The Colophon. A Book Collectors' Quarterly. New York: The Colophon Ltd., 1930-1940, 1948-1950.

89 volumes, 4to and 8vo. A complete set ofThe Colophon, 1930-1335, 35 volumes comprising the complete run of Volumes I-XX and additional duplicates of several vols.; complete set of The New Series, 1935-1938, 37 volumes comprising the complete run of 12 volumes and additional duplicates of several vols.; a near complete set of The New Graphic Series, 1939-1940, 5 volumes (lacking vol.III with duplicates of vols.I-II); complete set of The New Colophon, 1948-1950, 12 volumes comprising the complete run of 8 volumes and additional duplicates. Original printed boards or cloth (slight toning and soiling, light rubbing to extremities); several vols. with original glassines (some tearing with loss). Publisher's ephemera laid in.FIRST EDITIONS, a near complete run of the periodical including the often lacking color drypoint etching entitled "Hilltop" SIGNED BY DAVID B. MILNE in pencil lower margin in The Colophon First Series vol.V and the color woodcut print "An Eagle Ceremony at Tesuque Pueblo" by Gustave Baumann in The Colophon First Series vol.XII.[With:]Index. The Colophon. 1930-1935. Volumes I, II, III, IV, V. Twenty Parts. New York: The Colophon, 1935. 2 copies. 8vo. Original publisher's blue cloth gilt; original glassine. -- The Annual of Bookmaking 1927-1937. New York: Pynson Printers, 1938. 4to. Original publisher's cloth stamped in silver and black (slight darkening to spine). FIRST EDITION. -- The New Colophon, A Book-Collectors' Miscellany. New York: Duschnes Crawford, Inc., 1950. 2 copies. 8vo. Original publisher's pictorial cloth; original glassine to 1 copy (some tearing with loss). Provenance: M.L. Biscotti (bookplate). -- Index. The Colophon. 1930-1935. Volumes I, II, III, IV, V. Twenty Parts. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Reprint Corp., 1967. Publisher's blue cloth.


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