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(Acorn Press) ONE LINE SPECIMEN BOOK.
Forest Park, IL Acorn Press (1962) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, front wrapper gilt-stamped (vi), 29, (3) pages
Limited to 350 copies. Type faces available at the Acorn Press. Foreword and explanation. Indexed. Wrappers faded.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 114780

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(Adagio Press) Bahr, Leonard F. THE ADAGIO PRESS.
N.P. Adagio Press n.d. 4to unbound 131 broadside specimen sheets enclosed by heavy paper covers
Ornaments and type faces offered by the Adagio Press. Includes designs by Will Bradley (American Type Founders), D. Stempel, Imre Reiner and Jose Mendoza y Almeida (Typefoundry Amsterdam), Alessandro Butti and Aldo Novarese, G.C. Lange (H. Berthold), American Type Founders, Monotype, Georg Trump, Konrad Bauer and Walter Baum, designers for Bauersche Giesserei, Hermann Zapf, Jan van Krimpen and others. Illustrations of all type faces and ornaments.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 109160

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(ad lib Press) Hopkinson, Francis PLAN FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE ART OF PAPER WAR
Richmond, VA ad lib Press 1990 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages.
Reprint of the 1787 printing that occured in the American Musuem. Limited to 155 numbered copies; this copy is out of series. An article discussing American type faces and American type. Silver, in his THE AMERICAN PRINTER, p.146, says "In an essay printed in 1787 ... (Hopkinson) proposed an improvement in the art of printing, so as to make it expressive not only of the author's narrative, opinions, or arguments, but also of the peculiarities of his temper, the vivacity of his feelings .... Carey printed the essay with each type size displayed when Hopkinson referred to it; a description of a newspaper quarrel begins in long primer, the reply to follow in pica, the next artument in great primer, the retort in double pica, and so on, concluding with five-line pica, which indeed is as far as the art of printing, or a modern quarrel can well go."
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 105321

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(Alembic Press) Bolton, Claire 14-LINE TUSCAN CONDENSED.
Marcham, England The Alembic Press 2001 miniature book (3 x 3 3/4 inches) paper-covered boards, paper cover label Two accordian folded strips fit together with slots
Limited to an edition of 40 numbered copies. The maker of the ornate wooden type used to create this small volume is unknown. The upper case letters were printed in blue and brown on separate strips of paper that were accordian folded and slotted together in a zig zag pattern. Designed, printed and bound by Claire Bolton.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 64595

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(American Type Founders) A.T.F. IDEA FILE. NUMBER THREE.
(Elizabeth, NJ) American Type Founders n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. (8) pages.
"Ideas for Stickers, Ideas for Labels, Ideas for Envelopes." Text and demonstrations of the use of type for these mailing pieces. Printed in three colors.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 109487

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(Anchor Acorn Press) A GOUDY SAMPLER.
Petaluma, CA Anchor Acorn Press 2000 broadside (22 x 7 inches)
Broadside printed for the Twelfth Biennial Conference of the American Typecasting Fellowing and the Twenty-fifth Biennial Joint Meeting of the Zamorano Club and the Roxburghe Club. Demonstration of 31 Goudy type printed in black and red.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 105848

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Annenberg, Maurice TYPE FOUNDRIES OF AMERICA AND THEIR CATALOGS
Baltimore Maran Printing Services 1975 4to. cloth. (xiv), 245 pages.
First edition, limited to 500 copies. The definitive bibliography to-date of American type specimen books. Includes historical accounts of each company, a list of their specimen books with size and number of pages and illustrations. Lacks jacket.
Price: $ 40.00 other currencies Order nr. 11232

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ATF NEWSLETTER.
Terre Alta American Typecasting Fellowship 1980-1996 8vo. stiff paper wrappers
Produced under the supervision of Richard Hopkins. Includes the following numbers:
Number 4 (1980), 6 (1981), 8 (1983)SOLD, 10 (1984SOLD), 11 1984(SOLD), 11 (sic) (1986SOLD) SOLD, 12 (1988SOLD), 13 (SOLD) (1990), 14 (1990), 15 (1991), 16 (1992), 17 (1993)SOLD, 18 (SOLD) (1994), 19 (1996), 20 (1996), 21 (1997), 26 (2000) SOLD, 27 (2002) SOLD, 28 (2003 SOLD 30 (2005), 34 (2010)
Filled with interesting articles. Price is per issue. +2 on 4/2 physical inventory we added 2.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 79386

