The Colophon; A Book Collectors' Quarterly PART SEVEN by Elmer Adler et al - 1931

New York: The Colophon, 1930. Complete with the full page woodcut, PARIS STREET, by Howard Cook. Very Good condition. Light cover wear/mild corner bump -- NO text or illustrations are affected. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Part 3 only. Includes articles on Horace Walpole, Lavinia Dickinson, the California school of printing, Afro-French poetry and autobiographical notes by Carl Van Vechten. Among the contributors are Harry B. Smith, Christopher Morley, Wilmarth Lewis, R. W. Chapman, Michael Sadleir, Oscar Lewis and Carolyn Wells. Bound in the original pictorial boards. . First Edition, Limited 2,000 copies. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Cook, Howard (woodcut). 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: The Colophon, 1930. Complete with the full page woodcut, PARIS STREET, by Howard Cook. Very Good+ condition. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Part 3 only. Includes articles on Horace Walpole, Lavinia Dickinson, the California school of printing, Afro-French poetry and autobiographical notes by Carl Van Vechten. Among the contributors are Harry B. Smith, Christopher Morley, Wilmarth Lewis, R. W. Chapman, Michael Sadleir, Oscar Lewis and Carolyn Wells. Bound in the original pictorial boards. . First Edition, Limited 2,000 copies. Hardcover. Very Good+ condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Cook, Howard (woodcut). 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: The Colophon, 1930. Very Good condition. Light cover wear/mild bumping -- NO text or illustrations are affected. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Part 2 only. Includes articles on Poe, Stephen Gooden, Bloodgood Haviland Cutter, Robert Frost. Also a Frost bibliography and a previously unpublished drawing by Rockwell Kent. Among the contributors are John Eckel, John Winterich, Henry Kent, Hugh Walpole, Carlotta Petrina, Frederic Melcher, and Seymour de Ricci. Henry Watson Kent contributes: ANOTHER DAY, A RETROSPECTIVE NOTE ON THOMAS FROGNALL DIBDIN AND THE PRINTERS OF THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS, that is illustrated with tipped-in facsimile letters and envelope. Laid-in is a piece of Colophon promotional ephemera from the publisher. Bound in the original pictorial boards.. First Edition, Limited 2,000 copies. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Kent, Rockwell (previously unpublished drawing . 8.5" wide by… Read More

New York: The Colophon, 1930. Complete with the full page woodcut, PARIS STREET, by Howard Cook. Very Good condition in a worn and chipped dust jacket. Sharp corners. Mild sun fading to rear cover where the pieces of the jacket are missing. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Part 3 only. Includes articles on Horace Walpole, Lavinia Dickinson, the California school of printing, Afro-French poetry and autobiographical notes by Carl Van Vechten. Among the contributors are Harry B. Smith, Christopher Morley, Wilmarth Lewis, R. W. Chapman, Michael Sadleir, Oscar Lewis and Carolyn Wells. Bound in the original pictorial boards. . First Edition, Limited 2,000 copies. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Worn and chipped dust jacket. Illus. by Cook, Howard (woodcut). 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: The Colophon, 1930. Complete with the full page woodcut, PARIS STREET, by Howard Cook. Laid-in is a 4-page piece of ephemera promoting A STENCIL PRINT by T. M. Cleland. It is an invitation to the exhibition at the Pynson Printers Exhibit Room in New York, held August through November 1930. Near Fine condition. Sharp corners. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. Pages are clean and unmarked. Part 3 only. Includes articles on Horace Walpole, Lavinia Dickinson, the California school of printing, Afro-French poetry and autobiographical notes by Carl Van Vechten. Among the contributors are Harry B. Smith, Christopher Morley, Wilmarth Lewis, R. W. Chapman, Michael Sadleir, Oscar Lewis and Carolyn Wells. Bound in the original pictorial boards. . First Edition, Limited 2,000 copies. Hardcover. Near Fine condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by Cook, Howard (woodcut). 8.5" wide by 10.75" tall. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

New York: Pynson Printers, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/ Poor. Covers have general wear, some discoloration, corner edge damage. Bookblocks have age toning. Most glasine covers are missing, the ones that remain have heavy tearing.. Variably colored boards. Unpaginated, Illustrations. Some glassine covers remain.

New York: Pynson Printers, 1930. Hardcover. Very Good/ Poor. Covers have general wear, some discoloration, corner edge damage. Bookblocks have age toning. Most Glasine covers are missing, the ones that remain have heavy tearing.. Variably colored boards. Unpaginated, Illustrations. Some glassine covers remain. Issue 5 is not present.

New York: The Colophon Ltd, 1931. First Edition. Hard Cover. near fine. Limited to 3000 copies. The single most desirable issue from the Colophon. Original signed etching by the Canadian artist David B Milne. Spine darkened. A beautiful copy. Articles include "Post Bellum - Pre-Harlem" by Charles Chesnutt, "The Way to Wealth for Indigent Bookmen" by Pierce Butler, "The Early Adventures of Sister Carrie" by Theodore Dreiser, "Now it May be Told" by A.Edward Newton" and "On the Work in Book Illustration of Rudolph Ruzicka & a Bibliography by W.A. Kittredge.