Society of Calligraphers. Extracts from an Investigation into the Physical Properties of Books as They are at Present Published. Boston: The Society of Calligraphers. 1919. Pamphlet designed and authored by Dwiggins with the "help" of Hermann Puterschein, Dwiggins alter-ego, and his cousin L.B. Sigfired as an expression of his interest in the format of books and concern for the poor methods of printing trade books Published by the imaginary Society of Calligraphers, the stinging Investigation was a hoax that nevertheless did shake up those in the publishing field following its wide distribution. As a result, though it took years, there was a vast improvement in American trade book publishing by the 1930s. One copy is an original with a brown wrapper hand-sewn into the pages and the second is a 1968 imprint from the Meriden Gravure Company. -- Agner No. 19.02, 1919

Society of Calligraphers. Extracts from an Investigation into the Physical Properties of Books as They are at Present Published. Boston: The Society of Calligraphers. 1919. Pamphlet designed and authored by Dwiggins with the "help" of Hermann Puterschein, Dwiggins alter-ego, and his cousin L.B. Sigfired as an expression of his interest in the format of books and concern for the poor methods of printing trade books Published by the imaginary Society of Calligraphers, the stinging Investigation was a hoax that nevertheless did shake up those in the publishing field following its wide distribution. As a result, though it took years, there was a vast improvement in American trade book publishing by the 1930s. One copy is an original with a brown wrapper hand-sewn into the pages and the second is a 1968 imprint from the Meriden Gravure Company. -- Agner No. 19.02, 1919, 1.1.1.19.02, item: CPSPE SPCSK Z232.D975 WAD 19.02. William Addison Dwiggins collection, 0102-LIT. Special Collections and University Archives. https://archives.lib.umd.edu//repositories/2/archival_objects/299574 Accessed May 20, 2024.