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Elmer Adler (Editor) et al : The Colophon: New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Winter 1936, Volume I, New Series, Number 3

Pynson Printers, Inc., New York, 1936

Original publisher's beige paper-covered boards with a light blue illustration on front cover of a man pursuing a woman through a maze of books. Dark gray and beige spine. 6 1/2" x 9 1/2." Pages 323-480, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Advertisements for book-related businesses in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Covers and spine are age-toned. Slight rubbing to front and back covers. 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: "The Launching of Bancroft's 'Native Races'" by Oscar Lewis, "The St. Mary's City Press: A New Chronology of American Printing" by Lawrence C. Wroth, "A Scot in America" by Israel B. Kaplan, "Parson Weems's Washington Once More" by A. Edward Newton, "The Collier-Cruikshank Punch and Judy" by Paul McPharlin, "The Unfamiliar Autocrat" by Delancey Ferguson, "Mr. Maude Remonstrates" by J. Donald Adams, "The Path of the Pioneer" by Robert P. Eckert, Jr., "The 1866 Appleton 'Alice'" by Flodden W. Heron, "Book Collector, Italian, Seventeenth Century" by Ethel D. Roberts, "A Packet of News from Eighteenth Century England" by Eunice Ward, "Notes and Queries" by Randolph G. Adams, and "The Crow's Nest" by Frederick B. Adams, Jr.. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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