Found 2 collections related to Warde,%20Frederic,%201894-1939

Pynson Printers, founded in 1922 in New York by typographer Elmer Adler, was a private press that produced many limited edition books. In 1930 Adler began publishing The Colophon, a quarterly for book collectors. Both Pynson Printers and The Colophon ceased operations in 1940. Collection consists of correspondence and other materials relating to Pynson Printers and The Colophon. Bulk of the collection consists of Elmer Adler's correspondence files, 1927-1932, kept while he was running Pynson Printers and organizing and editing The Colophon. With the correspondence are memoranda, clippings, order forms for subscriptions to The Colophon, back issues, bills and invoices, notes, sketches, printed materials, and a few photographs of The Colophon. Topics include all aspects of Pynson Printers operations, matters relating to specific books printed by Pynson, and Adler's activities as a consultant on typography. Also, Colophon subscripton correspondence and order forms, and letters to the editors in response to an offer of a brochure about the periodical. less

Notebook containing Frederic Warde's page design layouts for the title page, preface, contents, etc. On the cover of the volume is written: "This layout is the property of Mr. Warde. Please do not in anyway mutilate this layout and return it in each instance with any and all proofs sent to Mr. Warde." Inserted are marked-up press proofs of the title page and preface (pages [i]-xvi); a marked-up press proof from the letters section (pages 15-18); and an autograph letter from Warde to Carl H. Pforzheimer dated January 6, 1935. Within the original manila envelope addressed by Warde to Pforzheimer. Filed along with a prospectus of the Julian Editions, with a notice from the Literary Review laid in. less