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BRUCE ROGERS

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BRUCE ROGERS
<p><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:windowtext'>BRUCE ROGERS </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:windowtext'>(1870-1957). American book designer and typographer noted for his use of design to reflect a volume’s subject matter. ALS “<i>B.R</i>.,” 2pp, small 4to, New Fairfield, CT, Dec 26, 1937. To Wilbur Macy Stone, in small part, “<i>Your Christmas greetings take their usual felicitous form that we have come to expect from everything you do. In these days of ‘modern’ art run wild it is good to see a piece of modern work which doesn’t violate all the traditions...My own schemes for Christmas vanished into thin air, under the pressure of more domestic matters and worries. My relatives and friends all seem to choose December as the season for contracting illnesses—which somehow stultify my efforts to be cheerful or optimistic. I think I shall adopt Ground Hog Day as my national festival</i>...” Rogers concludes by saying that he spends most of his time in the country now, and he invites Stone to come and visit. Boldly penned. Light toning; o/w Fine.</span></p>