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The Four Winds Press, 1975 First publication of a letter by Bruce Rogers to Winifred Howe regarding her article on Rogers' late collaborator Henry Kent, and discussing Rogers' future plans; with an introduction by the publisher regarding the relationship between Rogers, Kent, and the Museum Press. One of 75 copies printed by Henry Schniewind in 16 point Centaur & Arrighi. Quarter red morocco over grey marbled boards, gilt spine title. Edges rubbed & worn, lower outer corner bumped, slightly affecting the pages. Text clean; 11 pages, bibliography. Elegant.. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Good. 6½" by 8¾".

Locust Valley: The Four Winds Press, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. One of 75 copies printed by Henry Schniewind. Marbled paper boards over red morocco spine, lettered in gilt. Presents a hitherto unpublished letter from 1948 from Bruce Rogers to Winifred Howe, secretary to his good friend Henry Watson Kent of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, founder of the Museum Press (and primary sponsor of BR's design of Centaur type, first used at the Museum Press). Slightly rubbed at the lower corners, else a fine copy. Laid in is a prospectus for a later Four Winds book and a Christmas greeting from the Museum Press dated 1926, printed in Centaur and Arrighi types.