Buy this book on-line

Elmer Adler (Editor) et al : The Colophon: New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Autumn 1938, Volume III, New Series, Number 4

Pynson Printers, Inc., New York, 1938

Original publisher's gray cloth binding with blue lettering and decorations. Illustration of a woman bathing in a pool while four men, backs turned toward her, read books. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." Pages 483-632, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Advertisements for book-related businesses in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact except for slight darkening at the tail of the spine. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. The Colophon was a quarterly periodical that was published from 1929-1950. The periodical was established by Elmer Adler (1884-1962), the founder of Pynson Printers in New York City. The articles of The Colophon cover a diverse range of topics, but all relate in some way to printing, publishing, art, and literature. The following are the features in this issue: "The 1858 Catalogue of Henry Adams's Library" by Max I. Baym, "The Indiscreet History of a Bibliographical, Picturesque, and Antiquarian Tour" by Boies Penrose, "Collecting Civil War Novels" by Richard H. Wilmer, Jr., "Dusty Shelves and Irishmen" by Elizabeth Ridgway, "Cooper's 'Upside Down' Turns Up" by John Atlee Kouwenhoven, "Facts and Fancies and the Cambridge Press" by George Parker Winship, "Toward a Bibliography of John Steinbeck" by Lawrence Clark Powell, "The Dunciad Duodecimo" by R. H. Griffith, "Footnote on a Minor Poet" by David A. Randall, "Success--and Dreiser" by Myrta Lockett Avary, "Notes and Queries" by Randolph G. Adams, "The Crow's Nest" by Frederick B. Adams, Jr., and "Index.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: Hardcover

Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints.