stone House Press, (1997). 8vo. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus announcing publication of Bruce Rogers: American Typographer. Folded. READ MORE about Prospectus for BRUCE ROGERS AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132602
New York: Dover Publications, (1979 but 1999). 4to. paper wrappers. x, 187 pages. Reprint of the 1943 edition. Dover has reproduced this classic book on printing in an inexpensive and attractive format. They have retained the wide margins and elegance of the book. Near fine. READ MORE about PARAGRAPHS ON PRINTING
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 2521
New York: William E. Rudge's Sons, 1943. 4to. cloth. ix, 187 pages. First edition. A good copy. Beautifully produced book with many examples of typography in different colors. A study in book design and printing by one of the best American designers of the 20th century. READ MORE about PARAGRAPHS ON PRINTING
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12863
New York: William E. Rudge's Sons, 1943. 4to. original cloth-backed pattern paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt, glassine wrapper, slipcase, inserted in cardboard mailer. (ii), ix, 187 pages. First edition, one of the 199 numbered copies signed by Rogers constituting the large-paper edition. The large-paper copy is in a different binding than the trade edition and contains four decorations in color, all executed by Rogers. It also features one of Rogers' printer's..... READ MORE about PARAGRAPHS ON PRINTING
Price: $750.00 Order nr. 28113
Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Co., (1936). small 8vo. Bound in yellow paper wrappers. 99 pages. First softcover edition. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Introduction by Harry Miller Lydenberg. Two-color illustrations by 41 printers, artists and designers including Rogers, Peter Beilenson, W.A. Dwiggen, Edwin & Robert Grabhorn, Joseph Blumenthal, Fritz Eichenberg, John Fass, Valenti Angelo, George Salter, Boris Artzybasheff and many more. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about PETER PIPER'S PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES OF PLAIN & PERFECT PRONUNCIATION
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 10271
N.P. The University Printer, 1950. 4to. cloth-backed boards, slipcase. xii, 36 pages. Limited to 500 copies as one of the Cambridge Christmas books. Minor cover soiling. In later slipcase. READ MORE about REPORT ON THE TYPOGRAPHY OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PREPARED IN 1917 AT THE REQUEST OF THE...
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 19632
N.P. The University Printer, 1950. 4to. cloth-backed boards. xii, 36 pages. Limited to 500 copies as one of the Cambridge Christmas books. With the bookplate of Lillian Marks (Plantin Press) on front pastedown. Covers show some toning along edges. Endpapers foxed. READ MORE about REPORT ON THE TYPOGRAPHY OF THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PREPARED IN 1917 AT THE REQUEST OF THE...
Price: $85.00 Order nr. 124135
New York: The Georgian Press, 1927. tall 12mo. printed paper over boards, paper wrap-around spine label. (iv), 21 pages. Limited to 500 copies. A fine copy. Being a light-hearted review of the work of Bruce Rogers by his friend, Rollins, printer to Yale University Press. Included are five pages of plates showing "rare and perhaps almost unique examples of the most felicitous B.R. material." The book was printed by Richard W. Ellis. Chip out of..... READ MORE about B.R., AMERICA'S TYPOGRAPHIC PLAYBOY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 10154
Boston: Houghton Mifflin et Cie, 1906. small 4to. patterned paper-covered boards, paper spine label. (viii), 154, (2) pages. Limited to 250 numbered copies. (Warde No.68). Some rubbing to boards. Some wear at spine ends, with minor loss at head of spine. Else a fine copy. Printed on hand- made paper with type imported from France. The original copper plates have been cut on wood by M. Lamont Brown and the prints mounted. With an engraved..... READ MORE about PAUL ET VIRGINIE AVEC FIGURES
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 18339
