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The Colophon: New Series; A Quarterly for Bookmen. Volume III. Number 1. Winter 1938

Pynson Printers, Incorporated, New York, 1938

Limited edition. Original publisher's beige cloth binding with brown lettering and illustration of people gathered around a well on the front cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 1-164, complete. Black and white plates and illustrations, complete. Pages 143-164 feature "Advertising Announcements; The Crow's Nest & Notes About Contributors." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A few marks and scuffs on the front cover. Spine has slight edge wear at the head and tail of spine. Spine slightly browned. Dampstain in upper-right corner of back cover. A Fine copy. Text printed in the front: "Established in 1929. Vol. III, Number One of the New Series, Copyright 1938, Pynson Printers, Issued in February." Text printed in the back: "Completed in February MCM XXX VIII." 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: "Familar 'Small College' Quotations: Daniel Webster and Darthmouth" by Carroll A. Wilson, "The American Conchology: A Venture in Backwoods Book Printing" by R. E. Banta, "The Pursuit of a First Folio" by Robert M. Smith, "On Collecting A. E. Housman" by John Carter, "Mary Webb" by Caradoc Evans, "Footnotes to a Publisher's Sunday" by John Farrar, "The Poet at the Dinner Table" by Olivia H. D. Torrence, "The Rising Tide of Genealogical Publications in America" by Cedric Larson, "A Letter of Hartley Coleridge" by Herbert Hartman, "Theodore Dreiser, Success Monger" by John F. Huth, Jr., "Notes and Queries" by Randolph G. Adams, and "The Crow's Nest" by Frederick B. Adams, Jr.. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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