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(Audin, Maurice and André Jammes) ESSAI SUR LA LETTRE D'IMPRIMERIE A PROPOS DES COLLECTIONS CONSERVÉES AU MUSÉE DE L'IMPRIMERIE ET DE LA BANQUE
Lyon n.p. n.d. large 8vo stiff paper wrappers 69, (3) pages
Text in French. Traces the history of type from the sixteenth to the twentieth century with many illustrations of the historic types.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 95632

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AUTHOR'S PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSISTANT
London Saunders and Otley n.d. 12mo. original cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on cover, edges gilt (vi), 67, (36) pages plus 2 fold-out plates
Fifth edition (Bigmore & Wyman I,24). Subtitle continues, "Comprising Explanations of the Process of Printing, Preparation & Calculation of Manuscripts, Punctuation, Choice of Paper, Type, Binding, Illustrations, Publishing, Advertising, &c, with an Exemplification and Description of the Typographical Marks unused in the Correction of the Press." One fold-out displays specimens and names of the different sizes of type, the other shows a page properly annotated with corrections and the revised version. Section at the back listing works published by Messrs. Saunders and Otley. Covers blind stamped with border design. Front cover blind stamped with the words Mercantile Library Company with so much force that the indentation is visible through the cover and the endpapers. Library marks throughout. Spine missing, pages are loose, covers detached. Paper catalogue label on lower left corner of front cover. Mercantile Library Company stamp less forceful on the rear cover. Corners rubbed. Pages darkened. Front endpapers missing.
Price: $ 185.00 other currencies Order nr. 79400

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Barnett, Michael P. COMPUTER TYPESETTING, EXPERIMENTS AND PROSPECTS.
Cambridge M.I.T. Press (1965) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xviii, 245 pages.
First edition. An early look at this rapidly evolving field. Jacket rubbed.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 28076

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(Baskerville, John) Pardoe, F.E. JOHN BASKERVILLE OF BIRMINGHAM LETTER-FOUNDER & PRINTER.
London Frederick Muller 1975 small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 181 pages.
First edition. A biography of the printer; color frontispiece. Part of the Ars Typographica series.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 363

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Berg, N. Edward ELECTRONIC COMPOSITION: A GUIDE TO THE REVOLUTION IN TYPESETTING
Pittsburgh, PA Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (1975) 4to fabroid covers variouisly paginated
Guide to electronic type setting, a new technology in 1975. LIst of figures and tables included. Glossary, bibliography and index. Remnants of label on spine and remnants of label on back board.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 107060

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Berry, W. Turner, A.F. Johnson, W.P. Jaspert ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF TYPE FACES
London Blandford Press (1962) small 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 420 pages.
Third edition. Jacket chipped.
Price: $ 55.00 other currencies Order nr. 30476

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(Berthold A.-G., H.) BERTHOLD AUF DER INTERNATIONALEN AUSSTELLUNG FÜR BUCHGEWERBE UND GRAPHIK
Leipzig (H. Berthold A.-G. 1914 8vo. stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Written in German. With an introduction and advertisements. An exhibition catalogue which contains a translation of hieroglyphs, and a second section entitled "Neue Berthold-Erzeugnisse auf der Buchgewerbe-Ausstellung." Essentially a type specimen booklet issued by this firm.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 101522

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Biegeleisen, J.I. ART DIRECTORS' WORKBOOK OF TYPE FACES, FOR ARTISTS, TYPOGRAPHERS, LETTERERS, TEACHERS & STUDENTS.
New York Arco Publishing Co. (1963) 4to. sprial bound boards. viii, 212 pages.
First edition. The author presents in systematic fashion a library of typefaces. Contains over 800 typefaces with 75 featured for analysis. Each featured typeface is shown from A to Z in jumbo size. Introduction by Robert Leslie. Covers faded and soiled. Soiling along edges of preliminary pages.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 109574

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Birkett, William H. IN-HOUSE TYPESETTING. . .WEIGH THE FACTS.
(Arlington, VA) National Composition Association 1980 4to. stiff paper wrappers 22 pages
The pros and cons of in-house typesetting, mainly an economic analysis. Biographical sketch of the author, table of contents, endnotes. Brochures, a newspaper clipping and correspondence laid in.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 109757

