Buy this book on-line

Elmer Adler (Editor) et al : The Colophon: New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Summer 1938, Volume III, New Series, Number 3

Pynson Printers, Inc., New York, 1938

Original publisher's gray cloth binding with red 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 335-476, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Advertisements for book-related businesses in the back. Two pieces of ephemera laid in: business reply envelope and a blank order form for the Colophon. 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: "Those Mesmeric Victorians" by Arno L. Bader, "Some Notes on Modern First Editions" by H. B. Collamore, "A Poet at the Phonic Shrine" by Charles Beecher Hogan, "Novels by Several Hands" by Earle F. Walbridge, "'Far From the Madding Crowd' on the American Stage" by Vera Liebert, "Thomas Hardy in America" by Carl J. Weber, "Dreiser and Success: An Additional Note" by John F. Huth, Jr., "Ex Libris Van der Kuylen" by Van der Kuylen, "Tabbiana" by Aubrey Starke, "The Americanization of Mother Goose" by Codman Hislop, "Dumas Revises 'The Three Musketeers'" by F. W. Reed, "Notes and Queries" by Randolph G. Adams, and "The Crow's Nest" by Frederick B. Adams, Jr.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Fine. Binding: Hardcover

Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints.