Published by NY, LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB, 1934, 1934
Seller: Houle Rare Books/Autographs/ABAA/PADA, Palm Springs, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. SIGNED BY ROGERS FIRST EDITION THUS VERY GOOD-FINE. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1934
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Bruce Rogers (illustrator). Large octavo (6-5/8" x 10-1/8") bound in half vellum, gold-stamped, and pattern-paper sides by Frederic Warde. Introduction by H. G. Wells. Designed and decorated with fleuron arrangements and reproductions of sixteenth century woodcuts by Bruce Rogers including a superbly designed title page composed of printers' ornaments. Copy #875 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page. Spine a little foxed, as usual. Near Fine in a complete slipcase with the bottom section partly detached.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1934
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Bruce Rogers (illustrator). 1st Edition. Bound in half vellum, gold-stamped, and pattern-paper sides by Frederic Warde. Introduction by H. G. Wells. Designed and decorated with fleuron arrangements and reproductions of sixteenth century woodcuts by Bruce Rogers including a superbly designed title page composed of printers' ornaments. Copy number721 of 1500 SIGNED by the designer on the colophon page. Signed by Illustrator(s).
Published by New York The Limited Editions Club, 1934
Signed
US$ 205.48
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Add to basketLimited edition, number 607 of 1500, signed by the designer Bruce Rogers; large 8vo (26.5 x 17.5 cm); printed on handmade La Garde paper, publisher's ephemera laid-in, two decorative woodcut illustrations, internally clean; publisher's original quarter vellum over patterned paper boards, spine lettered in gilt, lightly soiled, small green ink marks to lower board, top edge gilt, others unopened; [x], 164, [2] pp. The most important philosophical text of the English Renaissance which coined the term 'utopia'. A limited edition copy of Sir Thomas More's Utopia, prepared and signed by celebrated designer Bruce Rogers and with an introduction by H.G. Wells. The text is after the first English translation by Ralph Robynson, edited by the publisher to provide readers with 'a maximum of pleasure and a minimum of difficulty', according to an accompanying newsletter.
MORE, Sir Thomas. Utopia. Written in Latin.and done into English by Ralph Robinson. Orig. half-vellum and decorated boards. N.Y.: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited to 1500 copies designed by Bruce Rogers and signed by him. Fine copy, lacking box. Signed.
MORE, Sir Thomas. Utopia. Written in Latin.and done into English by Ralph Robinson. Orig. half-vellum and decorated boards. N.Y.: The Limited Editions Club, 1934. Limited to 1500 copies designed by Bruce Rogers and signed by him. Fine copy, in a worn slipcase. Signed.