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Elmer Adler (Editor) et al : The New Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Volume II, Part Eight (February 1950)

Duschnes Crawford, Inc., New York, 1950

One of 2500 copies. Original publisher's beige paper-covered boards with brown-purple and olive-yellow color illustration on front cover of people reading books and wearing what appear to be Renaissance-era clothes. Decorative olive-yellow rectangle on back. Black lettering on light brown (originally beige) spine. 8" x 10 3/4." Pages 311-406, complete. Black-and-white illustrations and occasional accents of color, complete. Advertisements for books, bookstores, and similar items and businesses in the back. Three ephemera laid in: announcement on yellow paper of The New Colophon becoming annual; business reply envelope for James F. Drake, Inc.; and a blank order form for the New Colophon. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Binding is slightly loose at the top but is still holding. Slight rubbing to covers and spine. Slight bumping to corners and parts of the edges. Boards have light age toning throughout. Spine was beige but is now browned. Front cover has slight browning. A Very Good, almost Near Fine copy. Back colophon: "This Part Eight of the Second 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 The Pynson Printers at New York. The New Colophon was printed by The Hildreth Press at Bristol, Connecticut for 2500 subscribers." The New Colophon was a 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 Poet and the Pirate" by Ray Nash, "Preserved for Posterity" by E. P. Goldschmidt, "The Uses of Collecting" by John Bakeless, Illustrated by Paul Carruth, "Treasure Hunt" by John Francis McDermott, Illustrated by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge, "Where are Shakespeare's Manuscripts?" by James G. McManaway, "Manuscript-Hunting in Two Continents" by R. W. Chapman, "The Court of Appeals," "Marginalia," "Adventures in Typography," "Notes on Contributors," and "Index.". Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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