View Your Cart Find something quickly using the site map Oak Knoll on Facebook Oak Knoll on Twitter Oak Knoll on WordPress
Back HomeOur InventoryAbout Oak KnollContact InformationSign In to Your Account


       Bibliography
       Book Collecting
       Book Design
       Book Illustration
       Book Selling
       Bookbinding
       Bookplates
       Cartography
       Children's Books
       Delaware Books
       Fine Press Books
       Forgery
       Graphic Design
       Images & Broadsides
       Libraries
       Literary Criticism
       Papermaking
       Printing History
       Publishing
       Typography
       Writing & Calligraphy

Book Design - Type Specimens
 
Displaying 426-450 of 652

Book Design - Type Specimens
 
   
Sort By :
 
Jump to page: 1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  10  11  12  13  14  15  
16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  
First pagePrevious PageNext PageLast Page
Page 18 of 27

See More... (Type Specimens) Harpel, Oscar H. HARPEL'S TYPOGRAPH OR BOOK OF SPECIMENS CONTAINING USEFUL INFORMATION, SUGGESTIONS AND A COLLECTION OF EXAMPLES OF LETTERPRESS JOB PRINT ARRANGED FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF MASTER PRINTERS, AMATEURS, APPRENTICES, AND OTHERS.
Cincinnati Oscar H. Harpel 1870 8vo. original gilt stamped cloth, all edges stained red. Frontispiece; (ii), 252, (18) pages.
First and only printing. (Bigmore and Wyman I, 306). Harpel lists many important facts necessary for the running of a successful printing business and includes a history of printing. The most important feature of this book is the full color plates, some printed and some done by lithography. Contains folded plates, tipped-in specimens, and other examples of color work. Each page is printed within colored borders and with a different design and color. A landmark book in the history of American printing. Seven plates with eleven wood-engravings; one plate composition in "Stigmatypie;" and fourteen inserted leaves of fancy jobbing specimens, some color printed (four printed on enameled paper). Pages three to five, as well as the plate in this range, are color photocopied replicas of the original pages. Other than that, all pages and plates are accounted for. Ownership stamp on front pastedown by 'J. Durie & Son, General Booksellers & Stationers, Sparks St. Ottawa'. Red stain on edges shows signs of wear. Corners and edges have been bumped and repaired. Some scuffs and signs of wear. Recased with original spine laid down on newer cloth. All endpapers and pastedowns and blank pages are preserved.
Price: $ 2,250.00 other currencies Order nr. 106067

READ MORE...
  (Type Specimens) Hell EDISON
Eine für Zeitungen, Zeitschriften und wissenschaftliche Publikationen von Hermann Zapf gezeichnete Schriftfamilie. Kiel (Rudolf Hell GmbH) n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers unpaginated
Written in German. An article regarding Hermann Zapf's new typeface, Edison Text, with the majority of this article being various type specimens.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 101419

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Henry. TYPE BOOK.
Detroit, MI Thos. P. Henry Linotyping Company 1922 small 8vo. embossed cloth. 223 pages.
Short introduction including a biography of Benjamin Franklin and a history of this printing house followed by the specimens of Monotype faces available.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 29653

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Imprimerie Nationale LES CARACTÈRES DE L'IMPRIMERIE NATIONALE.
(Paris) L'Imprimerie Nationale (1990) small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, slipcase 331, (5) pages.
Specimen book issued by this famous French printing house. With an introduction by Roland Fiszel followed by the specimens. Slipcase shows wear on edges. Price tag attached to slipcase.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 76080

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Imprimerie Royale. NOTICE SUR LES TYPES ÉTRANGERS DU SPÉCIMEN DE L'IMPRIMERIE ROYALE.
Paris Imprimerie Royale 1847 4to. original publisher's printed paper covered boards. (iv), 65 pages
First edition. (Audin 14, Updike II, p.327, Burke 596). Presents typographic specimens from the Imprimerie Royale in more than thirty languages, including ancient Egyptian, Chinese, Armenian, Syriac, Arabic, Mongol, Tibetan, Russian, Runic, Anglo-Saxon, German (Fraktur), Javanese, and Gujarati. The two-page comparative table of Roman types shows those used by the Press from 1640 to 1846, with one font attributed to Garamont and others engraved by Grandjean and Alexandre, Luce, Firmin Didot, Jacquemin, and Legrand. Updike calls this "one of the most enlightening documents about French typeface in existence." With hand-written presentation at top of half-title by M. Saint Georges, Director of the Imprimerie Royale and officer of the Legion d'honneur, to a major in the Imperial Guard of the Sultan, on 30 October 1850. Spine rubbed; corners of boards rubbed and scuffed at edges. Boards soiled and stained. Stamp in modern Turkish (Roman alphabet) on front board. Title page stamped with the stamp of the director's office of the Imprimerie Nationale.
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 109513

