Rogers Bruce Designed By (21 results)
Published by Charles Scribners' Sons, 1922
- Hardcover
Seller: Dave's Books, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Dave's Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Fair. Limited Edition. 1922 Scribner hardcover 1st thus ("This edition, designed by Bruce Rogers, consists of two thousand copies printed from type, which has been distributed" and "limited edition published October, 1922" on copyright page), with a tissue-protected frontispiece photo of the "The Ethan From…e kitchen" and "an introduction written for this edition" No dj, spine a little tilted, staining and fraying on cover, separation on ffep and starting in back, corners bumped, stains on some pages, light tanning, for all that, text clean, binding tight .
Published by Frick Art Reference Library, Pittsburgh, 1949
- Softcover
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller
Contact seller4-star sellerSoftcover. Condition: good. NOT an ex library book. String tied wraps with orange cover, print in black, has small white dots top front. 27 clean pages. Laid in is French Pictures page measures 17 x 12 205/206 and 215/216. A typed Note on this gift, by P.A.B., dated May 1950, is also laid in. Printed by Robert Haas at The Ram Pr…ess, New York, 1949.
Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston / New York / Chicago, 1906
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: About Books, Henderson, NV, U.S.A.About Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. No dust jacket. First Edition, Limited 1000 copies. Boston / New York / Chicago: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906. Designed by Bruce Rogers (Haas 68). Very Good condition (light cover soil). NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Bound in the original gray boards with a… dark blue cloth spine and printed paper label. From the title page: "The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1905-1906." First Edition. Limited to 1000 copies. Tissue guarded frontispiece. Includes 145 author portraits and a bibliography of books published by Houghton Mifflin. Lists postage cost and price for each edition in the various bindings and formats offered, eg Crown 8vo. $1.50, half calf $3.00, half calf gilt top $3.50, half morocco $4.25, levant or tree calf $4.50. Identifies illustrators and number of portraits and illustrations. Contains some annotations on content, details of subscription, limited, signed editions, translators, etc. Also has an historical sketch of the Riverside Press, the Atlantic Monthly and the evolution of titlepage devices used by Houghton Mifflin. Full title: "A Portrait Catalogue of the Books Published by Houghton, Mifflin and Company with a Sketch of the Firm, Brief Descriptions of the Various Departments, and Some Account of the Origin and Character of the Literary Enterprises Undertaken." With the handsome armorial bookplate of J. Barton Townsend (1865-1928), vice-president The Provident Life and Trust Company of Philadelphia [His notable and extensive collection of illustrated books and caricatures with original issues by the three Cruikshanks, Rowlandson, Gillray, etc. was sold at auction by the American Art Association in February 1919; in 1928 his library of Fine Sets and First Editions (769 items) was auctioned by the same house]. First Edition, Limited 1000 copies. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. 281pp. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping. NOT a library discard (illustrator).
More imagesChamp Fleury (facsimile of 1529 and 1927 editions on CD-ROM)
Tory, Geofroy (translated by George B. Ives; designed by Bruce Rogers; introduction by Kay Amert)
Published by Paris: Geofroy Tory; New York: Grolier Club (Oakland: Octavo) 1529; 1927; 2003, 1529
- First Edition
Seller: Philip Smith, Bookseller, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.Philip Smith, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerOther Binding. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). 1st edition. New digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc) of the 1529 first edition of this classic of esotericism and design, as well as the celebrated 1927 English translation designed by Bruce Rogers and published by the Grolier Cl…ub. Geofroy Tory's Champ fleury belongs to that select class of works that continue to enlighten nearly five centuries after publication. Ostensibly a formal treatise on letters and letterforms, Tory's beautifully illustrated book contains, like the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, tantalizing hints of a larger and more comprehensive meaning and purpose to its enigmatic text and illustrations. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images of magnificent copies of the two editions from the Library of Congress (may be magnified at up to 200% of original size) as well as a new introduction by typography expert Kay Amert and detailed bibliographical information. Not Signed.
