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
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 1939 8vo (24 cm), XXV, 127 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket (dj clipped and slightly frayed at extremities). This catalogue meticulously updates and documents the entire known body of work by the American typographer and type designer, Bruce Rogers (1870-1957), including his books and pamphlets, studies and drawings, bookplates and labels, as well as sketches in oil and watercolor. Organized in chronological order, each item is thoroughly classified for easy reference. The catalogue is enhanced with illustrations, featuring a colotype facsimile of preliminary studies for a book, additional studies in halftone, and various reproductions of photographs, some created by Rogers himself and others depicting him. Furthermore, the catalogue includes an Introduction by D. B. Updike, a Letter from John T. McCutcheon, and an Address by Mr. Rogers, offering valuable insights into his life and creative contributions.
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- Bookseller
- Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005677
- 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
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1939
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography; Book exhibitions;
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About the Seller
Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
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Kraków
About Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko
Specializing in mathematical sciences, Church Slavonic and Slavic books, Eastern European history, travels and topography, bibliography, history and art of the book, history of libraries and collections
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