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Black, Alison TYPEFACES FOR DESKTOP PUBLISHING, A USERS GUIDE.
London Architecture Design and Technology Press 1990 4to. stiff paper wrappers. ix, 106 pages.
First edition. Well-illustrated.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 98827

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Blackwell, Lewis TWENTIETH CENTURY TYPE.
New York Rizzoli (1992) 4to. cloth, dust jacket 256 pages
A history of type design through the 20th century, examining the linkage with changing technology and art movements. Each chapter examines a decade from the 1890s to the 1990s. Glossary, notes, bibliography, picture credits and index. 395 illustrations, 265 in color. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper.
Price: $ 20.00 other currencies Order nr. 109787

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(Bodini, Giambattista) MANUALE TIPOGRAFICA DEL CAVALIERE GIAMBATTISTA BODINI.
Volume 1 (Berlin H. Berthold 1967) 8vo stiff paper wrappers variously paginated
Text in Italian, summary in German. Reprint of excerpts of original 1818 edition (Parma: Presso La Vedova). Type specimens offered by Bodini.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 108361

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Bodoni, Giambattista MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO DEL CAVALIERE GIAMBATTISTA BODONI
2 volumes. London The Holland Press 1960 4to. decorated paper cover boards, paper spine labels, slipcase. lxxii,267; (iv),279 pages.
One of 500 copies. An exact facsimile of the famous Bodoni specimen book - manual originally printed in Parma by the Presso la Vedova in 1818. Slipcase with top and bottom partially detached. Spines of books show some foxing.
Price: $ 650.00 other currencies Order nr. 700

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(Bodoni) A PRINTED EXHIBIT OF BODONI TYPE WITH APPROPRIATE ORNAMENTS, BEING THE SECOND OF A SERIES OF BOOKS SHOWING THE MANY BEAUTIFUL TYPES IN THE COMPOSING ROOM OF REDFIELD-KENDRICK-ODELL CO..
New York Redfield-Kendrick-Odell (1923) small 4to. boards, paper cover label. (44) pages.
Limited to 500 numbered copies. With a frontispiece portrait of Bodoni and a biography sketch by Arthur K. Willyoung. AIGA notice of this book loosely inserted. Head of spine bumped.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 18838

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(Bookbinding) SPECIMEN BOOK NO. 3.
(Magdeburg, Germany Dornemann & Co. n.d. 4to. Self paper wrappers 30 pages
Text in German, English, Spanish, Italian and French. Preface. A catalogue of metal ornaments and types for bookbinders. Front wrapper missing. Tanning. Pages torn along edges. Pages loose.
Price: $ 30.00 other currencies Order nr. 110075

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BOOKWAYS. 7
Austin, TX W. Thomas Taylor 1993 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 68 pages.
With special articles by Tom Taylor giving a survey of American typefounders, a look at the private collection of Travis Beck, a description of the Barrois collection of printing ephemera and a history of the Providence Public Library by Philip J. Weimerskirch.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 43040

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Bossange, Hector CATALOGUE DE LIVRES FRANÇAIS, ANGLAIS, ALLEMANDS, ESPAGNOLS, GRECS ET LATINS, ITALIENS, PORTUGAIS, ORIENTAUX, ETC. ... SUIVI DE PRIX COURANTS.
Paris Hector Bossange, Maison de Commission 1845 thick 8vo. contemporary half morocco, top edge gilt (xvi), 984 pages
A massive catalogue of 984 pages, the vast bulk of which (pp.1-802) is devoted to books as noted in the title. Some of this is very interesting, especially the section on the arts and architecture, which includes some rare and expensive books. The second part is of even more interest as it contains sections on maps, globes and spheres, astronomical instruments, and "machines typographiques" (with lithographic illustrations of the Stanhope Press, the Columbian Press, the Presse Française and the Machine à Glacier). This is followed by eight leaves of type specimens and "Les Articles pour la Reliure" which includes four folding plates of shiny glazed black paper printed in gold showing 'Fers a Doreur.' The two final plates are more fers a doreur and include two fully blocked spines, a fully blocked cover and other stamps, rolls and lines. These are in perfect condition and have great appeal as well as obvious documentary value for historians of 1840s binding. The letterpress lists also include skins for binding with prices. The final leaf of this section is Daguerreotypes, both full apparatus and plates. Contemporary bookplates of the Franklin Library of Boston and the later 19th century bookplate of the Lawrence Public Library. Rubbed, hinges rubbed but sound.
Price: $ 950.00 other currencies Order nr. 81799

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