Published by the Limited Editions Club, New York * * * * *, 1940
- Hardcover
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.L. Michael
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Book: Very Good/Almost Near Fine/, $47.89 The WINTERS TALE, HISTORIES & TRAGEDIES of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Copy # 43. the Plays of W. Shakespeare * SHAKESPEARE, William; FRAJEON, Herbert Bruce ROGERS, Designed by; Albert RUTHERSTON Illustrations being Water Colors by. the Limited…Editions Club New York * * * * * 1940 Limited Edition # 43. Tall Wide H/c. Sun Browned Spine With Title In Faint Polished Gold Letters On Spine, Hard Cover Book: Very Good/Almost Near Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 113 Numbered Pages, Printed On Tan Paper, Clean And Tight To The Spine, In Fine/ Condition. Polished Gold Edging On Page Tops. Appear To Be Lightly Read. Including Supplemental Brochure 'A Shakespeare Commentary', From Publisher. D/j: None. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X. To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE *. Bruce ROGERS, Designed by; Albert RUTHERSTON Illustrations being Water Colors by. Book: Very Good/Almost Near Fine/, 1940 (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Riverside Press, Cambridge MA, 1899
- Hardcover
Seller: Mike's Library LLC, Plymouth, PA, U.S.A.Mike's Library LLC
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good+. No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition; First Printing. Cocked, spine darkened, cover soil, endpapers tone, gift note on front free endpaper, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Limited Edition #234 of 300 copies of F Hopkinson Smith's first short story collection, designed by Bruce Rogers for the Rive…rside Press. The collection contains eleven short stories of ordinary people experiencing chance or adversity. Jacob Blanck; Bibliography of American Literature; BAL 18229. Frontispiece and seven plates by various artists including the author. Christmas 1899 gift inscription on front free endpaper: Dear Mabel - Page 88 is applicable to what I think about Glen Summit - Sidney Robinson Kennedy - Christmas 1899. The short paragraph about "Dort" on page 88 has a pencil line in its margin: "I sought out Dort years ago because it was untouched by the hurry that makes life miserable, and the shams that make it vulgar, and I go back to it now every year of my life, in spite of other foreign influences."; Special Limited Edition; 218 pages. Illustrated by Illustrated (illustrator).
Published by the Limited Editions Club, New York * * * * *, 1939
- Hardcover
Seller: L. Michael, North Hollywood, CA, U.S.A.L. Michael
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Book: Very Good/Almost Near Fine/, $87.89 MUCH ADO About NOTHING, the COMEDIES, HISTORIES & TRAGEDIES of WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Copy # 43. the Plays of W. Shakespeare * SHAKESPEARE, William; FRAJEON, Herbert Bruce ROGERS, Designed by; Fritz KREDEL, Illustrations by. the Limited Edi…tions Club New York * * * * * 1939 Limited Edition # 43. Tall Wide H/c. Sun Browned Spine With Title In Faint Polished Gold Letters On Spine, Hard Cover Book: Very Good/Almost Near Fine/, Slight Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. 89 Numbered Pages, Printed On Tan Paper, Clean And Tight To The Spine, In Fine/ Condition. Polished Gold Edging On Page Tops. Appear To Be Lightly Read. Including Supplemental Brochure 'A Shakespeare Commentary', From Publisher. D/j: None. This Item Will Be Sent Wrapped In Plastic, Taped Shut And In A = Corrugated Mailing B0X. To Prevent Shipping Damage So That It Will Arrive In The Description Described Which Applies To This B00K, Only. = No Odors, No Writing, No Names, No Rippling, Not Stuck Together, No Book Plate, Not X~Library, No Other Marks. = Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE *. Bruce ROGERS, Designed by; Fritz KREDEL, Illustrations by. Book: Very Good/Almost Near Fine/, 1939 (illustrator).
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1941
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Court Street Books LLC, Florence, AL, U.S.A.Court Street Books LLC
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Numbered 576/1500 signed by designer Bruce Rogers. Slipcase in very good condition with some corner wear. Paper covered cloth boards in very good condition with mild spine toning. Text clean and bindings sound. Signed by Author(s).
Language: English
Published by Houghton Mifflin Co., printed at the Riverside Press, 1911
- Hardcover
Seller: The Paper Hound Bookshop, Vancouver, BC, CanadaThe Paper Hound Bookshop
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 4to. Four hundred and forty copies printed at the Riverside Press Cambridge in the month of April, Mdccccxi, and published by Houghton Mifflin, Boston and New York. Number 307. Blue gilt boards. No slipcase, no jacket.
Published by Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1902
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: North Books: Used & Rare, Manchester, NH, U.S.A.North Books: Used & Rare
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition, First Printing: Limited to 575 numbered copies of which this is No. 54. 6.25 x 9.75in. 203pp.; xii. 223pp. Publisher's paper-covered boards with paper title labels and slipcase. Both volumes are in VERY GOOD condition in Very Good slipcase. The books themselves show marginal shelf rubbing of the extremi…ties, the text-blocks are uncut with the last page of the table of contents having been opened but crudely and with loss at the topmost of the page (not intrusive of the text), otherwise the bindings are strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked and the boards remain bright and distinct. The slipcase shows shelf rubbing of the extremities with hints of loss at the corners, otherwise sound and distinct. As pictured.
