The Construction Of Roman Letters Rare Original 1923 Imprint
1923031224New York / Mt. Vernon N. Y.: Hubert Rutherford Brown / William Edwin Rudge/ Bruce Rogers 1923. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. Illustrated Letters Throughout. 39 Pp. Black Boards Black Leather Spine Elaborately Marbled Endpapers Pages Printed In Red Black And Beige. One Of 350 Copies Printed By Bruce Rogers At The Rudge Press Per The Colophon With A 1923 Hubert Rutherford Brown Imprint Stated On The Title Page Of Which Apparently 300 Have A Later Title Page Tipped In With Imprint Showing Dunster House 1924. Bookplate Of Dorothy W. Thompson.Annotated "Ivins J. / From B. Rogers / 23 Feb. 1924" On Verso Of Front Free Endpaper Probably By Ivins Writing Does Not Appear To Be By Rogers. William Mills Ivins Jr. 1881 - 1961 Was Curator Of The Department Of Prints At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art New York From Its Founding In 1916 Until 1946 When He Was Succeeded By A. Hyatt Mayor. He Was A Friend Of Rogers. Book Has Considerable Wear; Front Pastedown With Traces Of Very Large Removed Bookplate And Small Trace Of Attached Paper On Facing Free Endpaper Newer Large Bookplate On Front Pastedown No Other Names Or Marks; Some Offsetting Onto All Pages From The Facing Page. All Pages Evenly Aged. Rare; Worldcat Shows Only Four Institutional Holdings Of This Edition. <br/> <br/> Hubert Rutherford Brown / William Edwin Rudge/ Bruce Rogers hardcover
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