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D.B.U. and R.R.

The American Printing History Association occasionally prints special publications of interest to members. After publication through the Association, these items are available from Oak Knoll Books.

D.B.U. and R.R. Selected Extracts from Correspondence between Daniel Berkeley Updike and Rudolph Ruzicka, 1908 to 1941. Edited by Edward Connery Lathem and Elizabeth French Lathem. New York: American Printing History Association, 1997. 8vo. vi, 181 pages including index and two tipped-in facsimiles. Illustrations are reproduced in the original colors. Printed by Stinehour Press.

450 regular edition copies. Cloth, printed dust-jacket. $50 (plus $5 for shipping).

50 deluxe copies numbered & signed by the publisher, Roderick Stinehour. Handbound by Judi Conant in quarter cloth & marbled boards, with paper spine label. With three original examples of Ruzicka's multi-color wood engravings printed at the Merrymount Press. The three tipped-in original wood engravings (including two New Year's greetings) are: "Chester Greenough's Library," "A View of the Summer House," and "A View of the Market House." $225 (plus $5 for shipping)

D.B.U and R.R. prints for the first time extracts from the important correspondence between these major figures of American graphic arts, revealing a little-known closeness between the Merrymount Press fine printer Updike and the artist Ruzicka. The two men collaborated on a number of important books, including Newark and the Grolier Club's Irving, as well as the exquisite series of Merrymount annual keepsakes. Ruzicka also played a substantial advisory role in the writing of Updike's monumental Printing Types. This touching and candid thirty-three year correspondence is put in context by the Lathems' elucidating commentary.

Sample Pages from D.B.U. and R.R.
These scanned images come from pages 172-174, the conclusion of the book, describing Ruzicka's final New Year's Day keepsake for the Merrymount Press and the death of Updike in December 1941. (A facsimile of the keepsake, a woodcut of Minot's lighthouse near Cohasset, Mass., is depicted below.) An attempt has been made to depicts margins accurately but images are slightly reduced. Each image file is about 140K. (The images are 150 dpi and will display at twice actual size on some browsers.)

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