[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. ADLER, Elmer (1884-1962) and WINTERICH, John T. (1891-1970), editors. The Colophon. A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Vols. 1-18, 20. New York: The Colophon Ltd., Pynson Printers, 1930-1935.

19 volumes, including duplicate numbers of Vols. 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 15. Together 27 volumes, 4to. Original printed boards (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 nearly complete run of the periodical lacking only vol.19, including the often lacking color drypoint etching entitled “Hilltop” SIGNED BY DAVID B. MILNE in pencil lower margin in vol.V and the color woodcut print “An Eagle Ceremony at Tesuque Pueblo” by Gustave Baumann in vol.XII.

[With:]

The Colophon. New Series. Vol.I Nos.1-4, Vol.III no.2. New York: Pynson Printers, 1935-1936, 1938. 5 volumes, including duplicate numbers of Vol.I nos. 3-4 and Vol.III no. 2. Together 8 volumes, 8vo. Original publisher’s printed boards or cloth; original glassine to one vol. (tearing with loss). FIRST EDITIONS. -- 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 Colophon. New Graphic Series. New York: Pynson Printers, 1940. Vol.I No.4. 4to. Original publisher’s cloth (slight toning to extremities). FIRST EDITIONS.

[BOOKS ABOUT BOOKS]. ADLER, Elmer (1884-1962) and WINTERICH, John T. (1891-1970), editors. The Colophon. A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Vols. 1-18, 20. New York: The Colophon Ltd., Pynson Printers, 1930-1935.