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 with Elephant Hide spine & fore-edge, and blue boards gilt... 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: 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
Yale University Press, 1948. 4 x 6 5/8. (29) pages. Ribbed blue cloth, gilt title on upper cover. Some spotting on upper cover, spine faded. Very good. Autograph note by Bruce Rogers in the colophon reads "200 copies on special paper & bound in boards/Bruce Rogers." Designed by BR, with... More
PHILADELPHIA: Lanston Monotype, (1935). 8 x 11. 15 pages. Printed blue wraps. Some fading, but very good. Designed by BR, and printed in Monotype 18-point Bible Centaur, the same type used for the Bible. Illustrations show specimen pages (reduced) and trial proofs. 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
NY: Knopf, 1945. First ed. 1/2 x 9. 33-page introduction, [44] pages of poems. Cream cloth gilt, top edge gilt. Bookplate on blank leaf; nickel-size glue mark on rear pastedown. Near fine. Designed by Rogers with Greek and English texts on facing pages. Ornaments and Trafton cuts are printed in... 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
NY: The Grolier Club, 1933. 8 1/4 x 12 1/4. Half-title, frontis by Emery Walker, vii, (2), 105, (1) pages. Title within white-on-red strapwork border. Red ornaments & strapwork initials. Illustrated throughout with diagrams of Roman letters, with tissue guards. Vellum-backed pattern paper boards by W. H. Smith, in cloth... 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
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
