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The Colophon: New Series; A Quarterly for Bookmen. Volume III. Number 4. Autumn 1938

Pynson Printers, Incorporated, New York, 1938

Limited edition. Original publisher's beige cloth binding with blue lettering and illustration of people gathered around a well on the front cover. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2." Pages 483-632, complete. Black and white plates and illustrations, complete. Pages 615-632 feature "The Crow's Nest" and "Advertising Announcements of Great Importance." Blank order form and pre-addressed envelope laid in. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Slight edge wear at the head and tail of spine. 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 December." Text printed in the back: "Completed in December 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: "The 1858 Catalogue of Henry Adams's Library" by Max I. Baym, "The Indiscreet History of a Bibliographical, Picturesque, and Antiquarian Tour" by Boies Penrose, "Collecting Civil War Novels" by Richard H. Wilmer, Jr., "Dusty Shelves and Irishmen" by Elizabeth Ridgway, "Cooper's 'Upside Down' Turns Up" by John Atlee Kouwenhoven, "Facts and Fancies and the Cambridge Press" by George Parker Winship, "Toward a Bibliography of John Steinbeck" by Lawrence Clark Powell, "The Dunciad Duodecimo" by R. H. Griffith, "Footnote on a Minor Poet" by David A. Randall, "Success--and Dreiser" by Myrta Lockett Avary, "Notes & Queries" by Randolph G. Adams, "The Crow's Nest by Frederick B. Adams, Jr.," and "Index.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover

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