Camden: The Haddon Craftsmen, 1940. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (viii) pages followed by 18 leaves printed on one side only. Devoted to the famous men of printing including Gutenberg, Estienne, Plantin, Rogers and Will Bradley. READ MORE about FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF PRINTING FROM TYPE A SERIES OF NOTES ON PRINTING HISTORY, FROM JOHANN...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 2607
No. IV.
London: Office of the Fleuron, 1925. small 4to. cloth. (viii), 163, (19) pages. No. IV. With an article on script types by Stanley Morison, Holbrook Jackson on Robert Bridges, George Moore and Bernard Shaw and their printing, Sidgwick on Percy Smith, Newdigate on Emery Walker, Hanna Kiel on modern German printing and Frederic Warde on Bruce Rogers. Spine slightly faded. READ MORE about FLEURON, A JOURNAL OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 14441
Ann Arbor: William L. Clements Library, 1925. 4to. cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper spine label. 12 pages. Limited to 505 copies printed by Bruce Rogers at the Harvard University Press. Bookplate. Well preserved copy. READ MORE about THE PASSPORTS PRINTED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AT HIS PASSY PRESS
Price: $37.50 Order nr. 24757
New York: n.p., 1966. 4to. stiff paper folder with 15 articles and broadsides about Goudy produced especially for this dinner by various pressmen loosely inserted. Includes contributions by Earl Emmons, Roland Baughman, Earnest Calkins, Frances Perkins and others. Some of the tributes have been hand-set. A fine collection of material about one of America's finest type designers. Covers faded. READ MORE about KEEPSAKE TRIBUTE TO FREDERIC W. GOUDY TO COMMEMORATE THE GOUDY CENTENN IAL DINNER, MARCH 8, 1966
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 22058
New York: R.R. Bowker Co., 1972. tall 8vo. cloth. xii, 291 pages. First edition. Essays on William Morris, Frederic Goudy, Bruce Rogers, Edward Johnston, T.M. Cleland, the Grabhorns, etc. Illustrated. Covers show fading. READ MORE about HERITAGE OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS. A SELECTION OF LECTURES DELIVERED ... UNDER THE DIRECTION OF DR....
Price: $12.00 Order nr. 4213
Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1927. 4to. vellum-backed marbled boards, top edge gilt, others uncut. (x), 86 pages and 20 plates. First edition, limited to 350 copies printed by Bruce Rogers at the press of William Edwin Rudge. (Haas 141). The collotype plates were made by Emery Walker. Six chapters on early bookmaking including discussions of 12 early types of book material, writing on vellum, paper and libraries. Rubbed along edges and tips. This copy is..... READ MORE about ANCIENT BOOKS AND MODERN DISCOVERIES
Price: $225.00 Order nr. 41990
N.P. Lake Forest University, (1954). 8vo. self paper wrappers. (iv), 31+(1) pages. Exhibition held in conjunction with the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches in 1954 at Lake Forest College in Illinois. 36 Christian books and manuscripts, one dating back to the 7th century. Designed by Bruce Rogers. READ MORE about ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF CHRISTIAN BOOKS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 115913
Accompanied by an Original Leaf Printed on Vellum at the Merrymount Press
N.P. Chiswick Book Shop, 1990. folio. cloth, leather spine label, slipcase. xviii, 75+(1) pages. Accompanied by an Original Leaf Printed on Vellum at the Merrymount Press. Limited to 285 copies printed at A. Colish, Inc. with typography by Jerry Kelly (Leaf Book - Chalmers 192). History of the production of this famous book designed and printed by D.B. Updike including information from the files of Bruce Rogers and Stanley Morison. Presentation from the author on..... READ MORE about THE MAKING OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER OF 1928
Price: $475.00 Order nr. 123194
New York, NY: The Typophiles, 2003. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. 31+(1) pages. Typophiles Monograph New Series #20. Known throughout the world of typography, Abe Lerner was a highly respected and talented typographer/book designer with links to the likes of the great Bruce Rogers. With a meticulous eye for detail and clean design, he was constantly working on new projects. With a career that landed him as the Director of Design and Production at Macmillan..... READ MORE about ABE LERNER 1908-2002
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 94392
New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1944. 4to. cloth-backed decorated paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, clamshell case. xii, 190, (2) pages. Limited to 1100 numbered copies signed by the designer, Bruce Rogers (LEC 157). With an introduction by Christopher Morley and a postscript by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Printed by William E. Rudge's Sons. With Monthly Letter / prospectus loosely inserted. Some age darkening of case, else fine condition. READ MORE about THE ESSAYES OR COUNSELS CIVILL & MORALL
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 25076
39 volumes
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1939-1941. 4to. cloth-backed decorated boards, top edges gilt with COMMENTARIES in publisher's binding. variously paginated. 39 volumes. Limited to 1950 copies signed by Bruce Rogers. Overall design of this classic in book design and illustration was in the hands of Bruce Rogers. Each of the 37 volumes of Plays is illustrated by a different illustrator. The impressive list includes Eric Gill, Arthur Rackham, Gordon Ross, Edy Legrand, John Austen..... READ MORE about COMEDIES, HISTORIES & TRAGEDIES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Price: $850.00 Order nr. 62303
N.P. The Limited Editions Club, n.d. (but 1988). folio. half morocco, with cloth-covered boards, slipcase. xiv, 104, (2) pages. Letterpress printed in an edition limited to 750 numbered copies signed by the illustrator Roberto Juarez and author of the introduction John Hersey. Richly illustrated with original etchings printed on hand-made Japanese tissue. Hand sewn and bound by Carol Joyce. Printed in Monotype Jansen designed by Bruce Rogers. Bound at the Garthegaat Bindery. A beautiful copy..... READ MORE about THE KINGDOM OF THIS WORLD
Price: $200.00 Order nr. 45732
New York: Columbia University, 1957. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 46 pages. With text by Bruce Rogers and Helen Macy at beginning. Reproduces Norman Rockwell portrait of Macy as frontispiece. READ MORE about ADDRESS BY SIR FRANCIS MEYNELL AT THE DEDICATION OF THE GEORGE MACY MEMORIAL COLLECTION OF BOOKS...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 9904
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1950. folio. cloth-backed boards. (36) pages. Limited to 3000 copies. With photographs of the meeting. Includes the printed talks given by George Macy, Carl van Doren, Edward A. Wilson and Bruce Rogers. Wear at tips. READ MORE about A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS AT THE LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB'S DINNER TO CELEBRATE THE TWENTY-FIRST...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 9469
Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co., 1906. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. xii, 208 pages. First edition, limited to 530 numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers. With bookplate of Grolier Club. Prospectus mounted to back pastedown. Cloth on spine split and partially detached. Front hinge starting. READ MORE about BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 15174
New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.125 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 216 pages. "This new study offers an insight into his work, the personality that drove his long career, and the fascinating, highly-charged social and political backgrounds against which that career was played out." - William Morris Society Magazine "Simon Loxley invites the reader to get to know Emery Walker through letters to and from family and friends, political comrades, artists, poets..... READ MORE about EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 133470
3 volumes.
