HORIZON.
New York: Bauer Alphabets Inc., n.d. large 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Four variants of "Horizon," mostly in lines. Probably early 60's. A fine copy. READ MORE about HORIZON
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 52478
New York: Bauer Alphabets Inc., n.d. large 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. Four variants of "Horizon," mostly in lines. Probably early 60's. A fine copy. READ MORE about HORIZON
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 52478
New York: Bauer Alphabets, n.d. slim tall 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. Title in two colors. A fine copy. READ MORE about VENUS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5060
New York: Bauer Alphabets Inc., n.d. large 8vo. stapled, self paper wrappers. (8) pages. Mostly in specimens of lines. No date, probably 1950's. A fine copy. READ MORE about VENUS CONDENSED - LIGHT CONDENSED, BOLD CONDENSED, EXTRABOLD CONDENSED
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 52479
New York: Bauer Alphabets Inc., n.d. large 8vo. stapled, self paper wrappers. (12) pages. "Venus" extended and italic in light, medium and bold. 1950's. A fine copy. READ MORE about VENUS LIGHT EXTENDED, MEDIUM EXTENDED...MEDIUM ITALIC, BOLD ITALIC
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 52480
New York: Bauer Alphabets Inc., n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. Showcases the Venus type family. Soiling to covers, else a very good copy. READ MORE about VENUS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 50737
Frankfurt am Main: Bauersche Giesserei, (1938). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (20) pages. Printed in colors throughout. Covers lightly soiled, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about ELISABETH, ANTIQUA UND KURSIV
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 5150
New York, NY: The Bauer Type Foundry, n.d. 4to. paper portfolio. unpaginated. A portfolio of various type faces offered by Bauer including two price lists. Small tear at bottom of spine. Covers slightly tanned. READ MORE about BERNHARD TYPES
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 133600
London: Blandford Press, (1953). small 4to. cloth. 335 pages. First edition of this classic book. Lacks dust jacket, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF TYPE FACES
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 121977
Berlin: Berthold Type Foundry, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 212 pages. Catalogue depicting hundreds of examples of types offered by the Berthold Type Foundry. Covers somewhat age yellowed, else a fine copy. READ MORE about BERTHOLD TYPES, CAST ON ENGLISH-AMERICAN POINT SYSTEM
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 36518
Specimen No. 536 A
Berlin: Berthold, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (4) pages. Specimen No. 536 A. With printing in black and red. A fine copy. READ MORE about WALBAUM, WALBAUM ITALIC AND WALBAUM MEDIUM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139626
(London: Monotype Corporation, n.d. ( circa 1960). 4to. single sheet,folded once. (iv) pages. Four pages of ornaments and border designs printed in green and black. Includes Bethel's Blaze ornaments ( BI405 and BI 406). Very attractive presentation. READ MORE about MONOTYPE ORNAMENTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 87626
New York: Arco Publishing Co., (1967). 4to. spiral bound boards. (viii), 212 pages. First edition, third printing. Exlibrary copy with markings. Light wear to covers. READ MORE about ART DIRECTORS' BOOK OF TYPE FACES FOR ARTISTS, TYPOGRAPHERS, LETTERERS, TEACHERS & STUDENTS....
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138796
(Meriden, CT: Meriden Grauvre Co., n.d.). 8vo. cloth-backed boards. 20 pages and two fold-out plates of the facsimile followed by one page of text. Limited to 600 copies. Bookplate of William A. Kittredge on front pastedown. Keepsake number 51. Some light soiling to covers, else very good. Facsimile of the first American type specimen book printed by Fry and Kammerer in Philadelphia for Binny & Ronaldson in 1809. With a one page comment on the..... READ MORE about SPECIMEN OF METAL ORNAMENTS CAST AT THE LETTER FOUNDERY OF BINNY & RONALDSON
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 114380
(Cambridge, MA: The Houghton Library, 1982). 12mo. paper wrappers. xii, 55 pages. A very scarce facsimile of Bodoni's first type specimen of 1771. Concludes with a note by Eleanor M. Garvey, Curator of Printing and Graphic Arts. A fine copy. READ MORE about FREGI E MAJUSCOLE DA GIAMBATTISTA BODONI DIRETTORE DELLA STAMPERIA REALE
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 31054
Firenze: Gonnelli, (1929). 1929). paper coverd boards. (vi), xii, 56, (4) pages. Limited to 150 numbered copies. Facsimile of this rare 18th century Bodoni type specimen book. (See ATF Catalogue p.2358 for a copy of the first edition). With a preface by Bodoni in which he states that these types were derived from those of Fournier. A near fine copy. READ MORE about FREGI E MAJUSCOLE INCISE E FUSE DA GIAMBATTISTA BODONI
Price: $150.00 Order nr. 41145
A Mort Hyman Composition. A Beal-Bensler-Doss-m-Bossed Original.
Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, nd (ca 1968). 4to. one single staple, three-hole punched, unbound. 38 pages. A Mort Hyman Composition. A Beal-Bensler-Doss-m-Bossed Original. Light soiling to the covers. Minor dampstain to the corner not affecting the text. Printed on recto only. Very scarce. READ MORE about A BOOK OF TYPE SPECIMENS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 139607
New York: Boro Typographers, Inc., (1969). 8vo. paperback. unpaginated, but hundreds of pages. Designed by William Hogarth. A near fine copy. READ MORE about BORDERS, ORNAMENTS, AND GRAPHIC ELEMENTS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 139815
New York: Publishers Printing Company, the William Bradford Press, n.d. small 4to. cloth-backed boards. 35 pages. Printer's type specimen book produced to show work for this book auction house. Well preserved copy still in glassine jacket. READ MORE about TYPE & DECORATIVE MATERIAL USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF CATALOGUES FOR THE AMERICAN ART...
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 41043
First supplement [of ten] bound in at the beginning. (pp.353-356). Two volumes bound in one as issued. George Bruce's Son, & Co.
New York: Geo. Bruce & Co., 1882, 1878. thick 4to. modern cloth spine with original cloth covers preserved, cloth spine label, rebound with modern pastedowns and endpapers. 353-356, Frontispiece, 352; 168 pages. First supplement [of ten] bound in at the beginning. (pp.353-356). Two volumes bound in one as issued. George Bruce's Son, & Co. Annenberg p.83; Bigmore & Wyman I,167. This specimen book contains either the 3rd (or 4th) appearance of DeVinne's important thesis on..... READ MORE about SPECIMENS OF PRINTING TYPES MADE AT BRUCE'S NEW-YORK TYPE-FOUNDRY, ESTABLISHED IN 1813. [With]...
Price: $3,000.00 Order nr. 139474
New York: Dover Publications, (1976). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (iv), 123 pages. Reprint of parts of the original. A fine copy. READ MORE about VICTORIAN FRAMES, BORDERS AND CUTS FROM THE 1882 TYPE CATALOG OF GEORGE BRUCE'S SON AND CO
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 43233
New York: George Bruce's Son & Company, (1977). oblong 12mo. paper wrappers. (16) pages. Facsimile edition of this specimen book with a two page introductory history by Duensing. A fine copy. This copy is inscribed by Robert Leslie. READ MORE about BRUCE'S PENMAN SCRIPTS HANDSOMEST, BEST, CHEAPEST
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4303
With Historical Notes and Comments by Henry Lewis Bullen. Introduction by Richard B. Yale.
San Diego: Frontier Publishing Co., 1972. 4to. cloth. (7), 53 leaves printed on one side. With Historical Notes and Comments by Henry Lewis Bullen. Introduction by Richard B. Yale. Reprinted in typescript from the 1934 first edition and containing some additional matter. Fine in fine jacket. Limited to 275 numbered copies. Compiled by H.L. Bullen, librarian of the ATF Company, to eliminate duplicates from the library and raise money. Excellent bibliographical tool in the study..... READ MORE about DUPLICATES OF TYPE SPECIMEN BOOKS, ETC., UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN, FOR SALE BY THE TYPOGRAPHIC...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 31351
London: H.W. Caslon Ltd., n.d. (circa 1960s). 4to. paper wrappers, cord tied. (16) pages. Nicely printed with use of black and red ink. A fine copy. READ MORE about CHECK-LIST OF THE CASLON OLD FACE TYPE FAMILY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4982
N.P. n.p., n.d. 8vo. paper-covered boards, string bound. (v), 83 pages. A catalogue of type specimens, most likely by an unidentified German firm. Printed on recto only. Covers sunned, mainly along spine. Staining on covers and endpapers. Some pencil notations in text. READ MORE about Catalogue of Type Specimens
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 132270
Philadelphia, PA: Central Typesetting Co., n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. (26), 61+(1) pages. Includes sections on comparative leading and comparative faces. Index. Covers lightly soiled and chipped at edges. READ MORE about MACHINE FACES
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 129470