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47 volumes, comprising:

• The Colophon: A Book Collector's Quarterly. 20 volumes (Vols. I-V in 20 parts) plus index volume. 27x21.5 cm (10½x8½"), boards. Nos. 1-4 in original publisher's half pigskin & cloth slipcase & folding chemise (of which the leather spine is darkened with rubbing).  [1930-1935].
• The Colophon New Series: A Quarterly for Bookmen. 12 volumes (Vol. I, No. 1 through Vol. III, No. 4). 23.5x15 cm (9¼x6"), cloth or boards. [1935-1938].
• The Annual of Bookmaking. 27.5x18.5 cm (10¾x7¼"), cloth. 1938.
• The Colophon New Graphic Series: A Quarterly for Bookmen. 4 volumes. 27x21.5 cm (10½x8½"), boards. 1939-1940.
• The New Colophon: A Book Collector's Quarterly. 8 volumes (Vols I-II in 8 parts). 27.5x20 cm (10¾x7¾"), boards. 1948-1950.
• The New Colophon: A Book-Collectors' Miscellany. Volume Three. 26.7x19 cm (10½x7½"), cloth. 1950.

Illustrated with numerous graphic, prints, facsimile pages, typographic displays and decorations, etc. Seven have the original glassine dust wrappers (these with some chipping).

Complete set of The Colophon, the respected and beautifully-produced melange of things graphic, typographic, and bibliophilic. Includes the sought-after Volume 5 of the first series, which contains an original signed drypoint etching "Painting Place" by Canadian artist David B. Milne. There was a full index to the set published in 1968, sometimes included with the set but not truly a part of it. Also included with this set are about twenty pieces of related ephemera, newsletters, etc.