Northampton: Smith College Libraries, 2005. 7 1/2 x 10 1/2. Photogravure print of Ruth and Clarence Kennedy, (32) pages illustrated, a tipped on proof of title page text Kennedy left as standing type. Bound by David Bourbeau and Stephanie Gibbs in blue & white boards gilt (binding signed with their..... More
NY: Clarke & Way, 1951. 6 x9. (64) pages. Full navy morocco, upper cover gilt with design by Bruce Rogers, top edge gilt. Slight wear to spine, & one tip, very good in marbled board slipcase. With prospectus for the regular edition. One of 100 DELUXE copies SIGNED by Rogers..... 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. J. P. Morgan sponsored a competition to design and print this book. Bruce Rogers was..... More
[London: Cambridge University Press],1918. 4to (6 3/4 x 10). 4, (1) pages. Green wraps with title & wreath vignette on upper cover. Loose in wraps, upper corners creased, a good copy. Designed by Bruce Rogers. "A small edition in 4to." 9-line decorative initial (from The Centaur). Warde132. Morison, Four Centuries..... More
(Boston), 1985. 8 x 11 1/2. Printed folder containing one uncut gathering (8 pages) from "Geoffroy Tory" by Auguste Bernard (designed by Bruce Rogers for Houghton Mifflin, 1909). Fine. An unrecorded "leaf book" issued in a small number for attendees at the celebration. The folder was printed by Firefly Press..... 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, September 1927. Rogers drew & lettered the proposed title page in black & green. He designed 4 different printed versions of double spread pages 14 and 15 (one of them printed in two colors). Previously mounted, the pages have old glue stains on the versos; dampstain at base of..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1903. One full sheet folded to make 4 pages. 9 x 14 3/8. First page is the title page for Volume One with Tory borders; center fold with criblé initial describes the books in great detail; last page reads "The Riverside Press, Cambridge" with BR's thistle mark..... 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
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
Bruce Rogers, New Fairfield, Conn., 1947. 4 x 7. 14 pages. Rose wraps titled on cover. Very good. Laid in printed greeting card, signed in red pencil "A. Colish." Title vignette of October House, after a wood engraving by Ruzicka; illustration by Charles Capon. Card printed in red reads "An/..... More
New Rochelle: Peter Pauper Press, 1933. 4 1/2 x 7 1/2. 29 leaves. Bound by Peter Geraty at his Praxis Bindery in 1988. Red goatskin with green leather onlaid panel. Gold tooled letters G, T (for Tory) and B, R (for Rogers) on this panel are cut out to expose..... More
(Bowling Green Press, 1928). 6 x 9. 15 leaves printed rectos only. Dark boards with silver spine label, matching grey jacket, in custom cloth slipcase. Very slight wear to corners; piece cut out of dust jacket spine to reveal title. A fine copy. Decorative title page and ornaments printed in..... More