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Inland SPECIMEN BOOK AND CATALOG, A PRICE LIST OF PRINTERS' SUPPLIES, TYPE ...
Saint Louis Inland Type Foundry 1907 8vo. cloth. 243 pages.
Annenberg p.158. This copy dated September 1907. Reproduction of a picture of the foundry, pertinent facts, price lists, followed by the many pages of type faces in different sizes. Spine slightly faded. Well preserved.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 16276

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) THE INTERNATIONAL TYPEBOOK.
Foreword by Adrian Frutiger. London Studio Editions (1992) 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 383 pages.
Reprint of the 1990 first edition. Presents 66 type faces in full alphabets. Covers soiled. Slight musty smell.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 106251

READ MORE...
  (Type Specimens) INTERNATIONAL TYPEFOUNDERS
Volume two only (Norristown PA) International Typefounders 1998 square 8vo. paper-covered boards not paginated
Thousands of type faces, each having one example, available from over 50 independent foundries and designers from around the world for PC or Mac. There is a CD available, but it is not included in the books. There is also a list of typeface distributors worldwide who carry these typefonts along with a website for ordering online. Quite interesting and very comprehensive. Please note this is volume 2 only.
Price: $ 12.50 other currencies Order nr. 93032

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) INTERNATIONAL TYPEFOUNDERS/INTERNATIONAL TYPEFOUNDERS
2 volumes (Norristown PA) International Typefounders 1995; 1998 square 8vo. Two volumes, paper-covered boards not paginated
Thousands of type faces, each having one example, available from over 50 independent foundries and designers from around the world for PC or Mac. There is a CD available, but it is not included in the books. There is also a list of typeface distributors worldwide who carry these typefonts along with a website for ordering online. Quite interesting and very comprehensive.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 92971

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Intertype INTERTYPE FACES, ONE-LINE SPECIMENS.
Brooklyn Intertype Co. (1970) small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 92 pages.
Hundreds of faces. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 27902

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Intertype INTERTYPE FACES, ONE-LINE SPECIMENS ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY POINT SIZE.
Brooklyn Intertype Corp. (1958) small 4to. limp boards. xii, 234 pages.
One page index. Well preserved copy.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 22184

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Intertype INTERTYPE FACES, ONE-LINE SPECIMENS ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY POINT SIZE.
Brooklyn Intertype Corp. (1958) small 4to. limp boards. xii, 234 pages.
One page index. Covers spotted.
Price: $ 17.50 other currencies Order nr. 109529

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Intertype. INTERTYPE FUTURA, A TRUE FUTURA BASED ON THE ORIGINAL FOUNDRY TYPE.
Chicago Intertype Corporation n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 52 pages.
Printed in multiple colors. Intertype "introduced Futura in 1939 and added additional weights designed by Edwin W. Shaar and Tommy Thompson up to 1956." McGrew p.147. Covers faded along bottom and fore-edge.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 37184

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Intertype. INTERTYPE FUTURA, A TRUE FUTURA BASED ON THE ORIGINAL FOUNDRY TYPE.
Chicago Intertype Corporation n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 52 pages.
Printed in multiple colors. Intertype "introduced Futura in 1939 and added additional weights designed by Edwin W. Shaar and Tommy Thompson up to 1956." McGrew p.147. With nine extra leaves of supplemental specimen sheets of Futura issued by Intertype loosely inserted in the back.Covers faded along bottom.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 109601

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Intertype WAVERLEY, A NEW INTERTYPE FACE.
Brooklyn Intertype Corporation n.d. large 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 14 pages.
Waverley was designed by George Trenholm for Intertype. Specimens mostly in texts.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 52294

