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1902 · rif. 141736 — Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Co 1902. boards. Rogers Bruce. 4to. boards. 30 pages. Limited to 419 numbered copies designed by Bruce Rogers Warde No.31. Lacking the original box and dust jacket. Covers lightly soiled and toned along the edges spine with a medium sized dampstain else a near fine copy. Done in Brimmer Italic type with 2 sepia engravings on handmade paper after design by Edwin Howland Blashfield. A very attractive work. The typography is by the notable American book designer Bruce Rogers 1870-1957 who "was appreciated in his lifetime. In addition to several honorary degrees in 1948 he was awarded a gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters for distinction in the graphic arts. Over decades of accomplishment in which he designed approximately 500 books. Rogers literally defined the profession of book designing in the United States" ANB. Francis Meynell stated that Rogers was "the greatest artificer of the book who ever lived. Houghton Mifflin and Co unknown books