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, else fine 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 (xix/xx) printed on vellum. Cloth, leather spine label, slipcase. Fine copy, inscribed by the author. One of 285 copies, designed by Jerry Kelly. A fascinating history, including recent discoveries, about Updike's magnum opus. J. P. Morgan... 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
(Boston), 1985. Printed folder containing one uncut gathering (8 pages) from "Geoffroy Tory" by Auguste Bernard (Houghton Mifflin, 1909). Fine. 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: Typophiles, 1950. 4 1/2 x 7. [68] pages. Cloth spine, boards decorated with BR's printer's marks. Fine. Signed by BR on half title. This copy came from the collection of a fellow Typophile and graphic designer. Rogers' comments on his own books and on typography in general were calligraphed... More
Cambridge, 1927. 5 x 9. 34 pages. Cloth-backed pastepaper boards. Fine, with glassine. The Byron Satterlee Hurlbut copy. One of 160 copies, this one signed by Hurlbut, Eric Lord Sexton (Chairman), and Carl H. Pforzheimer ,Jr. (Clerk). Printed on green handmade paper, with title in typographic border, typographic decorations. When... 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
Cleveland: Rowfant Club, 1939. 6 x 9. Seven pages of various layouts. Wraps, cover label. Two exlibri inside front cover. Spine browned, with small piece missing. With the prospectus for the book, and other ephemera. Text was printed by Woolly Whale for inclusion in the AIGA catalogue of the Grolier... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1904. One full sheet folded to make 4 pages. 9 x 14 3/8. First page is the title page for Volume III with Tory borders; center fold with criblé initial describes the books in great detail; last page reads "The Riverside Press, Cambridge" with BRs 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
(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
NY (1953). 10 x 12. Watermarked flyleaf, presentation, light-&-shade pictorial watermark, double spread title, 107 specimens of fine papers and printing, watermarked flyleaf. Quarter black morocco & marbled boards; plain board slipcase (light wear). A fine copy of this stunning specimen. With the scarce 8-page Price List. A superb specimen... 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
NY: American Printing History Association, 1998. 6 x 9. 176, (4) pages plus 38 plates, 7 leaves in rear pocket. Cloth, leather spine label. Fine. One of 120 deluxe copies, printed on special paper and handbound, with 7 inserts specially printed from original types: Kaatskill, Montallegro, Montaigne, Arrighi & Vicenza... More