N.P. Privately printed, 1925. 8vo. boards with decorated paper on side panels, paper spine label. viii, 54 pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers (Haas no.116) and printed by William E. Rudge. With an ornament on the title page. Spine with loss along bottom, cracked along front hinge. Wear to the edge of the back cover along spine. Minor shelfwear. Corners lightly worn. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About..... READ MORE about SKALLAGRIM (GRIM THE BALD), AN OPERETTA IN THREE ACTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 30869
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, 1905. 8vo. cloth. (vii), 57+(1) pages. Designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde & Haas 64). Spine faded, extremities bumped. Some pen markings on table of contents. READ MORE about SELECTIONS FROM THE POEMS OF JOHN GODFREY SAXE
Price: $8.00 Order nr. 101125
Printed in England (London: Printed and published by Sir Emery Walker, Wilfred Merton and Bruce Rogers), 1932. 4to. full black morocco as issued, top edge gilt, eight raised bands on spine, title in gilt in second compartment, publication date in gilt in last compartment, original cloth slipcase. Unpaginated. One of 530 copies of one of Bruce Rogers' most famous works. Very minor rubbing to spine and hinges. Minor shelfwear to edges. Small bump to top..... READ MORE about THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER
Price: $8,000.00 Order nr. 46065
New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1924. 4to. cloth-backed boards, outer protective wrapper. 133+(1) pages. Limited to 530 numbered copies. Front hinge cracked. Lacking the wrapper and slipcase. Minor shelfwear. Designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde 188). Includes such authors as Joseph Conrad, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce and H.G. Wells. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about MEN OF LETTERS OF THE BRITISH ISLES, PORTRAIT MEDALLIONS FROM THE LIFE BY THEODORE SPICER- SIMSON...
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 30950
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., (1949). 4to. cloth, slipcase. 20, (22) pages. First edition, limited to 1875 copies. With numerous photos of the making of this well designed Bible including reproductions of the decorations and initials used. Slipcase has been tape repaired along hinge. Unusual to still find in slipcase. READ MORE about THE MAKING OF THE BRUCE ROGERS WORLD BIBLE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 8065
New York: The Grolier Club, 1927. 4to. quarter vellum over paste-paper-covered boards, top edge gilt. xxiii, 208, (2) pages. First edition thus, limited to 390 copies. (Ransom no.17, Haas 143; AIGA 361). Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by William Edwin Rudge. First edition in English of this landmark 16th century book on the formation of letters presented in a beautiful illustrated format by Bruce Rogers. With three different sections: Reform of the French Languague..... READ MORE about CHAMP FLEURY. BY GEOFROY TORY. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AND ANNOTATED BY GEORGE B. IVES
Price: $850.00 Order nr. 21509
New York: The Grolier Club, 1927. 4to. quarter parchment with decorated paper-covered boards, dust jacket. (ii), xxiii, 208, (2) pages. First edition thus, limited to 390 copies. (Ransom no.17, Haas 143; AIGA 361). Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed by William Edwin Rudge. First edition in English of this landmark 16th century book on the formation of letters presented in a beautiful illustrated format by Bruce Rogers. With three different sections: Reform of the French..... READ MORE about CHAMP FLEURY. BY GEOFROY TORY. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AND ANNOTATED BY GEORGE B. IVES
Price: $575.00 Order nr. 53450
2 volumes in 1.
Port Washington: Kennikat Press, (1968). 8vo. cloth. Over 150 pages. 2 volumes in 1. Reprint of the 1935 and 1926 editions. The first combined edition of this definitive bibliography of Rogers. READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS, DESIGNER OF BOOKS With BRUCE ROGERS; A BIBLIOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 7483
With a List of the Books Printed Under Mr. Roger's Supervision.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. 75 pages of text followed by 15 plates. With a List of the Books Printed Under Mr. Roger's Supervision. First edition, second impression. This essay and bibliography originally appeared in the Fleuron although this book contains some alterations. Hea of spine lightly worn, else a fine copy. READ MORE about BRUCE ROGERS, DESIGNER OF BOOKS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 126961
