Buy this book on-line Elmer Adler (Editor) et al : The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Volume I, Part Three (July 1948)Duschnes Crawford, Inc., New York, 1948
Limited Edition. One of 2500 copies. Original publisher's paper-covered boards with an all-over pink, light blue, purple, and white pattern of books on front and back. Black lettering on light blue spine. 8" x 11." Pages 221-312, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Advertisements for books, bookstores, and similar items and businesses in the back. One piece of ephemera laid in: an unfilled ballot for "The New Colophon Immortality Poll," in which New Colophon readers voted for the top ten living American authors who they felt would be considered "classics" in the year 2000. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Slight rubbing to covers and spine. Slight wear to corners and edges. Boards have moderate age toning throughout. A Near Fine copy. Back colophon: "This Part Three of the First Volume of The New Colophon, published by Duschnes Crawford, Inc., at New York, continues the franchise of the original Colophon, established in 1928 and published by Pynson Printers, Inc., at New York. The New Colophon was printed by The Anthoensen Press of Portland, Maine, and distributed to twenty-five hundred subscribers in the month of July, nineteen hundred and forty-eight." The New Colophon was a limited-edition, quarterly book collectors' periodical that was published from 1948-1950. It was the successor toThe Colophon which had been established in 1928 by Elmer Adler (1884-1962), the founder of Pynson Printers in New York City. The following are the features in this issue: "The True Story of 'Herndon's Lincoln'" by David Donald, "An Addendum to 'Enemies of Books'" by Michael Sadler, "'A Mere Sale to Effect'" edited by John H. Birss, "Homer Martin as Illustrator" by Sinclair Hamilton, "The G. P. O. in War and Peace" by Cedric Larson, "Grandfather Was a Collector" by Ellen Denby, Illustrated by Leo Hershfield, "Books About Books, 1947" compiled by George L. McKay, "The Court of Appeals," "A Scrapbook of Strays," and "Marginalia.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Near Fine (Near Fine). 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 New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Volume I, Part Three (July 1948). 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 first editions, used books, livres d'occasion, rare books and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |