From Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
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About this Item
small 4to. Original batik cloth, with cloth spine and printed paper spine label. 30 pages. Limited to 50 copies designed by Bruce Rogers of which this copy is unnumbered (Grolier 107; Warde 45). Spine with some wear, minor soiling to covers. Light dampstaining to the bottom edge of the rear pastedown, else a very good copy. Bookplate of Charles Dalton, engraved by Edmund Garrett, on front pastedown. Additional label tipped in. Map of Boston at rear. Brief life of Captain James Dalton, 17th-century mariner and merchant of Boston. 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" Original batik cloth, with cloth spine and printed paper spine label. Seller Inventory # 140646
Bibliographic Details
Title: CHRISTMAS EVE FAMILY STORY.|A
Publisher: (The Riverside Press), Boston
Publication Date: 1904
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Rogers, Bruce
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