FINE BOOK PAGES: A Portfolio of Specimen Pages from the Distinguished Books Designed by Mr. Bruce Rogers
by Rogers, Bruce
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1928. Limited edition. Eight signatures in portfolio and slipcase. VG to Near Fine, some corner bumps on signatures, sticker residue on one signature. Complete. "A portfolio of specimen pages from the distinguished books designed by Mr. Bruce Rogers for composition on the linotype; each specimen signature being reprinted on the same paper in the same colors as the original volume. Printed by William Edwin Rudge in a limited edition of 975 copies" of which this is copy #575. Includes signed letter from the Mergenthaler Linotype Company on company letterhead from E.E. Bartlett, Director of Linotype Typography.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012372
- Title
- FINE BOOK PAGES: A Portfolio of Specimen Pages from the Distinguished Books Designed by Mr. Bruce Rogers
- Author
- Rogers, Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Mergenthaler Linotype Company
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1928
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Typogrphy Typesetting Printing Publishing
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- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...