THE ANNUAL OF BOOK-MAKING.

Quarto, light blue cloth backed natural buckram titled in black on the front cover & the spine with decorations in silver on the front cover. The spine is faded and soiled. 168 leaves, including the endpapers and blanks, profusely illustrated throughout, including depictions of works by W.A. Dwiggins, Rockwell Kent, and many others. Printed in colors on a variety of stock, the book includes signatures contributed by several fine & small presses, and major publishers, which serve to illustrate their work. Near fine. The table of contents lists the following: "Binding design by W.A. Dwiggins", "Title-page design by Rockwell Kent", Foreword by J. T. Winterich", "American Institute of Graphic Arts", "University of California Press", "Alfred A. Knopf", "University of North Carolina Press", "Rydal Press", "Simon & Schuster", "Riverside Press", "Wolff Book Manufacturing Co.", "Walpole Printing Office", "Derrydale Press", "Paul McPharlin", "Hawthorn House", "George Grady Press", "Ward Ritchie Press", "Yale University Press", "Lanston Monotype Machine Co.", "Taylor & Taylor", "Press of the Woolly Whale", "Haddon Craftsmen", "Limited Editions Club", "Overbrook Press", "Lakeside Press", "Mergenthaler Linotype Co.", "University of Oklahoma Press", and "Pynson Printers".From the library of Harold Hugo of The Meriden Gravure Company with his bookplate on the front pastedown.

Product Info

Publisher: New York: The Colophon, 1938.

Year: 1938.

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

Seller Info

BlueMountainBooksManuscriptsLtd

Address: 581 Burnt Hill Road Cadyville, New York

Website: https://www.bluemountainbooks.com

Country: United States