Published by NY Clark & Way 1951, 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: NUDEL BOOKS, New York, NY, U.S.A.NUDEL BOOKS
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 8vo blue cloth with gilt stamping, Fine copy but for small white stain on cover in Red Box, designed by Bruce Rogers, the trade edition limited to 900, scarce in the original box (L).
More imagesPublished by Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1900
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Mike's Library LLC, Plymouth, PA, U.S.A.Mike's Library LLC
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition; Later Printing. Light spine darkening, light edgewear, some unopened pages, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Three quarter leather fine binding with six compartment spine, gilt decor and lettering, top edge gilt, and marbled boards and endpaper…. Pleasing Bruce Rogers design printed at the Riverside Press. First illustrated edition with illustrations by Joseph Pennell. Revised edition containing a Preface written for this edition. - Jacob Blanck; Bibliography of American Literature; BAL 10642. ; 350 pages. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell illustrations (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Houghton, Mifflin, Boston, 1904
- Hardcover
Seller: Mike's Library LLC, Plymouth, PA, U.S.A.Mike's Library LLC
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. Revised Edition; Later Printing. Light spine darkening, light edgewear, some unopened pages, light tone, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover. ; Three quarter leather fine binding with six compartment spine, gilt decor and lettering, top edge gilt, and marbled boards and endpaper…. Pleasing Bruce Rogers design printed at the Riverside Press. "Holiday Edition" enlivened with illustrations by Joseph Pennell. "An abridgement, revised, omitting much political criticism and some comments on the Roman Catholic Church." - Jacob Blanck; Bibliography of American Literature; BAL 7793. ; xi, 343 pages. Illustrated by Joseph Pennell illustrations (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Publisher Houghton Mifflin (publisher) and Riverside Press (printer), 1911
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts, Beaverton, OR, U.S.A.Tree Frog Fine Books and Graphic Arts
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover without Dust Jacket. Limited numbered edition of 335 copies. This is number 326. First Printing. 7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches. Printed by Bruce Rogers in red and black on English handmade paper. Comprised of proof pages from the book. Four uncut folded sheets (8 pages each as folde…d), the title page, several pages from the text, and the colophon. Bound in in boards covered with Chinese vermilion paper, the title stamped on the cover in gold. VERY GOOD. All corners fairly pointed with rubbing. Binding firm and square with darkening. Top area of cover slight sun bleaching. Without tears, creases, bumps or chips. With small stain to first page of text outside of border which slightly bleeds through to the next page. All other pages as new and all uncut. All books carefully wrapped and sent boxed.
Published by Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press for Houghton Mifflin, 1904
- Hardcover
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 6 in. x 9 ¼ in. Parchment over boards. Printed in red and black, with initials in blue and gold. No. 27 of an edition limited to 325 copies, printed after a design by Bruce Rogers. 27 pp. Gilt titling on the spine, which has darkened. Foxing to the end-papers. The top-edge of some pages are unope…ned. Some foxing to the fore-edge and to some pages toward the end. Small bump to top edge of spine. Warde *44.
