Author: (Kent, Rockwell). (Poe, Edgar Allen; Gooden, Stephen; Frost, Robert).
Title: The Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Part Two.
Description: Pynson Printers, 1930. 1930. - Quarto [10-5/8 inches high by 8-3/4 inches wide], decorative boards in cream, black & gray. The binding is lightly bumped & rubbed. The boards are darkened around the edges with soiling to the rear board. The spine is darkened with the head & tail chipped. Unnumbered pages, including a colophon, with a letter from the editors and an order form laid in. Black-and-white illustrations, including 4 plates & 12 full-page illustrations. The edges of some text pages are darkened. The rear joint is split and the spine is partially detached. The contents are very good.

Featured in this issue is a plate depicting a previously unpublished drawing by Rockwell Kent of a barefoot dancing woman in a woodland setting, holding out the long strands of her hair. Among the articles are "Mr. Poe at his Conjurations Again" by Carl F. Schreiber, "The Line-Engravings of Stephen Gooden" by James Laver [with illustrations], and "Robert Frost and His Books" by Frederic Melcher, with a portrait. Two facsimile letters are tipped-in illustrating "Another Day" by Henry W. Kent. Fair .

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PERIODICAL; THE COLOPHON: A BOOK COLLECTORS' QUARTERLY. PART TWO; ROCKWELL KENT; UNPUBLISHED DRAWING; EDGAR ALLEN POE; CARL F. SCHREIBER; LINE-ENGRAVINGS OF STEPHEN GOODEN; JAMES LAVER; ROBERT FROST AND HIS BOOKS; FREDERIC MELCHER; ILL

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