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The Colophon: New Series; A Quarterly for Bookmen. Volume II. Number 2. Autumn 1937

Pynson Printers, Incorporated, New York, 1937

Limited edition. Original publisher's beige cloth binding with green lettering and illustration of a quill on the front cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 165-310, complete. Plates and illustrations in black and white and color, complete. Pages 295-310 feature "Advertising Announcements; The Crow's Nest & Notes About Contributors." May contain a blank laid-in order form or a former ownership bookplate. Pages and covers are pristine and intact. Binding is tight. A Fine copy. Text printed in the front: "Established in 1929. Vol. II, Number Two of the New Series, Copyright 1937, Pynson Printers, Issued in February." Text printed in the back: "Completed in February MCM XXX VII." The Colophon was a limited edition quarterly periodical that was published from 1929 to 1950. The periodical was established by Elmer Adler (1884-1962), the founder of Pynson Printers in New York City. Each quarterly contains a collection of "signatures" written and printed by different printers or printing presses. Most of these "signatures" are articles, but a few take the form of artwork and other non-written works. The articles cover a diverse range of topics but all relate in some way to printing, publishing, art, and literature. The Colophon was especially unique in featuring a variety of paper, typography, and printing styles due to the different contributors. The boards were produced by Pynson Printers. Beginning in 1935, The Colophon: New Series included fewer graphics and no longer used the contributors' paper, typography, or printing styles. The following are the articles and features in this issue: "If You Must Write a Bibliography" by Charles Beecher Hogan, "Lex Epistolarum" by Harris Berlack, "Worlds Built on Books" by Jean Hersholt, "'The Petrified Truth'" by DeLancey Ferguson, "For the Bright Particular Star" by Rollo G. Silver, "Breaking into Print" by Sinclair Lewis, "Busman's Holiday" by A. W. Rushmore, "J. N. Reynolds: A Brief Biography with Particular Reference to Poe and Symmes" by Robert F. Almy, "Photographs" [photographs of personal libraries], "Lost? Stolen? Concealed? Literary Properties" by Flodden W. Heron, "Three Unknown Portraits of Walter Savage Landor" by M. F. Ashley-Montagu, "Hawthorne and 'The Man of God'" by Manning Hawthorne, "Notes and Queries" by Randolph G. Adams, and "The Crow's Nest" by Frederick B. Adams.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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