More imagesPublished by The Frick Art Reference Library, New York, 1949
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.Rare Books Honolulu
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: no dj as issued. Rare and beautiful illustrated catalogue of prints collected by Henry Clay Frick, one of only 175 copies. From the estate of printer/publisher David Way. -- -- For sale in this listing are: vol. 3 (of a total of 10 vols.), Paintings, plates LXIX - CXXXVIII, ---…--- plus the separate publication "A description of the catalogue of the Frick Collection" by Paul Standard; Osbert Sitwell, Bruce Rogers. Pittsburgh, PA: The Frick Art Reference Library, 1949. --- --- --- The Frick collection catalogs were never for sale. Frick's daughter sent them as gift to museums all around the world. This plate volume is from the estate of the printer David Way, who hand-printed the text pages for the entire edition. --- --- --- Full title: The Frick Collection: An Illustrated Catalogue of the Works of Art in the Collection of Henry Clay Frick. With an introduction by Sir Osbert Sitwell, Pittsburgh, both volumes designed by Bruce Rogers. Printed at the University, 1949, hardcover in publisher's salmon buckram, upper covers and spines gilt-lettered, top edge gilt. 17.5 inches x 12.25 inches (44.45 cm x 31.12 cm), plus: "A description of the catalogue of the Frick Collection" by Paul Standard; Osbert Sitwell, Bruce Rogers. Pittsburgh, PA: The Frick Art Reference Library, 1949. 12-1/4" X 9-1/4", in brown wrappers, --- --- --- CONDITION: In climatised storage for the last 30 years. In unread condition, The binding and the pages are in like new, fine condition, only the corners are a bit bumped. The "Description of the catalogue of the Frick Collection", has 27 pages, also designed by Bruce Rogers and consists of "Its story - its makers - Its Purpose" by Paul Standard (11 pages) and the introduction by Osbert Sitwell. Also from the estate, also in Like New condition. Comes in the original folders of the Frick Art Reference Library (between two card boards). The folders have damage at the edges and some smudges --- --- --- "The catalogue describing these masterpieces in itself an impressive affair, set by hand and printed by hand on English handmade paper folded into pages 12 inches wide by 18 high, in an edition limited to 175 sets of ten volumes each. None of the sets is for sale. All are being presented to a world list of museums, public and university libraries and similar institutions as gifts made possible by Miss Helen C. Frick, who was her fathers' companion in the arts and who has financed all the costs of the catalogue's preparation, research and printing. Of the three volumes now published, one consists of some 350 pages of text and the other two (vol. 2 and 3) showing an aggregate of 155 full page colotype reproductions of the 135 canvases discussed in the text. (.)" --from: "A description of the catalogue of the Frick Collection" by Paul Standard "The printing . was begun in 1929 by Porter Garnett who designed the basic format of the text, and who printed the sheets through page 168 . The work was laid aside in 1932. Printing was begun again in the spring of 1949 under the direction of Bruce Rogers, who designed the two volumes of illustrations, and the title page, section headings, and accessory pages for the volume of text. The sheets of text were completed on the hand-presses of the University of Pittsburgh by David Way . One hundred and seventy-five sets have been made"--from the Colophon of v. 1. 1st and only edition, ltd. to 175 copies. Designed by Bruce Rogers (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Houghton Mifflin Company. Printer: The Riverside Press, Boston, 1937
- Hardcover
- Manuscript
Seller: White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.White Fox Rare Books and Antiques, ABAA/ILAB
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Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. A fantastic group of four pieces of publishing ephemera, all related to the promotion and sale of the first complete set of Willa Cather's works, while she was still alive and active but virtually all of her major works had been published. The most charismatic piece of the group is a dummy book of "O… Pioneers!", which was to be the first volume of the 13 volume set. Besides this "book", the package of promotional materials includes the prospectus, a booklet of which we have two copies, and a cover letter for this.which resembles a formal invitation printed on a double folded sheet, similar to a formal invitation to a wedding or other event. The prospectus, in addition to listing the components of the set, provides biographies of Cather and of Bruce Rogers, the designer of the set. The dummy volume of "O Pioneers" is 8vo., 23 by 16 cm, cream cloth on the spine, blue cloth on the boards, with a stylized Cather monogram impressed as a centerpiece on the front and rear cover. It replicated how the novel will appear in the actual set up to the sixth page of the novel, after which the volume is filled with blank sheets -- we haven't counted the blanks, but the volume looks like a 250 page to conform with how the volume will look when the full novel is contained within. So the dummy includes in the front the title page for the set (which will be in each of the volumes), the verso of which has the limitation page, a frontis engraved portrait of Cather, the title page, the copyright page, the dedication page, a poem, a Contents page, and finally the beginning of the first chapter, "The Wild Land". The cover letter for the Prospectus, when opened, is 21.5 by 17 cm. The Prospectus itself is eight leaves, including its cover, and its size paper is the same as that of the dummy volume. Its pagination doesn't relate to itself but to the extracts from the set. It includes a facsimile of the title page for "The Song of the Lark" and also a facsimile of an one page Cather manuscript. Cather lived another decade, until 1947, after the publication of this prestigious set of her works. She was still to publish "Sapphire and the Slave Girl", which came out in 1940, but as we already indicated, her most famous and beloved works are in this set. Condition-wise, the dummy volume ha light edgewear, with a touch of fraying by the spine tips. One of our two Prospectuses is in Fine condition, the other, a modicum of foxing and other soiling on its cover.
