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THE WORK OF BRUCE ROGERS: Jack of All Trades; Master of One. A Catalogue of an Exhibition Arranged by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Grolier Club of New York. With an Introduction by D.B. Updike, a Letter from John T. McCutcheon, and an Addres by Mr. Rogers

THE WORK OF BRUCE ROGERS: Jack of All Trades; Master of One. A Catalogue of an Exhibition Arranged by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Grolier Club of New York. With an Introduction by D.B. Updike, a Letter from John T. McCutcheon, and an Addres by Mr. Rogers

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THE WORK OF BRUCE ROGERS: Jack of All Trades; Master of One. A Catalogue of an Exhibition Arranged by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Grolier Club of New York. With an Introduction by D.B. Updike, a Letter from John T. McCutcheon, and an Addres by Mr. Rogers

by Rogers, Bruce

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New York: Oxford University Press, 1939. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. pp: liv, 127 with index; frontispiece portrait, 16 plates, few illustrations in the text. Bound in blue wove cloth, gilt-stamped spine, decorated dust wrapper with shelf-back sunned. 9.5" x 5.75" Laid in is a bookmark one blue stock: a vignette and four-line tribute to BR on the recto, and on the verso a printed notice, "Paper hand-made by Harrison Elliott from former wearing apparel of Bruce Rogers.

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Title
THE WORK OF BRUCE ROGERS: Jack of All Trades; Master of One. A Catalogue of an Exhibition Arranged by the American Institute of Graphic Arts and the Grolier Club of New York. With an Introduction by D.B. Updike, a Letter from John T. McCutcheon, and an Addres by Mr. Rogers
Author
Rogers, Bruce
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Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
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Edition
First Edition
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1939
Keywords
typography; book design; graphic arts; bruce rogers
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