New Castle, Delaware and Los Angeles: Oak Knoll Press & Heritage Book Shop Inc., 1997. small 4to. full leather in slipcase. 1350 pages. 3 volumes. One of 20 sets bound thus. Originally printed and limited to only 150 copies, this legendary three-volume work describes over 1,300 English literary rare books manuscripts in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, one of the foremost American collections of early English literature. The original catalogue, extremely difficult and expensive to..... READ MORE about CARL H. PFORZHEIMER LIBRARY, ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1475-1700
Price: $950.00 Order nr. 47049
3 volumes.
New Castle, Delaware and Los Angeles: Oak Knoll Press & Heritage Book Shop Inc., 1997. small 4to. cloth. 1350 pages. 3 volumes. Limited to 700 copies. Originally printed and limited to only 150 copies, this legendary three-volume work describes over 1,300 English literary rare books and manuscripts in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, one of the foremost American collections of early English literature, now housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. The original catalogue..... READ MORE about CARL H. PFORZHEIMER LIBRARY, ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1475-1700
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 129308
3 volumes.
New Castle, Delaware and Los Angeles: Oak Knoll Press & Heritage Book Shop Inc., 1997. small 4to. cloth. 1350 pages. 3 volumes. Limited to 700 copies. Originally printed and limited to only 150 copies, this legendary three-volume work describes over 1,300 English literary rare books and manuscripts in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, one of the foremost American collections of early English literature, now housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. The original catalogue..... READ MORE about CARL H. PFORZHEIMER LIBRARY, ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1475-1700
Price: $350.00 Order nr. 46580
1980. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 48 pages. Volume II, NO.1 Saxe on type founders of New York City, Dunlap on Charles Kegan Paul, Thompson on Bruce Rogers, William Dane on Will Bradley and Singerman and Pollak on a document attributing Jewish background to Johann Gutenberg. READ MORE about PRINTING HISTORY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOC IATION. Number Three
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 32440
1984. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Volume VI, No.1. Judy Larson on separately issued engravings in America through 1820, Larry Sullivan on New York printing and Marcella Genz about Bruce Rogers and correspondence with Robert Ballou. READ MORE about PRINTING HISTORY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOC IATION. Number Eleven
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 32443
1983. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. Volume V, No.1. John Lancaster on 19th century American book trade technology and social history, Rollo Silver on the power of the press, James Barnes on Jonas Winchester, various authors on H.L. Mencken, Bruce Rogers Looks Back by Neville Thompson and information on ELbert Hubbard and W.W. Denslow. READ MORE about PRINTING HISTORY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOC IATION. Number Nine
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 32445
New York: The Typophiles, 1950. tall 12mo. cloth-backed decorated boards, later slipcase. (76) pages. First edition, limited to 600 copies of which 300 were set aside for Typophiles. Chapbook 24. Includes reproductions of some of Rogers' title pages, 6 photographs of Rogers and a number of calligraphic tributes by such designers as Arnold Bank, R. Hunter Middleton, George Salter, Paul Standard and others. This copy has a presentation from Bruce Rogers on the first blank..... READ MORE about BOUQUET FOR BR, A BIRTHDAY GARLAND GATHERED BY THE TYPOPHILES
Price: $95.00 Order nr. 123255
Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Co., (1936). small 8vo. cloth-backed paper-covered boards. 99 pages. The hardbound variant of this interesting book. Several prominent book designers created a design for each letter in the alphabet. Included are John Fass, Blumenthal, Dwiggins, Anthoensen, the Grabhorns, Valenti Angelo, Boris Artzybasheff and many others. Rogers designed the title page and the ampersand page, here printed on sandpaper. Corners lightly bumped and a few small spots on the front and rear covers..... READ MORE about PETER PIPER'S PRACTICAL PRINCIPLES OF PLAIN & PERFECT PRONUNCIATION
Price: $185.00 Order nr. 10162
Austin, TX: W. Thomas Taylor, 1989. 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Prospectus for Joseph Blumenthal, Bruce Rogers: A Life in Letters. Foreword by John Dreyfus, with a photograph of Rogers. Order form laid in. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by W. Thomas Taylor
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 133033
