New York: The Typophiles, 1951. tall 12mo. cloth. (x), 94 pages. Limited to 640 copies; the 25th Chapbook issued by the Typophiles. Has a title page designed by Dwiggins, contributions by Warren Chappell, Bruce Rogers, Paul Bennett and others. Contains reproductions of Archer's design work. READ MORE about SAGITTARIUS: HIS BOOK, GATHERED FOR JOHN ARCHER BY HIS FRIENDS
Price: $17.00 Order nr. 6070
New York: The Typophiles, 1951. tall 12mo. cloth. (x), 94 pages. Limited to 640 copies; the 25th Chapbook issued by the Typophiles. Has a title page designed by Dwiggins, contributions by Warren Chappell, Bruce Rogers, Paul Bennett and others. Contains reproductions of Archer's design work. Ink stamp of former owner at top of front pastedown. READ MORE about SAGITTARIUS: HIS BOOK, GATHERED FOR JOHN ARCHER BY HIS FRIENDS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 63668
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., (1951). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (ii), xviii, 418, (2) pages. First edition. Illustrated. Essays by Wroth, Warde, Dwiggins, Rogers, Ransom, Pollard, Grabhorn, Morison, Gill, Goudy and others. Near fine. READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES
Price: $24.00 Order nr. 55400
Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Co., (1963). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (ii), xviii, 418, (2) pages. Reprint of the first edition. Illustrated. Essays by Wroth, Warde, Dwiggins, Rogers, Ransom, Pollard, Grabhorn, Morison, Gill, Goudy and others. Covers toned. READ MORE about BOOKS AND PRINTING, A TREASURY FOR TYPOPHILES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 32192
London: Blandford Press, 1954. tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 219 pages. First edition. Ownership signature in ink on front cover of jacket and front free endpaper. Slight soiling of jacket, else very good. Produced to help the printer design his printing work. Includes title page from the Oxford Lectern Bible designed by Bruce Rogers. Includes chapters on the choice of type, mixing types, principles of spacing, etc. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan..... READ MORE about THE USE OF TYPE, THE PRACTICE OF TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 87052
New Hope, PA: Bird & Bull Press, c. 1985. 12mo. paper wrappers. (4) pages. This very limited (35 copies or so) privately printed pamphlet was written and printed by Henry Morris. It is a poem on how Henry Morris sold four copies of a bookmark that was made from an assortment of materials, including clothing worn by Bruce Rogers, which the proceeds were then used as funds for a dinner at Morris' local eatery, 'The..... READ MORE about SOME PEOPLE'S UNDER-WEAR IS BETTER THAN OTHERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 134221
New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, (1987). small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 168 pages. First U.S. edition. Describes the careers of the great type designers of this century - Goudy, Rogers, Koch, Dwiggins, Gill, Morison, etc. Well illustrated. Fine condition. READ MORE about TWENTIETH CENTURY TYPE DESIGNERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 62292
(Meriden, CT: Columbiad Club of Connecticut), n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Limited to 50 numbered copies. Keepsake No. 87 of the Columbiad Club. Designed by John O.C. McCrillis. Includes illustration of a selection of type ornaments belonging to Bruce Rogers. READ MORE about PRINTERS' ORNAMENT
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 128544
London: The Bodley Head, (1980). 8vo. paper-covered boards, dust jacket. 192 pages. First edition. Near fine. A delightful memoir by Crutchley who was University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974. Includes anecdotes about Walter Lewis, Stanley Morison, Bruce Rogers, Eric Gill and others. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about TO BE A PRINTER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 12138
New York: The Typophiles, 1998. 8vo. quarter blue cloth with patterned paper-covered boards. 101, (3) pages. Typophile Chap Book - New Series Number Two. Limited to 500 copies designed by Dan Carr and printed in the original metal Monotype Dante on vintage Mohawk Letterpress Text by J. Ferrari & D. Carr at Golgonooza Letter Foundry & Press. Well-illustrated with reproductions of John DePol's wood-engravings. READ MORE about JOHN DE POL AND THE TYPOPHILES, A MEMOIR AND RECORD OF FRIENDSHIPS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 69520
Boston: David R. Godine, (1995). 8vo. cloth. x, 339 +(1) pages. First edition. A compilation of writings on many aspects of printing and book design, chosen by the author. The topics are varied, and include eighteenth-& nineteenth-century studies, private presses, type design and manufacture, exhibitions and speculations. In an interesting chapter on twentieth-century typographers, the author discusses Stanley Morrison, Eric Gill, Bruce Rogers and several other well known printers. Illustrated with photographs and facsimiles. Handlist..... READ MORE about INTO PRINT, SELECTED WRITINGS ON PRINTING HISTORY, TYPOGRAPHY AND BOOK PRODUCTION
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 45937
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
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
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1907. 8vo. cloth, paper spine label. xvi, 322 pages. First edition, limited to 530 numbered copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers. Spine and top edge of front cover faded. Bookplate on front pastedown of Jerome Carrie Hanauer.From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 15173
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 Order nr. 19236
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
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: 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
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. Near fine. Order form loosely inserted. Each of the 37 volumes of Plays is illustrated by a different illustrator. The impressive list includes..... READ MORE about SHAKESPEARE, A REVIEW AND A PREVIEW
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 9470
N.P. Pennyroyal, (1976). tall 12mo. marbled paper-covered boards with a leather spine label which covers the spine. Not paginated. Limited to 300 copies. Contains obituaries for William Morris, T.J. Cobden-Sanderson, Emery Walker, Eric Gill, St. John Hornby, Frederic W Goudy, John Henry Nash and Bruce Rogers. Engravings by Barry Moser. Leather spine shows light spotting along the bottom 1/3 of the leather label. Lightest hint of shelfwear, else fine. READ MORE about MEN OF PRINTING, ANGLO-AMERICAN PROFILES
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 42230
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: $900.00 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
