Boston: HM, 1905. 4 1/4 x 7 5/8. xii, 85 pages. Bound by The Rose Bindery in green morocco gilt, wide turn-ins gilt. professionally rebacked with original spine laid down; some wear to corners. Designed and printed under the direction of Bruce Rogers at The Riverside Press. Most Riverside books..... More
Sandy Hook: Chiswick Bookshop, 1990. 10 x 14. 112 pages. With an original leaf from The Psalter (431/432) printed on vellum. Cloth, leather spine label, slipcase. Fine copy. A fascinating history of Updike's magnum opus, from The Merrymount Press. J. P. Morgan sponsored a competition to design and print the..... More
Boston: Thomas G. Boss, 2008. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4. 54 pages plus 36 color plates. Quarter red cloth & boards gilt. Fine. A checklist of 102 books BR designed at Riverside includes publication date & publication price, type face, edition size. Much of the new information here comes from..... More
NY: Duschnes, 1949. A one-page announcement, with order form, for BR's "World Bible." A typed letter describes the special binding Duschnes could provide and a photograph of the binding. Good condition. Hailed as an"American folio Bible of noble proportions," BR's Bible was issued in red buckram gilt. More
NY: Japan Paper Company, ca. 1925. Two paper specimens. 4to. Each 4 pages, printed on first and last page. Glaslan with ruled border and overall pattern of ornaments in golden brown. Maidstone with 3-color coat-of-arms, ruled in yellow. Some soil and creases. Good copies. Both designed by Bruce Rogers and..... More
(NY, ca. 1939). Rogers' portrait is 7 1/2 x 9 1/2, mounted on 12 1/2 x 16 inch board, and signed beneath the photo. "This is No. 9 of 12 prints made from this negative. W.C.S." is written on the back, along with the photograph's label. Also on the back..... More
Circa, 1955. The image measures 5 x 6 5/8 inches on a sheet 8 x 11 1/2, with a blind-printed frame around the image. Signed by BR underneath. Avery pleasant portrait, in which BR wears a three-piece tweed suit, striped shirt, solid tie, and a smile. A different portrait, but..... More
(Cambridge, Riverside Press, 1906). 11 1/2 x 17 1/2. xxxiv double-column pages. Illustrated with seven "stained glass windows" richly colored by hand. Quarter vellum & boards decorated with a fleur-de-lis pattern, vellum tips. Minor faults to binding: small bump to spine base, light wear bottom edges, small white spot to..... More
(Lanston Monotype, 1924). 8 3/4 x 12 1/4. (14) pages. Original wraps with an all-over design by BR. A fine copy in the original (but very shabby) plain envelope. Specially signed by Rogers beneath the title page border. One of 223 copies printed for Bruce Rogers, on handmade paper. A...... More
Boston: HM, 1905. 5 7/8 x 9. 32 pages. Maroon cloth, gray boards, paper spine label. Extra label tipped in at rear. Very slight wear from rubbing in the slipcase, else a fine copy. The slipcase is missing an inch from the top panel. No. 23 of 375 copies, printed..... More
(Bowling Green Press, 1928). 6 x 9. 16 leaves printed rectos only. Dark gray boards, silver spine label, dark grey dustwrapper (chipped). Very good, unopened copy SIGNED by the author on the copyright page. Decorative title page and ornaments printed in silver; each page ruled in silver, on greyish paper..... More
