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Elmer Adler et al. (Editors) : The Colophon: A Quarterly for Collectors and Lovers of Books. Part Sixteen

Pyson Printers, Incorporated, New York, 1934

Limited edition. One of 2500 copies. Original publisher's boards with colors of orange, black, and white. 8 3/4" x 10 3/4." Unpaginated. All pages complete. Cover design and design of colophon page by Louis Bouche. Binding of the four parts of Volume IV by George McKibbin & Son. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Covers have some edge and corner wear. Spine is browned with slight wear at the head and tail. Printed on title page: "Articles are listed in the order of placement. The making of signatures by various presses at different times and places prevents folio pagination. Credit is given to each press with the exception of the Pynson Printers who ware responsible for the work not otherwise credited." Back colophon: "Completing Volume IV, of a book collectors' quarterly founded in New York in 1928. The four parts of this volume were distributed to twenty-five hundred book lovers in all parts of the world, Part Sixteen in March, 1934." The Colophon was a limited edition quarterly periodical that was published from 1929 to 1950. The periodical was established by Elmer Adler (1884-1962), the founder of Pynson Printers in New York City. Each quarterly contains a collection of "signatures" written and printed by different printers or printing presses. Most of these "signatures" are articles, but a few take the form of artwork and other non-written works. The articles cover a diverse range of topics but all relate in some way to printing, publishing, art, and literature. The Colophon was especially unique in featuring a variety of paper, typography, and printing styles due to the different contributors. The boards were produced by Pynson Printers. Beginning in 1935, The Colophon: New Series included fewer graphics and no longer used the contributors' paper, typography, or printing styles. The following are the articles and features in this issue: "Johnsonian Bibliography 1750-1765," "A Chronologial Grouping of Some of Emily Dickinson's Poems," "Incense and Praise, and Whim, and Glory: Real People in Poetry," "The Aldine Edition of British Poets," "Woodcut: Piete," "The First Edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica," "Anthologies of American Literature Before 1861," "Imprint Collecting," "A Thoreau Fact-Book," "Lady Isabel Burton," "An Omnibus of Poets," and "Index Volume IV.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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