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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MAKING OF THE OXFORD LECTERN BIBLE - INSCRIBED BY BRUCE ROGERS TO THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER, ARTIST & TYPOGRAPHER GUSTAV JENSEN by Rogers, Bruce - [1936].

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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MAKING OF THE OXFORD LECTERN BIBLE - INSCRIBED BY BRUCE ROGERS TO THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER, ARTIST & TYPOGRAPHER GUSTAV JENSEN by Rogers, Bruce - [1936].

AN ACCOUNT OF THE MAKING OF THE OXFORD LECTERN BIBLE - INSCRIBED BY BRUCE ROGERS TO THE INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER, ARTIST & TYPOGRAPHER GUSTAV JENSEN

by Rogers, Bruce

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lanston Monotype Machine Company, [1936]., [1936].. Fine. - Quarto, 11-1/4 inches high by 8-1/8 inches wide. Softcover, bound in light blue stapled wraps titled with an attractive dingbat in black on the front cover. 15 pages, plus a colophon printed on the verso of the front cover, and illustrated with an additional 4 page facsimile of pages from the Bible. Near fine. <p>First edition.<p>Inscribed and signed in pencil by Bruce Rogers at the top of the first page to the Danish-American industrial designer, artist and typographer Gustav Jensen.<p>An additional prospectus for this publication, also advertising the Oxford Lectern Bible, titled "A Keepsake For Collectors of Rogersiana" is laid in at the front.<p>"We therefore consider it a privilege to have the opportunity to present to you the attached booklet, written and designed by Mr. Rogers, and keyboarded and cast on the Monotype Typecasting Machine in 18-point Bible Centaur, the type used in the Oxford Bible". [Quoted from the enclosed prospectus].<p>The Danish-born industrial designer, artist & typographer Gustav Jensen (1898-1954) settled in New York City and produced book jacket designs, bindings, advertising and packaging. A designer to industry, as he referred to himself, he designed the Monel Metal sink for International Nickel Company, a telephone for AT&T and a water heater for L.O. Koven & Bro. A pioneer in industrial design, he was featured in a 1934 Fortune Magazine article along with Loewy, Dreyfuss & Teague, and was Paul Rand's mentor. According to Steven Heller's June 20, 2011 article in Print Magazine "Jensen's approach was decorative but not overly ornate.... Advertising, he suggested, is only useful when it is beautiful...." His most enduring, and most well-known, packaging design was the packaging and jar for Golden Blossom Honey with retains much the same look as when he created it in the 1920s.
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  • Publisher Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Lanston Monotype Machine Company, [1936].
  • Date Published [1936].
  • Keywords FINE PRESS; TYPOGRAPHY; BRUCE ROGERS; AN ACCOUNT OF THE MAKING OF THE OXFORD LECTERN BIBLE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; 20TH CENTURY; 1ST EDITION; FIRST EDITION; INSCRIBED; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; DANISH INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER; TYPOGRAPHER; A KEEPSAKE FOR COLLECTORS OF RO

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AN ACCOUNT OF THE MAKING OF THE OXFORD LECTERN BIBLE

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Philadelphia, PA: Lanston Monotype Machine Company n.d., [1936]. Quarto. 16 pp. Stapled wraps with titles. Very good, light fading to edges of covers. Bruce Rogers explains the process of designing the typography and layout of the Oxford Lectern Bible.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.
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An Account of the Making of the Oxford Lectern Bible.

An Account of the Making of the Oxford Lectern Bible.

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Philadelphia, Pa.: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., [n.d.]. 4to. 15 pp., illus. Very good in wraps.
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Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype, 1936. Bound in stiff blue wraps, a 15 page booklet, subtitled, "he Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments : translated out of the original tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by His Majesty's special command. An account of the making of the Oxford lectern Bible,. A scarce intro to the printing of the Bible. Scarce -- only two copies on OCLC / Worldcat. Bound in a cloth and boards library sleeve that has preserved the booklet. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good +/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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