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) ITC. ERAS.
(New York International Typeface Corporation 1976) 4to. stiff paper wrappers, specimen sheets laid in unpaginated
Press release about ITC's ERAS Outline and Contour typeface family. According to the press release, Albert Boton and Albert Hollenstein, both of France, created ERAS.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 109763

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) ITC ITC GOUDY SANS.
N.P. ITC (1986) small 4to. self paper wrappers 35+(1) pages
Specimens of ITC release Goudy Sans, one of the few sans serif designs created by Frederic Goudy. Originated in 1922 and completed by 1929-30 for Lanston Monotype (McGrew p.169). Includes descriptive information. Wrapper faded at top corner.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 109665

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) ITC ITC PACELLA.
N.P. ITC (1987) small 4to. self paper wrappers 35+(1) pages
Specimens of ITC Slimbach, created by Vincent Pacella, involved in many of ITC's releases and creator of display typestyles for Photo-Lettering, Inc., New York, and ITC Cushing. Pacella is the second ITC release by its Pacella. Includes descriptive information.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 109664

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) ITC. ITC QUAY SANS.
N.P. (Internationsl Typeface Corporation 1990) 4to. self paper wrappers 15+(1) pages
Designed by David Quay after 1975 for ITC, Letraset and Berthold.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 109694

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) ITC ITC SLIMBACH.
N.P. ITC (1987) small 4to. self paper wrappers 35+(1) pages
Specimens of ITC Slimbach, created by Robert Slimbach, calligrapher and type designer from the west coast of the USA. Although appearing "to be based entirely on calligraphic forms," more careful study "reveals a carefully studied and meticulously rendered design." Includes descriptive information.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 109663

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Itc. ITC STONE.
N.P. ITC 1989 small 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 38 pages.
A booklet of type specimens for the ITC computer-designed digital typeface "Stone," designed by Sumner Stone. 17 typeface variants, based on 3 subdivisions: "Stone Serif," "Stone Sans," and "Stone Informal." Examples in various sizes in texts, alphabets and figures.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 50134

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) ITC ITC TIEPOLO.
N.P. ITC (1987) small 4to. self paper wrappers 27+(1) pages
Specimens of ITC Tiepolo, the work of AlphaOmega Typography, named for the Italian artist Dominic Tiepolo, described as a "sans serif with serifs." Includes descriptive information.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 109662

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Jammes, Paul COLLECTION DE SPÉCIMENS DE CARACTÈRES, 1517-2004
(Paris) Librairie Paul Jammes, Éditions des Cendres (2006) 4to. paper-covered boards, dust jacket 393, (5) pages
Text in French. Limited to an edition of 1000. A magnificent catalogue of type specimen books issued by this noted French bookseller. Contains 380 color illustrations of type specimens, many never before seen, with historical and bibliographical information for each. Printed in Sabon Next type.
Price: $ 320.00 other currencies Order nr. 94597

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Kemp Hall Press SPECIMENS OF SOME MONOTYPE FACES USED AT THE KEMP HALL PRESS, LTD.
Oxford Kemp Hall Press Ltd. n.d. tall 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 40 leaves.
Includes type specimens and borders. Index in the back. Wear at spine ends. Light foxing.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 80352

READ MORE...
See More... (Type Specimens) Keystone SPECIMEN BOOK OF TYPE COMPRISING A PRICE-LIST OF TYPES BORDERS, BRASS RULE, MISCELLANEOUS CUTS, PRINTING MACHINERY AND PRINTERS' GENERAL SUPPLIES.
Philadelphia Keystone Type Foundry 1903 thick 8vo. original cloth. viii, (ii), 501 pages.
Annenberg p.169. Issued in September 1903. Covers rubbed with wear at spine ends. 13 leaves have ornaments excised.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 16246

READ MORE...

E-mail/Export ?
Jump to page: 1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9  10  11  12  13  14  15  
16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  
First pagePrevious PageNext PageLast Page
Page 18 of 27

Refine Result
Within This List:
Include   Exclude
Author
Author
Title
Title
Keyword
Keyword
   
Clear all entries and click "Go" button to return to original search result.

Association of American Publishers Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
Copyright © 2009 Oak Knoll. All rights reserved.
Back to Oak Knoll Home Back to Oak Knoll Home Back to Oak Knoll Home