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The Colophon: New Series; A Quarterly for Bookmen. Volume II. Number 4. Autumn 1937

Pynson Printers, Incorporated, New York, 1937

Limited edition. Original publisher's beige cloth binding with blue lettering and illustration of a quill on the front cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 487-628, complete. Plates and illustrations in black and white and color, complete. Pages 611-628 feature "Advertising Announcements; The Crow's Nest & Notes About Contributors." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. One spot on the back cover. A few minuscule spots on the front cover near the spine. Hinges slightly cracked. A Fine copy. Text printed in the front: "Established in 1929. Vol. II, Number Four of the New Series, Copyright 1937, Pynson Printers, Issued in October." Text printed in the back: "Completed in October 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: "To the Next Editor of Shakespeare: Notes for His Prospectus" by William T. Hastings, "The Love of a Nun" by W. Easton Louttit, Jr., "This Praise Is not Folly" by Kenneth A. Fowler, "With Benefit of Grammar" by Althea Bass, "The American Issues of 'Trilby'" by Louis N. Feipel, "A Five-Foot Shelf of Literary Forgeries" by Mark Holstein, "Photographs" [photographs of personal libraries belonging to the contributing editors of The Colophon], "The Little Book-Shop Around the Corner" by Laurence J. Gomme, "The Bouquet of Old Books" by Walter Hart Blumenthal, "Notes & Queries" by Randolph A. Adams, "The Crow's Nest" by Frederick B. Adams, Jr., and "Index.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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