The New Colophon : A Book Collector's Quarterly ; Volume 1. Part Two by (Book Collecting) - 1948

New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1950. Hardcover. Near Fine -. Carruth, Paul. [4], 311-406, [2] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Illustrated paper over boards. Designed by Robert L. Dothard. Title page in green and black. One of a limited edition of 2,500 copies. Paginated continuously with Part 7. Contents: The Poet and the Pirate [re: Robert Frost and Thomas B. Mosher] by Ray Nash -- Preserved for Posterity: Some Remarks on Mediaeval Manuscripts by E.P. Goldschmidt -- The Uses of Collecting by John Bakeless, illustrated by Paul Carruth -- Treasure Hunt by John Francis McDermott, illustrated by Cyrus Leroy Baldridge -- Where are Shakespeare's Manuscripts? by James G. McManaway -- Manuscript-Hunting in Two Continents by R.W. Chapman. Includes advertisements on final pages and index to vol. 2. With: yellow sheet advertising the Book Collectors' Annual, vol. 3, to be published Oct. 1950. In Very Good Condition: spine is sunned; ends of spine rubbed; pages are clean and bright.

Duschnes Crawford, 1949. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good -. Erdoes, Richard. [4], 107-189, [1] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Illustrated paper over boards. With original glassine wrapper. Designed by Robert L. Dothard. One of a limited edition of 2,500 copies. Paginated continuously with Part 5. Contents: Another Man's Roses by Frederick B. Adams, Jr. [re: a Thomas Hardy forgery] -- On Belonging to Clubs by Christopher Morley, illustrated by Richard Erdoes -- On Making a Few Books by Alfred A. Knopf -- Sadleir Sadleirized by Simon Nowell-Smith -- The Typophiles by Deoch Fulton [with a checklist of Typophile Books] -- The Last Word by Wilmarth S. Lewis -- The First Famous Print by A. Hyatt Mayor [re: Forli's Our Lady of the Fire woodcut]. Includes advertisements on final pages. Book is in Very Good+ Condition: tail of spine slightly sunned; head of spine creased; clean and bright. Glassine dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: chipping along upper edge; small tear in fold of front… Read More

New York: Colophon, 1950. Hardcover. Very Good. Very good Browning of pages, cover browned with light foxing. Some smudge marks, soiling, light wear. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York: (Duschnes Crawford Inc.), 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine. Volume I, Part Two. Quarto. 216pp. Illustrated. Binding lighlty worn, near fine lacking the glassine dustwrapper. Contains an essay on rarity by John Carter, and another on Holbein's Old Testament woodcuts.

New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. [4], 195-304, [2] p.: illustrations; 28 cm. Illustrated paper over boards. Designed by Robert L. Dothard. One of a limited edition of 2,500 copies. Paginated continuously with Part 6. Contents: Miss Willa Cather from Nebraska by George Seibel -- The Life & Death of the Lafayette Publishing Co. by John T. Winterich -- The Cummington Press by Harry Duncan with A Face: A Poem by Marianne Craig Moore (printed on Hand & Arrows paper at the Cummington Press, June 1949) bound in, and A List of the Books published at the Cummington Press -- Cor Cordium and Thomas J. Wise by Helen Rossetti Angeli -- The Wanderings of "Ulysses" by Stuart Gilbert -- Poor Nancy Luce by Ben C. Clough -- Books about Books by George L. McKay. Includes advertisements on final pages. Book is in very Good Condition: cover is slightly soiled; internally clean and bright.

New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Quarto pictorial. Near fine in very good glassine dustwrapper. Two page insert of "A Free" poem by Marianne Moore.

New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Pictorial cover. Near fine in very good glassine dustwrapper. Two page insert of "A Free" poem by Marianne Moore.

New York: Duschnes Crawford, 1949. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Quarto pictorial. 304pp. Near fine in near fine glassine dustwrapper in the original unprinted cardboard package. Two page insert of "A Free" poem by Marianne Moore.

NY: Duschnes Crawford, 1948. Periodical. 4to, pp. 113-216. Illustrated. Paper over boards. A VG tight copy. Stephen Crane, war correspondent; Reflections on rarity; Holbein's Old Testament woodcuts; among other articles.

New York: (Duschnes Crawford Inc.), 1948. Hardcover. Near Fine. Volume I, Part Four. Quarto. 321-427pp. Illustrated. Boards evenly toned, interior is fine, lacking the glassine dustwrapper. Contains a Signed lithograph of a farm scene by Benton Spruance (1904-1967) to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the invention of lithography, as well as articles on Thoreau, Kipling, John Brown, and a presentation copy of *Paradise Lost*.