The George Macy Imagery Presents The First Series of the Limited Editions Club [Print Replica] Kindle Edition

In 1929, an announcement went out for the First Series of The Limited Editions Club (LEC), seeking 1500 bibliophiles to join its esteemed membership and to join this experiment of publishing. Pioneered by George Macy, the LEC's first twelve books stand as a declaration of intent and purpose, designed by legends of publishing such as D. B. Updike, Carl Purington Rollins, Edwin Grabhorn, Frederic Warde, W. A. Dwiggins, and more; illustrated by leading book and advertising artists like John Held Jr., René Clarke, Rudolph Ruzicka, Edward A. Wilson, Alexander King, and more; and printed by some of the best publishing houses in the United States at the time, such as The Lakeside Press, The Printing House ofWilliam Edwin Rudge, the Yale University Press, A. Colish, The Merrymount Press, and more.This book collects all officially published documentation about the First Series issued by the LEC, such as the First Prospectus, the 16 Monthly Letters issued to the Club, and excerpts from the later Quarto-Millenary; alongside high quality photographs and information provided by Jerry Fieldsted, administrator of the George Macy Imagery blog, one of the leading resources online for the LEC, The Heritage Press, and related projects by Macy.If you are a collector of The Limited Editions Club or collectable books, this book will be an invaluable resource for the First Series! Read more