MODERN FINE PRINTING IN ENGLAND AND MR. BRUCE ROGERS
Published by The Carteret Book Club, Newark, NJ, 1916
- Signed
- Hardcover
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Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB
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8vo. cloth, label on both covers, top edge cut, other edges uncut. (iv), 36, (2) pages. Limited to 275 copies, signed by Bruce Rogers on colophon. Lacking the spine, else a very good copy. Includes a list of books and other printed material designed by Rogers. 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, label on both covers, top edge cut, other edges uncut.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- MODERN FINE PRINTING IN ENGLAND AND MR. BRUCE ROGERS
- Author
- Pollard, Alfred W.
- Publisher
- The Carteret Book Club, Newark, NJ
- Publication year
- 1916
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Illustrator
- Rogers, Bruce
- Seller catalogs
- Book Design, Printing History
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