- The Dolphin: Number Two -- a Journal of the Making of Books

New York, The Limited Editions Club, 1935. Hardcover. 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering and silver decorations. 329pp, (18pp ads). Extensive line drawings and illustrations (some color). Very good. Quite faint bit of spotting to binding, else tight and internally fine. A volume in the LECs "Special Publications" category, not one of its annual series of 12 subscription titles. Contents include Joseph Blumenthal's "The Fitting of Type," Warren Chappell's "Illustrations Made with a Tool," Edith Diehl's "The Kinds of Binding," Elmer Adler's "The Making of a Book," D.B. Updike's "Some Notes on Liturgical Printing," Philip Hofer's "The Work of W.A. Dwiggins" (this with much color and a 16pp smaller size "The Drums of Kalkapan" excerpt) and more. Laid in are promotional "The Dolphin's Tale" 2-page leaflet and printed "Of interest to Present Subscribers" announcement for this title. Rear colophon notes limitation of 2,000 copies. NEWMAN A-6. .

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