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BR marks & remarks : the marks by Bruce Rogers ; the remarks by his friends: PB 324-2003

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

BR marks & remarks : the marks by Bruce Rogers ; the remarks by his friends

Maker(s)

Editor: Bennett, Paul A.
Illustrator: Rogers, Bruce
Publisher: Typophiles
Designer: Blumenthal, Joseph
Printer: Spiral Press
Printer: Meriden Gravure Company
Binder (person): J. F. Tapley Company

Categories

Description

Series: Typophile chap books ; 15.

Contents: B.R.'s printer's devices / H.W. Kent -- His early work / J.M. Bowles -- At the Riverside Press / Frederic Warde -- At the Dyke Mill / Carl Purington Rollins -- With Rudge at Mt. Vernon / James Hendrickson -- At Harvard University Press / David T. Pottinger -- In England / H.W. Kent -- His secret passion / Christopher Morley.

149, [1] p. : ill., facsims., port. ; 19 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • New York
  • Meriden

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2003-05) by Dreyfus, John

Dating

Production date: AD 1946

Note

"Designed by Joseph Blumenthal. Composed in Emerson type by Westcott & Thomspn, Inc., Philadephia. Printed at The Spiral Press, New York. Collotype reproductions by Meriden Gravure Company ... Binding by J. F. Tapley Company, New York. This edition comprises 400 copies for the Typophile contributors and subscribers, 55 copies for the member of the Carteret Book Club ... and 350 copies for general sale"--Colophon. Museum has copy no. 498. Signed by Joseph Blummental: "For John Dreyfus in Cambridge June 1951. Bound in red cloth, stamped in gold and black on spine.

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 324-2003
Primary reference Number: 98015
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 30 September 2019 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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