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Elmer Adler (Editor) et al : The Colophon: New Series. A Quarterly for Bookmen. Winter 1938, Volume III, New Series, Number 1

Pynson Printers, Inc., New York, 1938

Original publisher's gray cloth binding with brown 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 7-164, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. Advertisements for book-related businesses in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact except for a darkening to the spine. Binding is tight. A Very Good, almost Near 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: "Familiar 'Small College' Quotations: Daniel Webster and Dartmouth" by Carroll A. Wilson, "The American Conchology: A Venture in Backwoods Book Printing" by R. E. Banta, "The Pursuit of a First Folio" by Robert M. Smith, "On Collecting A. E. Housman" by John Carter, "Mary Webb" by Caradoc Evans, "Footnotes to a Publisher's Sunday" by John Farrar, "The Poet at the Dinner Table" by Olivia H. D. Torrence, "The Rising Tide of Genealogical Publications in America" by Cedric Larson, "A Letter of Hartley Coleridge" by Herbert Hartman, "Theodore Dreiser, Success Monger" by John F. Huth, Jr., "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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