Barnacles Bottoms, Used (6 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).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Not paginated (but just over 100 leaves), frontispiece portrait, 8vo (9 x 6 in.), black buckram with the gilt stylized "BR" initials (reminiscent of Bruce Rogers's Fra Luca di Pacioli) spanning across the cover panels, gilt spine title. A festschrift celebrating Bruce Rogers's return to the US after a stint in England (during which period he designed such monuments of twentieth-century fine printing as The Odyssey and the Oxford Lectern Bible). The volume is made up of 30 different signatures (several unopened) and inserts on Rogers and other typographic subjects, individually written and designed by many of his colleagues and fellow luminaries in the type design, private press and printing worlds during the second quarter of the 20th century. Printed on different papers, the signatures include a few tip-ins, including a bookplate designed by Rogers for William Reydel, a couple are signed (e.g., Frederic Goudy) and some are printed in different color inks. Other contributors include Rudolph Ruzicka, Paul A. Bennett, W. A. Dwiggins, John Fass/Village Press, Valenti Angelo, Pynson Printers, Mergenthaler Linotype, Frederic Melcher/Lakeside Press, Philip C. Duschnes, Edna Beilenson, Melbert Cary, Joseph Blumenthal, Paul Johnston, and Lanston Monotype. Richard Ellis's contribution to the volume made it too late to the binder and is thus not present. A wonderful salute to one of the monumental figures in twentieth-century book and type design. One of the most desirable and scarce publications relating to Rogers. The second publication of The Typophiles, this copy being no. 10 of only 100 copies produced. A fine copy with fresh endpapers. Rathé, Bibliography, item B.

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.

Hardcover. Condition: Used. This is the second book published by The Typophiles and was created as a surprise 65th birthday tribute to the dean of American book design, Bruce Rogers. The title is a play on Rogers's famous mark-a thistle-and his love for maritime themes (hence "Barnacles"). The book is an exquisite festschrift of printing as each section was printed by a different shop or designer, showcasing a dizzying array of paper stocks, typefaces, and illustrative styles with contributions by fifty-five notables including Ruzicka, Angelo, Fass, Goudy, Bennett, Dwiggins, Rushmore, Adler, Beilenson, Cary, Blumenthal, Hess, and Trenholm. Very, very good. Includes Richard Ellis's contribution which arrived too late to bind in. Also includes a bookmark printed on paper made from BR's old clothes. Signed by Goudy and Charles W. Smith, and Edward Stevens. 454.