N.P. Lanston Monotype Company, n.d., but circa 1965. envelope with printed text on front, 3 x 5 1/2 inches. Three type faces, set in Monotype Garamont 248, distributed as a souvenir of the centennial of the birth of Frederic W. Goudy (1865-1947). In envelope with descriptive information. A fine copy and very scarce. READ MORE about Type representing Frederic W. Goudy's initials
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 118850
N.P. n.p., n.d. 4to. paper-covered boards, loose leaf bound. variously paginated. Handwritten information about dashes, advertising dashes, and piece accents. Includes catalogue from Lanston Monotype Machine Co., of Philadelphia. Covers rubbed and scuffed. Many pages soiled. READ MORE about CASTING ROOM MATRIX RECORD
Price: $68.00 Order nr. 126381
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., 1923. small 4to. cloth with publisher's paper wrappers bound in. 24 pages. Volume 9, No. 6 and designed by Bruce Rogers (Warde 173). Contains Holbrook Jackson's "Private Presses in England," "A Note on Claude Garamond" by W.M. Ivins and "Printer's Note." Spine starting to detach, else a near fine copy. This is one of the around 100 copies that were bound thus. Printed by William Edwin Rudge, Mount Vernon, New..... READ MORE about MONOTYPE, PUBLISHED BY THE LANSTON MONOTYPE MACHINE COMPANY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 109124
No. 74.
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Company, (1930). 4to. paper wrappers. 15 pages. No. 74. Specimens of Frederic W. Goudy's Roman and italic type designs which were available exclusively on the monotype for machine and hand composition in a variety of sizes from six to sixty point. Includes articles by Goudy. Front cover detached. Minor soiling. Wear to the covers, with some minor tears, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about DEEPDENE, A NEW ROMAN AND ITALIC TYPE DESIGN
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 112265
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Co., (1937). 4to. decorated paper wrappers, cord-tied, glassine covering. (26) pages. Extremely attractive type specimen book with an historical introduction by Hess. Adapted by Sol Hess in 1936, in collaboration with Bruce Rogers. McGrew page 187. Clear glassine covering is missing pieces, else a near fine copy. Very rare. READ MORE about JANSON, AN AUTHENTIC REVIVAL OF A CLASSIC BOOK FACE ADAPTED TO THE MONOTYPE
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 4295
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., n.d. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. With types designed by Goudy, Hess, Rogers and Warde. A fine copy. READ MORE about NEW SIZES OF OLD TYPE FAVORITES
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 31066
Introduction by Hans Mardersteig.
London: The Lanston Monotype Corporation, (1928). narrow demy 4to. cloth, gilt lettering on front board and spine. (70) pages. Introduction by Hans Mardersteig. The first trade edition (there was also a specially bound limited edition). Covers with very minor bowing of the boards, else a near fine copy. This is the first trade edition of this remarkable type specimen book which contains 14 samples on various sizes of paper bound-in. Title page within decorative pale..... READ MORE about PASTONCHI, A SPECIMEN OF A NEW LETTER FOR USE ON THE "MONOTYPE"
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 19661
Introduction by Hans Mardersteig.
London: The Lanston Monotype Corporation, (1928). narrow demy 4to. cloth, gilt lettering on front board and spine. (70) pages. Introduction by Hans Mardersteig. The first trade edition (there was also a specially bound limited edition). Boards a trifle rubbed, foxing to the interior, else a near fine copy. This is the first trade edition of this remarkable type specimen book which contains 14 samples on various sizes of paper bound-in. Title page within decorative pale..... READ MORE about PASTONCHI, A SPECIMEN OF A NEW LETTER FOR USE ON THE "MONOTYPE"
Price: $36.00 Order nr. 34985
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine, 1946. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. Foldout broadside. Printed in two colors. A near fine copy. READ MORE about SPECIMEN OF "MONOTYPE" PERPETUA DESIGNED BY ERIC GILL OF THE MONOTYPE CORPORATION...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 31677
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., (1940). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (16) pages. With a short history of the type and a portrait of Bell. A fine copy. This face was adapted by Sol Hess. With four page supplement showing Series No. 402 of Monotype Bell loosely inserted. READ MORE about SPECIMEN OF TYPES MADE BY JOHN BELL, NOW AVAILABLE FOR COMPOSITION ON THE MONOTYPE TYPESETTING...
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 41229
London: Lanston Monotype, 1924. 4to. paper-covered boards. (ii), 16 pages and containing five broadside type specimens and a type specimen booklet entitled "Deepdene" The text includes an article on Bruce Rogers. Covers lightly worn at edges. Tearing along the spine. Exlibris bookplate of Edwin Uhler Sowers on front pastedown. Lacking the broadsides. READ MORE about VOLUME XXII. THE MONOTYPE RECORDER
Price: $22.40 Order nr. 43409
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Company, (1951). 4to. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. Shows Bulmer type faces offered by Lanston, both Roman and Italic. Includes fonts and text samples. Designed by John Anderson. Wrappers tanned around edges. READ MORE about A COMPLETE SPECIMEN SHOWING OF MONOTYPE BULMER
Price: $16.00 Order nr. 109138
N.P.(Brooklyn?): n.p.(Lanston?), n.d.(c1960). small 4to. plastic ring-bound, stiff paper covers, paper label on cover. (34) pages. Checklist of thirty-eight typefaces designed by Goudy for or available from Lanston, with Lanston nos. and dates of the first Lanston cuttings, followed by Lanston specimen sheets for thirteen faces designed by Goudy and four by others but based on his designs. READ MORE about SELECTED SPECIMEN SHEETS AND A CHECK LIST OF TYPE DESIGNED BY FREDERIC W. GOUDY FOR LANSTON MONOTYPE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 50946
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Co., 1956. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 8 pages. Printed by John Anderson at his Pickering Press with woodcuts by John DePol. Printed in various colors. A near fine copy. READ MORE about TYPES, A SPECIMEN SHOWING OF THREE TYPE FACES
Price: $24.00 Order nr. 27870
Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype, 1924. 4to. paper wrappers. 16 pages. First edition thus in an edition of around 11,600 copies (Jackson 42 for Dibdin essay). Covers detached, minor edgewear, else a near fine copy. The type is demonstrated by reprinting part of Thomas Frognall Dibdin's Early Printers in the City of Venice from THE BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DECAMERON. Printed by Rudge in Mount Vernon New York with the Italian Old Style type & ornaments arranged by Bruce Rogers..... READ MORE about ITALIAN OLD STYLE, A NEW TYPE DESIGNED BY FREDERIC W. GOUDY AND PRODUCED BY THE LANSTON MONOTYPE...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 4201
