Johnston, Paul.

BIBLIO-TYPOGRAPHICA, A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY FINE PRINTING STYLE.

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

Kelly, Jerry.

THE FIRST FLOWERING: BRUCE ROGERS AT THE RIVERSIDE PRESS, 1896-1912, WITH A CHECKLIST OF THE RIVERSIDE PRESS EDITIONS.

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

Kenyon, Frederic G.

ANCIENT BOOKS AND MODERN DISCOVERIES.

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

(Leaf Book). Hutner, Martin.

THE MAKING OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER OF 1928.

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

(Limited Editions Club). Aesop.

AESOP'S FABLES, SAMUEL CROXALL'S TRANSLATION WITH A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE BY VICTOR SCHOLDERER AND NUMEROUS FACSIMILES OF FLORENTINE WOODCUTS.

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

(Limited Editions Club). Frost, Robert.

THE COMPLETE POEMS OF ROBERT FROST.

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

(Limited Editions Club). Milton, John.

IL PENSEROSO WITH THE PAINTINGS BY WILLIAM BLAKE.

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

(Limited Editions Club). Shakespeare, William.

COMEDIES, HISTORIES & TRAGEDIES OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.

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

Loxley, Simon.

EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION.

New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2019. 7.125 x 9.25 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 216 pages. This book is an attempt to give a comprehensive sense of Emery Walker as a person, along with his career and achievements, in part through correspondence with important people in his life. The letters are accompanied by brief biographies of the correspondents and essays that examine some of the key stages and achievements of Walker's career. Walker was a...... READ MORE about EMERY WALKER: ARTS, CRAFTS, AND A WORLD IN MOTION

Price: $95.00  other currencies  Order nr. 133470

Pankow, David (Editor).

AMERICAN PROPRIETARY TYPEFACES.

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

(Pennyroyal Press). Walsdorf, John J. (editor).

MEN OF PRINTING, ANGLO-AMERICAN PROFILES.

N.P. Pennyroyal, (1976). folio. unbound signatures. (80) pages. Limited to 300 regular copies and 50 deluxe copies, of which this copy is labeled 'artist's copy' and signed by Barry Moser. This copy is unbound. Contains obituaries for William Morris, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, Emery Walker, Eric Gill, StJohn Hornby, Frederic W Goudy, John Henry Nash and Bruce Rogers. Engravings by Barry Moser of each printer. Designed by Richard Hendel and printed from the original blocks, Harold McGrath..... READ MORE about MEN OF PRINTING, ANGLO-AMERICAN PROFILES

Price: $325.00  other currencies  Order nr. 132506

(Pforzheimer, Carl H.). Unger, Emma V. and William A. Jackson.

CARL H. PFORZHEIMER LIBRARY, ENGLISH LITERATURE, 1475-1700.

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

PRINTING HISTORY, THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN PRINTING HISTORY ASSOC IATION. Number Three.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 32440