The Dolphin Number Two. A Journal of the making of Books.

Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York. One of 2000 copies; printed at the Printing Office of the Yale University Press., 1935

About this Item

8 3/4 inches x 12 1/4 in., 329 pp. + [16]pp. of ads + colophon page; illustrated in color & black & white, with W. A. Dwiggins printed insert (Kalkapan). Black cloth with design and titling in silver and gold on the spine. Gold on spine shows very light wear, former owner's bookplate on front paste-down. Printed order form & printed notes on Dolphin #2, inserted in this copy. Authors include: Paul A. Bennett (type faces); Beatrice Warde (cutting types for machines); Joseph Blumenthal (fitting type); Christopher Sandford (illustrated book); Robert Josephy (illustrated book); Warren Chappell (illustrations with a tool); Thomas Nast Fairbanks (manufacture of paper); Edith Diehl (kinds of binding); Elmer Adler (making a book); Lawrence C. Wroth (printer's manuals); Kathi Meyer & Eva Judd O'Meara (printing music); D. B. Updike (liturgical printing); Philip Hofer (W. A. Dwiggins); W. A. Dwiggins (Drums of Kalkapan); C. P. Rollins (survey of bookmaking in the USA), and for other contries: Douglas Cleverdon, Denyse Clairouin, Charles Nypels, Anders Billow, A. A. Sidorov, Y. Nakatsuchi. Weight: 3 1/4 lbs. Postage may be extra on this item. Seller Inventory # ABE-811463001

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Dolphin Number Two. A Journal of the ...

Publisher: The Limited Editions Club, New York. One of 2000 copies; printed at the Printing Office of the Yale University Press.

Publication Date: 1935

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition