Some Examples of the Work of American Designers.

[ Bowles, J.M., ed.].

Published by Philadelphia: Dill & Collins Co., Paper Makers, [Printed by Edward Stern & Co., Inc.,] [1918].

About this Item

Joseph Moore Bowles was an editor, publisher, and the director of the Art Center, New York. He was a member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the editor of publications including Modern Art, The Collector and Art Critic, and Interior Decoration. He was also the founder of ÒÔThe Stowaways,Õ a dining club of artists, printers, writers, and similar vagabondsÓ with nearly a hundred members by 1922. Quarto. [144] pp., mostly illustrations in color and black-and-white, color plates reproducing advertisements and illustrations from books, typography examples, and seven leaves with mounted paper samples showing different ink colors on different papers. With full-page biographies of the nearly thirty artists and designers whose work is compiled here. Also, with a list of papers featured in the book. PublisherÕs brown boards printed with floral border in black and titled in red and black. Some edgewear. Brown endpapers. Foxing and some offsetting to versos of some leaves. A very good, bright copy. First edition of this salesmanÕs sample catalogue compiling artwork, paper and ink samples, typography, and designs by artists including Bruce Rogers, Frederic Goudy, Louise Ames Norman, Charles B. Falls, Claire Avery, W.P. Schoonmaker, Edward Penfield, Adolph Triedler, Earl Horter, Robert Wildhack, Thelma Cudlipp, No mi Peressin, and Ralph Fletcher Seymour. ÒJoseph M. Bowles, Printer at Large.Ó The American Printer (April 20, 1922), pp. 34-35. Seller Inventory # 17644

Bibliographic Details

Title: Some Examples of the Work of American ...

Publisher: Philadelphia: Dill & Collins Co., Paper Makers, [Printed by Edward Stern & Co., Inc.,] [1918].

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition