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Text/As New & Bright. Vintage 1936 Issue. Illustrated boards/NF w/trace shelfwear. Unique, collaborative, professional quarterly journal near a century past. Conceived 1929 & published through 1950, by Elmer Adler (1884 - 1962), founder of Pynson Printers, New York, NY. Anthology of signature essays assembled & published by Pynson. Articles on the art of printing & publishing, including styles, paper & typography. This issue, pgs numbered 323 - 480, features 13 essays: 1, The Launching of Bancrofts' "Native Races" (Oscar Lewis); 2, The St. Mary's City Press: A New Chronology of American Painting (Lawrence C. Wroth; 3, A Scot in America (Israel B. Kaplan); 4, Parson Weem's Washington Once More (A. Edward Newton); 5, The Collier-Cruishank Punch & Judy (Paul McPharlin); 6, The Unfamiliar Autocrat (Delancey Ferguson); 7, Mr. Maude Remonstrates (J. Donald Adams); 8, The Path of the Pioneer (Robert P. Eckert); 9, The 1866 Appleton "Alice" (Flodden W. Heron); 10, Book Collector, Italian, 17th Century (Ethel D. Roberts); 11, A Packet of News from 18th Century England (Eunice Wead); 12, Notes & Queries (Randolph G. Adams); and 13, The Crow's Nest (Frederick B. Adams, Jr). Seller Inventory # 020162
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Bibliographic Details
Title: THE COLOPHON NEW SERIES : A QUARTERLY FOR ...
Publisher: Pynson Printers, New York, NY
Publication Date: 1936
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: COLLECTIBLE - NEAR FINE
Dust Jacket Condition: None as Issued
Edition: First Edition, Vol I, No 3 of 1936
