The Constitution of the United States of America
- New Rochelle: The Peter Pauper Press, 1934
New Rochelle: The Peter Pauper Press, 1934. First thus. First Peter Pauper Press edition, one of 950 copies produced at the Walpole Printing Office in New Rochelle, New York. Finely bound by Riviere & Son (stamp-signed on upper flyleaf) in full dark blue polished calf with elaborate gilt spine, lavish gilt turn-ins, and blue marbled endpapers. 43 pp. Text in black with red rule, red page numbers, and decorations designed by Ervin Metzl in blue. A bright, Fine copy in a Riviere & Son blue cloth slipcase.
The Peter Pauper Press has been producing fine books in New York since 1928. They published this edition of the Constitution in the midst of the Depression and followed it up with a wartime edition of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, bound together, in 1943.
The Peter Pauper Press has been producing fine books in New York since 1928. They published this edition of the Constitution in the midst of the Depression and followed it up with a wartime edition of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, bound together, in 1943.