Buy this book on-line Elmer Adler (Editor) et al : The Colophon: New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Summer 1935, Volume I, New Series, Number 1Pynson Printers, Inc., New York, 1935
Original publisher's beige paper-covered boards with a turquoise illustration on front cover of a man pursuing a woman through a maze of books. Green and beige spine. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." Pages 7-159, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Advertisements for book-related businesses in the back. Three paper ephemera laid in, business reply envelope, blank order form, and an announcement of an art exhibition at the New York Times Annex featuring cover designs and original prints made for The Colophon. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Covers and spine are age-toned. Slight rubbing to front and back covers. Slight shelf wear to bottom edge. A Very Good 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: "Burt Emmett" by Sherwood Anderson," "America's First Bibles" by Randolph G. Adams, "Herman Melville as I Recall Him" by Oscar Wegelin, "Fly-Specks and Folios" by Robert M. Smith, "Stephen Collins Foster, Dramatic Collaborator" by Edward G. Fletcher, "Waverley in America" by David A. Randall, "Alexandre Dumas, Benefactor" by F. W. Reed, "George Eliot and John Chapman: A Fragment" by Blanche Colton Williams, "More About the Mouse-Trap" by Burton Stevenson, "A Note on 'The Monk'" by Frederick Coykendall, "Longfellow's Original Sin of Imitation" by Lawrance R. Thompson, "Who Wrote 'English Notes?'" by J. A. T. Lloyd, "A Note on Ernest Hemingway" by Louis Henry Cohn, "An Early American Story of Utopia" by Nelson F. Adkins, "Some Recent Books About Paper" by Ruth Shepard Granniss," and "The Crow's Nest" by F. B. Adams, Jr.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Elmer Adler (Editor) et al : The Colophon: New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Summer 1935, Volume I, New Series, Number 1. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including antiquarian books, livres anciens, livres illustrées, used books and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |