trans-adhesive map type specimen book
Chicago, IL: Monsen-Chicago, Inc., 1951. 4to. self paper wrappers. (ii), 38 pages. trans-adhesive map type specimen book. A catalogue of Monsen type specimens used in Trans-adhesive maps. Four page Price List insert in front of book. Minor stains and some tears from adhesives on cover. READ MORE about MONSEN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 96471
(Cambridge, MA): The Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1993. 4to. foldout brochurel. (8) pages. Exhibition at the Houghton Library, Harvard University, January-February 1993. Includes exhibition checklist and essay by Patricia Peterson and Gino Lee. Also with descriptive information for identifying type faces.. Front cover illustrated. READ MORE about ABOUT FACES: HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN TYPE DESIGN
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 119207
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
New York: The New York Public Library, 1962. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. Selections chosen from the Robinson-Pforzheimer collection. Covers toned along edge. Signed by Ruari McLean at top of first page. READ MORE about CUTS, BORDERS, AND ORNAMENTS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 38006
New York: The New York Public Library, 1962. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 44 pages. Selections chosen from the Robinson-Pforzheimer collection. Covers toned along edge. READ MORE about CUTS, BORDERS, AND ORNAMENTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 125865
N.P. Internationalen Typographischen Vereinigung, (1966). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. Not paginated. An exhibition catalogue devoted to type specimens using examples from the Gutenberg Museum. Text in three languages; German, English, and French. Helmut Presser wrote the introduction. Followed by illustrations from different type specimen books and descriptions of each book. READ MORE about ERLESENE LETTERNPROBEN AUS VERGANGENHEIT UND GEGENWART
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 109681
New York: The Harbor Press, n.d. 12mo. paper wrappers, cord-tied. (8) pages. A charming collection of borders used by this fine printer. Bookplate on front pastedown. READ MORE about HARBOR PRESS LIST OF BORDERS
Price: $275.00 Order nr. 11882
Foreword by Adrian Frutiger.
London: Studio Editions, (1992). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 383 pages. Foreword by Adrian Frutiger. Reprint of the 1990 first edition. Presents 66 type faces in full alphabets. Covers soiled. Slight musty smell. READ MORE about THE INTERNATIONAL TYPEBOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 106251
2 volumes
(Norristown PA): International Typefounders, 1995; 1998. square 8vo. paper-covered boards. not paginated. 2 volumes. 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..... READ MORE about INTERNATIONAL TYPEFOUNDERS/INTERNATIONAL TYPEFOUNDERS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 92971
Praha (Prague), Czechoslovakia: Prumyslová Tiskárna, n.d. 8vo. quarter cloth, paper-covered boards. unpaginated. Text in Czech. A catalogue of type specimens by a Czech firm. Includes Roman and italic type faces, as well as ornaments and borders. Spine detached, covers rubbed and scuffed, mainly at edges. Front cover stained. READ MORE about MONOTYPE BASKERVILLE LATINKA BASKERVILLE KURSIVA
Price: $500.00 Order nr. 132250
North Pomfret, VT: Hamish Hamilton, (1980). 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 332 pages. New revised edition. Table of contents, acknowledgments, foreword by John Ryder, explanation of contents. Typefaces offered by Western Printing Services. Index of typefaces follows text. Dust jacket chipped at edges. READ MORE about THE NEW WESTERN TYPE BOOK: ANALYSED PAGE SPECIMENS OF MONOTYPE, LINOTYPE AND INTERTYPE FACES AND...
