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 other currencies Order nr. 4213
New York: Covici-Friede, 1930. tall 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. (xi), 303 pages. First edition, limited to 1050 copies. (Hart no.134). An important look at bookmaking from the Whittinghams to Elmer Adler. Many facsimile title pages and other illustrations. Essays on William Morris, Pickering, and other influences on American typography. Shows the work of Dwiggins, Rogers, Adler, and many others. Only front cover of jacket is present. READ MORE about BIBLIO-TYPOGRAPHICA, A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY FINE PRINTING STYLE
Price: $35.00 other currencies Order nr. 19236
Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 2016. small 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 120, (2) pages. Roughly fifteen years after Gutenberg printed the first substantial book in Mainz in 1455, Nicolas Jenson of Venice produced what has been universally recognized among the most beautiful typefaces ever created. Based on the humanistic calligraphy of the Renaissance, an even and infinitely various set of lowercase letters that had evolved from the Carolingian minuscules of the ninth century, Jenson's... READ MORE about THE NOBLEST ROMAN: A HISTORY OF THE CENTAUR TYPES OF BRUCE ROGERS
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 129302
Boston: Thomas G. Boss Fine Books, 2008. 5.75 x 8.75 inches. cloth-backed paper covered boards, stamped in gilt with the Riverside Press logo. 95 pages. As Daniel Berkley Updike's successor, from 1896-1912, Bruce Rogers worked at Houghton Mifflin's Riverside Press. This history of Bruce Rogers' work while at the Riverside Press was taken directly from the archives of his letters. Included in this book is how Rogers came to produce the series called Riverside Press... READ MORE about THE FIRST FLOWERING: BRUCE ROGERS AT THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, 1896-1912, WITH A CHECKLIST OF THE...
Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 100315
Boston, MA: David R. Godine, 2008. 8vo. cloth. 54 pages, plates. A history of Rogers and the Riverside Press. With a bibliography. Color plates. Acknowledgments. READ MORE about THE FIRST FLOWERING: BRUCE ROGERS AT THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, 1896-1912, WITH A CHECKLIST OF THE...
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 131329
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 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 other currencies 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 other currencies Order nr. 94392
New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1933. 8vo. quarter vellum with marbled paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. xx, 210, (2) pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the designer, Bruce Rogers (LEC 47). Printed at the Oxford University Press by John Johnson. Excellent example of Rogers' work. Bookplate on front pastedown. Slipcase a bit age darkened along edges with minor toning of book. READ MORE about AESOP'S FABLES, SAMUEL CROXALL'S TRANSLATION WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE BY VICTOR SCHOLDERER AND...
Price: $130.00 other currencies Order nr. 121044
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 other currencies Order nr. 25076
New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1947. 8vo. full leather, top edge gilt, slipcase. xvii, 195, (3) pages. Limited to 1500 numbered copies signed by the designer of the book, Bruce Rogers (LEC 183). Translated by Cyril Bailey with an Introduction by Irwin Edman. With headlines printed in red and medallion of Epicurus printed in gilt. Gilt designs on the first page. Fine in fine slipcase. READ MORE about EPICURUS, THE EXTANT REMAINS OF THE GREEK TEXT
Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 126986
2 volumes.
New York, NY: The Limited Editions Club, 1950. small 4to. cloth, leather spine labels, slipcase. xliv,308; (iv),309-608,(2) pages. 2 volumes. Limited to 1500 numbered copies and signed by Frost and Nason and the designer, Bruce Rogers (LEC 208). With a Preface by the Author, an Appreciation by Louis Untermeyer and Wood-Engravings by Thomas W. Nason. Slipcase rubbed around edges, else absolutely fine condition. READ MORE about THE COMPLETE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST
Price: $1,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 16571
With an Introduction by A.A. Milne & Illustrations by Arthur Rackham
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1940. small 4to. cloth-backed paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, slipcase. 244, (2) pages. With an Introduction by A.A. Milne & Illustrations by Arthur Rackham. Limited to 2020 numbered copies signed by the designer, Bruce Rogers (LEC S-7 Special Publications; Great & Good Books, A Bibliographical Catalogue of the Limited Editions Club, A17). Printed at the Walpole Printing Office (of Peter Beilenson). The Rackham illustrations are in full color and... READ MORE about THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS
Price: $750.00 other currencies Order nr. 121221
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 other currencies Order nr. 9904
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1954. small 4to. cloth, slipcase. 44; 43 pages. Bound dos-a-dos. Limited to 1750 numbered copies and designed by Bruce Rogers (LEC 246). Together with a Note upon the Paintings by Chauncey Brewster Tinker. With L'ALLEGRO WITH THE PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM BLAKE. Together with a Note upon the Poems by W.P. Trent. Printed at the Thistle Press. A well preserved copy. READ MORE about IL PENSEROSO WITH THE PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM BLAKE
Price: $75.00 other currencies Order nr. 16229
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 other currencies Order nr. 9469
New York: The Limited Editions Club, n.d. (1939). 4to. cloth. xxvi, (4) pages followed by 4 full-page plates including one color plate by Rackham. Prospectus to the series of 37 volumes issued by the LEC. 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... READ MORE about SHAKESPEARE, A REVIEW AND A PREVIEW
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 9470
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 other currencies Order nr. 62303
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 other currencies Order nr. 15174
New York, NY: (The American Institute of Graphic Arts), 1939. 8vo. cloth. (viii), 27, (3) pages. Addresses delivered by Daniel Beverly Updike, Carl Purington Rollins, William Mills Ivins, Jr., Bruce Rogers, and Henry Watson Bent on the occasion of the exhibition's opening. Keepsake No. 58 of the American Institute of Graphic Arts. Comments by L. B. Siegfried, Chair of the Keepsake Committee of AIGA, laid in. READ MORE about ADDRESSES GIVEN AT THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION OF METROPOLITAN MUSEUM PRINTING HELD IN THE...
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 129306
New York: American Printing History Association, 1998. 8vo. cloth. 176, (4) pages followed by 38 plates. This book is a fascinating survey of typefaces developed in America after 1892 and intended for composition in metal for the use of an individual or press. It includes essays by the following: Susan Otis Thompson on American Arts & Crafts typefaces, Martin Hutner on the Merrymount Press, Herbert Johnson on Bruce Rogers's Centaur type, Cathleen Baker on Dard... READ MORE about AMERICAN PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES
Price: $50.00 other currencies Order nr. 97457
(New York): American Printing History Association, (1998). 8vo. cloth. 176, (4) pages followed by 38 plates. First edition, limited to 720 copies. Set in Monotype Centaur and Bembo by Michael and Winifred Bixler with text printed letterpress and the illustrations printed by offset lithography at The Stinehour Press. Designed by Jerry Kelly. A study of type faces developed in America after 1892 and intended for composition in metal for the use of an individual or... READ MORE about AMERICAN PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES
Price: $55.00 other currencies Order nr. 105046
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 other currencies Order nr. 46580
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 other currencies Order nr. 47049
