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The Colophon: New Series; A Quarterly for Bookmen. Volume III. Number 3. Summer 1938

Pynson Printers, Incorporated, New York, 1938

Limited edition. Original publisher's beige cloth binding with red lettering and illustration of people gathered around a well on the front cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 335-476, complete. Plates and illustrations in black and white and color, complete. Pages 463-476 feature "The Crow's Nest" and "Advertising Announcements of Great Importance." 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 Fine copy. Text printed in the front: "Established in 1929. Vol. III, Number Three of the New Series, Copyright 1938, Pynson Printers, Issued in September." Text printed in the back: "Completed in September 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: "Those Mesmeric Victorians" by Arno L. Bader, "Some Notes on Modern First Editions" by H. B. Collamore, "A Poet at the Phonic Shrine" by Charles Beecher Hogan, "Novels by Several Hands" by Earle F. Walbridge, "'Far from the Madding Crowd' on the American Stage" by Vera Liebert, "Thomas Hardy in America" by Carl J. Weber, "Dreiser and Success: An Additional Note" by John F. Huth, Jr., "Ex Libris Van der Kuylen" by Van der Kuylen, "Tabbiana" by Aubrey Starke, "The Americanization of Mother Goose" by Codman Hislop, "Dumas Revises 'The Three Musketeers'" by F. W. Reed, "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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