red cloth, paper spine label
1909 · Boston and New York
by Murdock, Harold
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1909. red cloth, paper spine label. Rogers, Bruce. tall 8vo. red cloth, paper spine label. ix, 161 pages. With introductory chapters and notes by Harold Murdock. First edition limited to 545 copies designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde 97, but Warde specifies 500 copies). Minor soiling to covers and spine label, else a near fine copy. Printed at The Riverside Press, Cambridge, MA. Black & white frontispiece and reproductions of old prints throughout. Scotch type. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees, in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books... Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" (ANB). Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was."the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived (Inventory #: 140448)