RED PATH, A NARRATIVE AND THE WOUNDED BIRD.|THE

tall 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. (vi), 30, (2) pages. Limited to 425 copies, of which this is one of 375 on machine-made paper and designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde no.148). Private red leather bookplate of Richard Montgomery Gilcrest Potter on front pastedown. Minor rubbing to boards, else a near fine copy. Printed in Monotype Caslon by the press of William Edwin Rudge in Mount Vernon, NY. Freeman was an English poet and businessman (1880-1929). This book was printed for his bookshop. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books. Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB). Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived" cloth-backed boards, paper cover label.…