PRINT, A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS, Vol. I-Vol. IV, Number 1-4 of each year, plus Vol. V, Number 4

1940-1946. PRINT. A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF THE GRAPHIC ARTS, New Haven, Connecticut. Pub. by William Edwin Rudge, 1940-1946. 4to. Printed wrappers. First edition. Volume I: Includes articles on Saks Fifth Avenue advertising, textbook design, the rare book market, letterist Eric Gill, etcher John Taylor Arms, and how to run a personal press, as well as silk screen samples, tipped-in Old Master prints, color wallpaper samples and color lithographs. Also bound in is a copy of the first edition of the pamphlet "The Mainz Diary: 1437-1440" which was printed at the Golden Hind Press. Volume II: Includes articles on "The Place of the Educated Man in the Printing Industry," how to properly etch, types of writing systems, newspaper design, Lawrence C. Roth and university presses, as well as a copy of a pamphlet on the "Tasting of Beers, Ales and Stouts" by the Wine and Food Society of New York, tipped-in portraits and Old Master prints, and numerous red and black illustrations. Volume III: Includes articles on Jean Carlu (and a cover designed by him), Hugo Steiner-Prag, Braille printing, the Grabhorn Press, and "What the Bible Owes Its Printers," as well as color comic strips, Braille samples, tipped-in portraits and Old Master prints, and numerous brown, black and red illustrations. Volume IV: Includes articles on printing in Modern Egypt, maps and the army (one issue's cover is a map of Nagasaki),"The Graphic Arts in a Liberal Education," modern Christmas cards, and binder Peter Franck, as well as Christmas card samples, a pamphlet displaying the entries in the International Book Illustration Show, tipped-in portraits and Old Master prints, and numerous gold, red and black illustrations. Volume V: Includes articles on American type designers, Hay prints, and legibility as well as numerous color illustrations. With a typescript 1951 letter from Rudge urging a subscriber to give PRINT as a Christmas gift. Housed in 4 slipcases. In excellent condition.