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

(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. 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: $175.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129308

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

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

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  other currencies  Order nr. 32445

(Rogers, Bruce).

BOUQUET FOR BR, A BIRTHDAY GARLAND GATHERED BY THE TYPOPHILES.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 123255

(Rogers, Bruce). Breton, Nicholas.

TWELVE MONETHS AND CHRISTMAS DAY FROM 'FANTASTICKES'.

New York: Clark & Way, 1951. 8vo. full blue calf stamped in gilt. (60) pages. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies of which this is one of the 100 signed by Bruce Rogers and bound in leather. Printed on English hand-made paper by the Thistle Press in New York City with design and hand-setting by Bruce Rogers. (Blumenthal, p.182-183). Profusely illustrated throughout with illustrations for each month printed in a different color. A very..... READ MORE about TWELVE MONETHS AND CHRISTMAS DAY FROM 'FANTASTICKES'

Price: $100.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114278

(Rogers, Bruce). Breton, Nicholas.

TWELVE MONTHS AND CHRISTMAS DAY FROM `FANTASTICKES'.

New York: Clark & Way, 1951. 8vo. cloth. (60) pages. Printed in an edition of 1000 copies on English hand-made paper by the Thistle Press in New York City with design and hand-setting by Bruce Rogers. (Blumenthal, p.182-183). A fine copy in fine slipcase. Profusely illustrated throughout with illustrations for each month printed in a different color. Bound by Frank Fortney. A very attractive book with many classic illustrations. READ MORE about TWELVE MONTHS AND CHRISTMAS DAY FROM `FANTASTICKES'

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 57473

(Rogers, Bruce).

THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI.

New York: Bruce Rogers & The Press of A. Colish, 1954. 8vo. paper wrappers. (8) pages. Prospectus for this folio edition of Dante with Bruce Roger's illustrations from Botticelli's original drawings. The folio was to be limited to 300 copies. The translation was done by Charles Eliot Norton. READ MORE about THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE ALIGHIERI

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 20008

(Rogers, Bruce). Guralnik, David B.

THE MAKING OF A NEW DICTIONARY.

Cleveland: The World Publishing Co., (1953). 8vo. paper wrappers. (ii), 26 pages. The story of the making of Webster's New World Dictionary. This booklet was arranged by Bruce Rogers. A fine copy. READ MORE about THE MAKING OF A NEW DICTIONARY

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 15775

(Rogers, Bruce). Hudson, W.H.

RALPH HERNE.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. 8vo. quarter black cloth with orange paper-covered sides, paper spine label. (viii), 162 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 950 numbered copies. (Warde no.172). Covers scratched and lightly worn. Designed by Bruce Rogers and printed at the Printing House of William Edwin Rudge. READ MORE about RALPH HERNE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 48148

(Rogers, Bruce). Lowell, James Russell.

DEMOCRACY: AN ADDRESS DELIVERED IN THE TOWN HALL BIRMINGHAM.

(Boston): The Riverside Press, 1902. 12mo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut, publisher's slipcase. x, 75+(1) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies. Minor worm holes along hinges, slipcase lightly worn at edges. Else a fine copy. Designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde 53). An address delivered by Lowell, then American Minister to Great Britain, on October 6, 1884, on assuming the presidency of the Birmingham and Midland Institute. READ MORE about DEMOCRACY: AN ADDRESS DELIVERED IN THE TOWN HALL BIRMINGHAM

Price: $40.00  other currencies  Order nr. 114684

(Rogers, Bruce). Mansbridge, Georgia.

BRUCE ROGERS, AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 56903

(Rogers, Bruce). Mansbridge, Georgia.

BRUCE ROGERS: AMERICAN TYPOGRAPHER.

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  other currencies  Order nr. 105234