paper covered boards, paper cover label
1923 · New York, NY
by Benét, Stephen Vincent
New York, NY: Edmund Byrne Hackett for the Brick Row Book Shop, 1923. paper covered boards, paper cover label. Rogers, Bruce. 12mo. paper covered boards, paper cover label. (ii), 9+(1) pages. Limited to 400 copies designed by Bruce Rogers (Work of Bruce Rogers 318; Warde and Haas 174). A fine copy. With typographic borders. 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 (truncated)