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 131448
(Buffalo, NY: P22 Type Foundry, 2013). 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Limited to 1500 copies. No. 6 in a series of Michael Stickley's P22 Type Foundry type specimen books. READ MORE about STICKLEY OPTICAL FAMILY: FOUR OPTICAL SIZES
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 129191
Hartford, CT: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1938. 8vo. cloth. xvi, 280 pages. Index of type faces according to family and size, a sample of copy-fitting. A selection of type faces offered by the publisher. READ MORE about TYPE FACES FOR LINOTYPE COMPOSITION
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 134252
Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Schriftgießerei D. Stempel, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Text in German. A catalogue of type faces. Small sheet of specimens laid in. Covers lightly soiled. Previous owner's stamp on title. READ MORE about ZIRKULAR- UND KARTENSCHRIFTEN IN IHRER VERWENDUNG FÜR DIE PRAXIS
Price: $400.00 Order nr. 132268
Amsterdam: N.V. Lettergieterij Amsterdam, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 24 pages. Text in Dutch. Design by Giambattista Bodini (1740-1813), used by numerous founders. Modern recuttings by M.F. Benton of ATF and Bauer (Jaspert, Berry and Johnson 25-9). Biographical sketch of Bodini. Includes samples of advertisements as well as the specimens. Amsterdam was formerly N. Tetterode. Front wrapper lightly soiled. READ MORE about BODINI: DE LETTER VAN BLIJVENDE WAARDE
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 109698
Brooklyn: Intertype Corporation, n.d.(c1936). small 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. (26) pages. Egmont designed by S.H. De Roos of the Amsterdam Type Foundry in a version cut by Intertype in 1937. With decorative initials. Slight fold mark. READ MORE about EGMONT
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 52208
N.P. Associates International, n.d. 4to. loose leaf bound. x, 160 pages. Typefaces offered by Associates International. Table of contents. Cross reference guide follows text. READ MORE about ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC. COMPUTERIZED/PHOTO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 129104
Elizabeth, NJ: American Type Foundry, n.d. (after 1933). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. With a number of woodcuts and other illustrations. "Adapted by Morris Benton from a face cut about 1790 by William Martin for William Bulmer and the Shakespeare Press in London." McGrew, American Metal Type Faces, page 55. A variant of this specimen booklet bound into a larger heavy paper wrapper printed with "Bulmer." Some wear to edges. Staining on rear..... READ MORE about BULMER ROMAN AND BULMER ITALIC, FROM THE TYPES USED BY W. BULMER AT THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS, 1790-1819
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 109485
Elizabeth, NJ: American Type Foundry, n.d. broadside (8 1/2 x 11 inches) printed on both sides. Series Number 497 issued by ATF. Printed in two colors. "Adapted by Morris Benton from a face cut about 1790 by William Martin for William Bulmer and the Shakespeare Press in London." McGrew, American Metal Type Faces, page 55. READ MORE about BULMER ROMAN
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 109493
Elizabeth (NJ): American Type Founders, n.d. small 16mo. glassine envelope, folded sheet, two cast type examples loosely inserted. The Lord's Prayer cast on type from an ATF matrix. Two examples, the smallest being only 4 points in size. You will need really good magnification to read this! Explanatory sheet wrinkled and soiled. READ MORE about THE ENTIRE LORD'S PRAYER ON A SINGLE TYPE
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 116564
Elizabeth, NJ: American Type Foundry, n.d. (circa 1952). broadside (8 1/2 x 11 inches). Series Number 702 issued by ATF. "Heritage is a carefully crafted contemporary script, designed for ATF by Walter H. McKay about 1952." McGrew, American Metal Type Faces, page 179. Was folded twice at one time leaving fold lines. READ MORE about HERITAGE ... THE LASTING TYPE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 109495
Elizabeth, NJ: American Type Founders, n.d. (circa 1953). broadside (8 1/2 x 11 inches). Series Number 566 issued by ATF. This face was actually a 1953 reintroduction of the type face known as Benton which had been designed by Morris F. Benton in 1930 (McGrew, American Metal Type Faces, page 31). READ MORE about WHITEHALL
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 109491
Hertford: Stephen Austin and Sons, n.d. (circa 1959). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, spiral bound. Not paginated. Taped to the inside front cover is the mailing label addressed to Dr. J. Bookbinder and dated 1959. Worn around edges. READ MORE about CONTINENTAL AND ORIENTAL TYPE LIST
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 121426
Menasha: George Banta Company, Inc., 1972. 4to. loose sheets inserted into a three ring binder. (54) pages of type specimens. A variety of type specimens which include Laurel and Laurel Bold, Times Roman and Times Bold, News Gothic and News Gothic Bold, and Zenith, Zenith Semibold, among others. READ MORE about BANTA BOOK OF TYPES & TYPOGRAPHICAL TIPS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 58745
New York, NY: Bauer Alphabets, n.d. 4to. fold-out brochure. unpaginated. A selection of type faces offered by Bauer. READ MORE about FOUNDRY TYPES FROM BAUER ALPHABETS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133967