More imagesThe Odyssey of Homer and Letters from T. E. Shaw to Bruce Rogers and More Letters from T. E. Shaw to Bruce Rogers
T. E. Shaw (Lawrence Of Arabia, Designed by Bruce Rogers) ; Homer
Published by Oxford University Press, New York, 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Good Books In The Woods, Spring, TX, U.S.A.Good Books In The Woods
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. This listing comprises 3 items. A first edition, first printing of The Odyssey of Homer translated by T. E. Shaw (Lawrence of Arabia) bound in full calf by Riviere. The book was designed by the noted book designer Bruce Rogers. The second item is The Letters from T.… E. Shaw to Bruce Rogers, this is one of 200 copies privately printed in 1933. It is signed and inscribed by Bruce Rogers to Sydney C Cockerell. Sir Sydney was the director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and was knighted in 1934. The Fitzwilliam is the Art & Antiquities Museum of Cambridge and Cockerell was there from 1908 to 1937 building up their collection of private press books, manuscripts, prints, drawings, and paintings. The third item is More Letters from T. E. Shaw to Bruce Rogers and is one of 300 copies privately printed in 1936. It is also signed and inscribed by Rogers to Cockerell. Letters and More Letters are bound in flexible cloth covered boards and come in a shared slipcase. Letters and More Letters contain Lawrence's thoughts and opinions about The Odyssey project and the friendship between Lawrence and Rogers. The Odyssey is bound in full tree calf by Riviere with marbled endpapers, gilded page edges, decorative borders, and red and green spine labels. It has a previous owner gift inscription on the first free endpaper dated Christmas, 1933. The front pastedown has the bookplate of John R Payne - retired professor at the University of Texas at Austin, T. E. Lawrence specialist, and perhaps the best rare book appraiser in Texas during his career. Very light wear to spine, otherwise Fine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 327 pages.
More imagesThe Odyssey, a publisher's presentation copy, warmly inscribed by Emery Walker three months before his death as a birthday gift to the renowned musician and cultural figure Violet Gordon Woodhouse, accompanied by the original publisher's prospectus, and housed in the original slipcase
Homer, Translated by T. E. Lawrence, designed by Bruce Rogers
Published by Wilfred Merton & Emery Walker, London, 1932
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.Churchill Book Collector ABAA/ILAB/IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerFull leather. First and Limited Edition. This is a particularly compelling copy of one of the twentieth century's most compelling books. This copy is not only still housed in its original slipcase and accompanied by the original publisher's prospectus, but also inscribed by the printer, Sir Emery Walker, to musical prodigy and d…ecidedly unconventional prominent cultural figure Violet Gordon Woodhouse. The inscription is inked in six lines in Walker's unsteady hand on the upper right recto of the blank preceding the title page: "to Violet Gordon Woodhouse | from her affectionate friend | Emery Walker; for her birth-Day | April 23.1933; and in remem- | brance of April 14." Violet was turning 62 years old. Emery, already 82, would not see another birthday; he inscribed this book just three months before his death.The book approaches near fine condition. The binding is square, clean and unfaded, with sharp corners. Minor scuffs are primarily confined to the hinge extremities and corners. The contents are lovely, clean and bright with no spotting or soiling. We note only perimeter browning to the endpapers from contact with the turn-ins. The gilt top edge remains bright except for some dulling immediately adjacent to the spine. The untrimmed fore and bottom edges look immaculate.Laid in is the original publisher's prospectus, an elusive and collectible item on its own. The prospectus is clean and complete, with a single horizontal fold. The publisher's original slipcase, in plain black paper-covered card, is intact, though significantly scuffed. The book was purchased a quarter of a century ago from the venerable London firm of Maggs Bros. Ltd. and we will include their sales receipt.In 1932, T. E. Lawrence "of Arabia" (1888-1935) published a translation of Homer's The Odyssey designed by celebrated American typographer and book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957). Lawrence's & Rogers's Odyssey was a masterpiece, an aesthetically magnificent book and a highly regarded translation. Distinguished printing historian and fine-press printer Joseph Blumenthal said "I believe that the Bruce Rogers Odyssey is indisputably among the most beautiful books ever produced."Rogers designed the book and Lawrence provided the translation. It owes its physical existence to the printer, Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933). "Emery Walker, friend of William Morris and co-proprietor of the Doves Press, had been one of the outstanding printers of the private press movement. Now in his last years, he continued to help Wilfred Merton, his successor at Emery Walker Ltd, until his health failed. The Bruce