Barnacles Bottoms, First Edition (4 results)

Cloth. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Black backram cloth, stamped in gold with a "B" and "R" from Roger's Tory typeface, (9 x 6.25 inches), unpaginated. The second production from The Typophiles. One of only 100 copies, privately printed as a tribute to Bruce Rogers on the occassion of a welcome home dinner in his honor on October 30, 1935. Signatures include "An Open Letter" by Frederic W. Goudy and signed by him; an original wood engraving signed by Charles W. Smith; illustrations by Valenti Angelo and W.A. Dwiggins; and a five-page tribute by Christopher Morley written especially for this book, as well as signatures of Edward F. Stevens and Ernest Knauffh. Includes the two-leaf signature from Richard Ellis laid-in, which arrived too late to be bound in. In total there are individual contributions from seven artists, fifteen writers, and twenty-six printers. An exceptionally clean, bright and tight copy. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.

First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.

First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.