Description: The Colophon New Series, A Book Collectors’ Quarterly. Volume 1, Numbers 1-4 (1935-1936). Hardbound, ca. 6 ¼” x 9 ½”. Four hardbound issues in vintage condition with wear commensurate with age and use including scuffing and fading to the bindings. Issue number 2 inscribed on the free front flyleaf by Sydney R. McLean, one of the volume’s authors. Includes an introduction by Sherwood Anderson; articles include America’s First Bibles, Longfellow’s Original Sin of Imitation, A Note on Ernest Hemingway, Frank Holme: Newspaper Artist and Designer of Books, A Frontier Bibliophile, The Literature of Alchemy, Proof-Reading in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, A London Bookseller’s Ledger of 1535, My Memories of the Civil War, Bibliographical Notes on James Joyce’s “Ulysess,” The 1866 Appleton “Alice,” and Book Collector, Italian, Seventeenth Century. Also bound-in is Connecticut Pastoral, a two-color wood engraving by Thomas W. Nason. Please reference photos for details, and ask questions before bidding. Item will be shipped by USPS Media Mail, US buyers only, do not ship internationally. Returns not accepted.
Price: 29.99 USD
Location: Corning, New York
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Shipping Cost: 11.38 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: New York
Signed: No
Publisher: The Colophon
Subject: Book Collecting
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1935
Language: English
Special Attributes: Illustrated
Region: North America
Personalized: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Book Collecting
