Persephone *Designed by Bruce Rogers*

Mount Vernon, New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1926 Hard cover, 4to, in black cloth with title to top board in gold, 20pp. (unnumbered), First Edition. Designed by Bruce Rogers, limited edition of 550 copies. Printed on Arche paper, edges untrimmed, with gold and black artwork, and initial capitals and other gold accents throughout. CONDITION: Overall Very Good. The boards are clean, solid and hinges in order. Minor foxing affects preliminaries, while the remaining text block is bright and clean. **Englishman John Drinkwater (1882 - 1937) playwright and poet, is associated with Rupert Brooke and Robert Frost as one of the "Drymock poets". **Persephone was the Queen of the Underworld in Ancient Greek mythology, carried off by Hades from a meadow in Sicily. **The notable Massachusetts typographer and designer Bruce Rogers produced this work between April and December, 1924. He is considered one of the foremost in his field, working for many years at Boston's Houghton Mifflin Company and the Riverside Press, before going on to work independently here and in England. Ransom, (1929) "Rogers" checklist, No. 10, p. 402.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.