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The Colophon: New Series; A Quarterly for Bookmen. Volume III. Number 2. Spring 1938

Pynson Printers, Incorporated, New York, 1938

Limited edition. Original publisher's beige cloth binding with green lettering and illustration of people gathered around a well on the front cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 171-328, complete. Plates and illustrations in black and white and color, complete. Pages 311-328 feature "Advertising Announcements; The Crow's Nest & Notes About Contributors." Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Dampstain in upper-right corner of front cover and upper-left corner of the back cover. Spine slightly browned. A few marks on the back cover. A Fine copy. Text printed in the front: "Established in 1929. Vol. III, Number Two of the New Series, Copyright 1938, Pynson Printers, Issued in May." Text printed in the back: "Completed in May 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: "Huck Finn Aborning" by DeLancey Ferguson, "The Renegade Bibliophile" by Barrows Russey, "Christmas Cards in Summertime" [features color plates of Christmas card designs], "Familiar 'Small College' Quotations: Mark Hopkins and the Log" by Carroll A. Wilson, "Recollections of a Private Printer" by George Parker Winship, "The Bibliographical Way" by Lawrence C. Wroth, "The Hanging Judge Acquitted" by John Carter, "The 'Trial Books' of Dante Gabriel Rossetti" by Janet Camp Troxell, "The Romance of Scholarship: Tracking Melville in the South Seas" by Chares Roberts Anderson, "The Foundations of Music" by P. H. Muir, "William Byrd II of Westover" by Carl L. Cannon, "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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