Rogers Odyssey was his final major achievement, and by no means the least."Rogers and Lawrence sought Walker intentionally, with a clear sense of both the significance of their collaboration and the suitability of Walker's participation. On 3 September 1928, the project still nascent, Rogers wrote to Lawrence: "Walker is now over 75 (though almost as vigorous as ever) and it would be a great pleasure to him to have his name on one more important book, before he stops printing for good and in my eyes this will be the most important"In 1888, the year of Lawrence's birth, it was Walker who inspired William Morris to found the Kelmscott Press. Morris in turn had inspired both Lawrence and Bruce Rogers to become interested in fine printing. In a sense, their magnificent 1932 Odyssey brought the story full circle.The association of Walker with the singular personality to whom he inscribed this book is less clear, and perhaps all the more interesting as a result. Violet Kate Eglinton Gordon Woodhouse (1871-1948) was a prodigy keyboardist, known for her unconventional personal life, and for the cultural luminaries who visited her music salon. Originally a phenom pianist, Violet also became a foremost clavichord player and harpsichordist. In the words of her Times obituary, "the subtlety of her playing was infinite when she began to play, one became entangled in a golden web of purest sound." Violet's "golden web" extended to men; she "lived with four 'husbands' only one of whom was her legal spouse." From 1903, Violet and her four men "lived quite openly together until, one by one, death separated them." She had many non-spousal devotees as well. "Among the admiring visitors to her salon were Lawrence of Arabia, T. S. Eliot, Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, Pablo Picasso, Serge Diaghilev, Auguste Rodin, and the cream of Europe's musicians." Obviously, Violet's birthday prompted Sir Emery to inscribe this Odyssey to Violet, but the remainder of the context, including details of their association and the reference to "April 14" is not known to us; certainly their social spheres overlapped.References: O'Brien A141 & A142; Haas, Bruce Rogers: A Bibliography; Warde, Bruce Rogers, Designer of Books; Wilson, Translating the Bruce Rogers 'Odyssey'; Blumenthal, Bruce Rogers. A Life in Letters; Rogers, Paragraphs on Printing; ODNB; Jessica Douglas-Home, Violet: The Life and Loves of Violet Gordon Woodhouse; The Times.
More imagesThe Centaur: A Translation by George B. Ives from the French of Maurice de Guerin [designed by Bruce Rogers]
Maurice de Guerin; George B. Ives; [designed by Bruce Rogers]
Published by [Montague, MA], 1915
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: George Ong Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.George Ong Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. [2], 8, [2] pp., 12 x 8 in., original green paper over boards, printed wraparound title label; with the rarely seen original plain gray-green dustjacket. Housed in a custom green cloth chemise which itself is housed in a custom quarter dark-blue morocco slipcase…with five raised bands, green cloth sides, and gilt spine title. The rarest of Bruce Rogers's books, this work contains the first appearance of his Centaur type in a book. "The Centaur type is an original design of rare cultivation and grace. The Centaur is a book of typographic eloquence of forthright, dramatic simplicity" (Blumenthal, Bruce Rogers, p. 33). The typesetting and presswork are near perfection (see Kelly and Beletsky, The Noblest Roman, p. 39). Rogers also drew the headpiece and initial letter, in a manner suggestive of Tory/Estienne. One of only 135 copies (100 for sale per the colophon; in actuality, only about 60 were for sale, the rest were given away; see ibid., p. 40); printed on dampened handmade Batchelor paper at Carl Purington Rollins's Montague Press, with the wry errata slip tipped in. This copy bears the signed bookplate of Jean Hersholt, the Danish actor, philanthropist and noted Hans Christian Andersen collector and translator, who is perhaps better known for the eponymous Humanitarian Award periodically bestowed at the Oscars ceremonies. Hersholt's shelf label is on the inside of the right-side chemise panel. A near fine, well-preserved copy of this fragile book, with the usual light foxing (here on the title page margin) and small light bump at the spine ends. On the dustjacket, some offsetting from the chemise, minor edgewear and a few dampstains on rear dustjacket panel (leaving faint shadows on rear cover); slipcase lightly rubbed at the corners and edges.
Published by [Boston]. The Riverside Press. 1901, 1901
Seller: J. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC), Ottawa, ON, CanadaJ. Patrick McGahern Books Inc. (ABAC)
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12mo, 19.4cm, 88p., 500 numbered copies printed by H.O. Houghton and Company Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. for Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, New York, Chicago. Number, designed by Bruce Rogers, with title page printers device and colophon printed in red, on rage paper, small & tiny wear whole in the upper hinge gutte…r, spine fadeding, otherwise a very good clean copy (no signatures) (ho3.3).
