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Elmer Adler (Editor) et al : The Colophon: New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Summer 1937, Volume II, New Series, Number 3

Pynson Printers, Inc., New York, 1937

Original publisher's gray cloth binding with red lettering and decorations including an illustration of a quill on front cover. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." Pages 317-479, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Advertisements for book-related businesses in the back. Pages and covers are virtually pristine and intact except for a small stain at the tail of 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: "First Blood" by MacKinlay Kantor, "Suggestions for Dating and Identification by Heraldry and Armor" by Edouard Sandoz, "Miss Bacon Advances Learning" by Leroy Elwood Kimball, "Victorian Bookmarkers" by Paul McPharlin, "Notes on a Wordsworth Collection" by George F. Whicher, "Wolfe's Copy of Gray's Elegy" by Edwin Wolf, 2nd, "Experientia Docet" by Carolyn Wells, "Photographs," "Footnotes to a Publisher's Life" by B. W. Huebsch, "The Young Artilleryman" by Thomas M. Spaulding, "Pennsylvania German Bookplates" by Henry S. Borneman, "Plagiarism and Thomas Hardy" by Carl J. Weber, "Notes and Queries" by Randolph G. Adams, "The Crow's Nest" by Frederick B. Adams, Jr., and "Portrait of the Artist: Wood engraving" by Edwin Earle.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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