DEMOCRACY: AN ADDRESS DELIVERED IN THE TOWN HALL BIRMINGHAM
Lowell, James Russell 12mo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut. x, 75+(1) pages. Limited to 500 numbered copies and designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde 53). Lacking the slipcase, else a near fine copy. An address delivered by Lowell, then American Minister to Great Britain, on October 6, 1884, on assuming the presidency of the Birmingham and Midland Institute. 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). quarter cloth, paper-covered boards, top edge cut, other edges uncut- $24
- $24
CHRISTMAS EVE, FROM THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON, GENT
Irving, Washington 8vo. paper-covered boards, paper cover label. 29 pages. Privately printed in an edition of 245 copies designed by Frederic Warde. Private bookplate of Herbert H. Johnson on the front pastedown. Lacking the slipcase. Minor wear to spine and corners, else a near fine copy. Type design by the noted early twentieth century typographer and book designer, Frederic Warde. Warde (1894-1934) was a contemporary of Bruce Rogers, and was active with a number of small presses in the thirties. He became the production manager at Oxford University Press in New York at the latter part of that decade. George A. Nelson is listed as a donor to New York's Grolier Club. This is one of the quintessential Christmas stories penned by Washington Irving in the 1820's which cemented the holiday as a fixture of the holiday calendar of the new republic. paper-covered boards, paper cover label- $36
- $36
HUMANE LETTERS: BRUCE ROGERS DESIGNER OF BOOKS AND ARTIST
Landon, Richard small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 112, (4) pages. Preface and introduction by the author. A fine copy. Essay on collecting Rogers by Thomas T. Schweitzer, catalogue of the exhibition. Frontispiece portrait of Rogers. Color and black and white illustrations throughout.- $36
- $36
JOHN DUNLAP BROADSIDE. THE FIRST PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.|THE
Goff, Frederick R. large 4to. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. Frontispiece; (ii), 61, (3) pages. An analysis by a rare book expert of the 21 extant copies of the first printing of the Declaration of Independence, printed by the Philadelphia printer John Dunlap on July 4th and the morning of July 5th, 1776. A fine copy. With descriptions and facsimiles of all 21 copies. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label- $30
- $30
GUTENBERG AND THE MASTER OF THE PLAYING CARDS
Lehmann-Haupt, Hellmut 4to. cloth, wrap-around label on covers. xii, 83 pages. First edition. Fine in fine wrap-around label present. With thirty-eight illustrations with several in color. Presents evidence that Gutenberg invented copper engraving. cloth, wrap-around label on covers- $30
- $30
OLD MANSE.|THE
Hawthorne, Nathaniel narrow 12mo. cloth backed boards, top edge cut, others uncut. 89 pages. First edition limited to 530 numbered copies designed by Bruce Rogers and published by Houghton Mifflin and Company (Warde 47). Small spot of damage to the front hinge, lightly dusty, else a near fine copy. Printed in Brimmer type. Title-page in red and black, with woodcut. cloth backed boards, top edge cut, others uncut- $48
- $48