GRECO BOLD.
New York: Continental Typefounders, n.d. large broadside folded four times. Printed in two colors. READ MORE about GRECO BOLD
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 31067
Type Specimens
A BOOK OF TYPEFACES, WITH SOME ILLUSTRATED EXAMPLES OF TEXT AND DISPLAY SETTING.
Ipswich, UK: W.S. Cowell Ltd., (1952). small 4to. metal spiral binding, cloth, dust jacket. 74 pages. Well produced book printed in different colors on different colored paper stock. With presentation bookplate present although it was once taped to front free endpaper and is now detached with tape remnants present. Loosely inserted is a broadside entitled "Supplementary Sheets for A Book of Typefaces. 1954." Jacket soiled. READ MORE about A BOOK OF TYPEFACES, WITH SOME ILLUSTRATED EXAMPLES OF TEXT AND DISPLAY SETTING
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 4977
A VISUAL HISTORY OF TYPEFACES AND GRAPHIC STYLES, VOLUME 1. 1628-1900.
Volume 1
Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2009. 4to. cloth. 360 pages. Volume 1. Vol 1: This exuberant selection of typographic fonts and styles traces the modern evolution of the printed letter, reproducing pages from exquisitely designed catalogs showing type specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold, narrow, and broad fonts. Also included are borders, ornaments, initial letters and decorations, and many spectacular examples of their use. Victorian fonts, spectacular in their complexity, are accorded a prominent place. In addition..... READ MORE about A VISUAL HISTORY OF TYPEFACES AND GRAPHIC STYLES, VOLUME 1. 1628-1900
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 109837
A VISUAL HISTORY OF TYPEFACES AND GRAPHIC STYLES, VOLUME 2. 1901-1938.
Volume 2
Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2010. 4to. cloth. 360 pages. Volume 2. Vol 2: This book offers a connoisseur's overview of typeface design, exploring the most elegant fonts from the history of publishing. Taken from a distinguished Dutch collection, this exuberant two-volume edition traces the evolution of the printed letter via exquisitely designed catalogs, showing type specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold, narrow, and broad fonts. Borders, ornaments, initial letters and decorations are also included, along with..... READ MORE about A VISUAL HISTORY OF TYPEFACES AND GRAPHIC STYLES, VOLUME 2. 1901-1938
Price: $60.00 Order nr. 109838
DIAMANTYPES, ONE LINE SHOWING OF TYPES, ORNAMENTS, INITIALS, BORDERS, TYPOGRAPHIC SIGNS, ACCENTS.
New York: Diamant Typographic Service, Inc., n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, plastic spiral binding. (22) pages. Slightly faded covers. READ MORE about DIAMANTYPES, ONE LINE SHOWING OF TYPES, ORNAMENTS, INITIALS, BORDERS, TYPOGRAPHIC SIGNS, ACCENTS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 78943
A SPECIMEN OF FAIRFIELD TYPE.
Bangor, Maine: Eastern Corporation, n.d. large broadside specimen sheet folded twice with explanatory sheet printed on heavy paper stock loosely inserted. Designed by Rudolph Ruzicka with information on him. READ MORE about A SPECIMEN OF FAIRFIELD TYPE
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 31660
A SPECIMEN OF FAIRFIELD TYPE.
Bangor, Maine: Eastern Corporation, n.d. large broadside specimen sheet folded twice. Designed by Rudolph Ruzicka with information on him. READ MORE about A SPECIMEN OF FAIRFIELD TYPE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 105671
A SPECIMEN SHEET SHOWING ALMOST ALL OF THE "LOST" GOUDY TYPES.
Bangor, Maine: Eastern Corporation, n.d. large broadside folded twice with explanatory text printed on heavy paper stock loosely inserted. Designed by Howard Coggeshall. READ MORE about A SPECIMEN SHEET SHOWING ALMOST ALL OF THE "LOST" GOUDY TYPES
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 23472
A SPECIMEN SHEET, BERNHARD MODERN, ROMAN & ITALIC.
Bangor, Maine: Eastern Corporation, n.d. broadside accompanied by foldout broadside type specimen sheet. Designed by G.H. Petty for the paper company, Eastern. READ MORE about A SPECIMEN SHEET, BERNHARD MODERN, ROMAN & ITALIC
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 19063
THIS IS A SPECIMEN SHEET OF ALTERNATE GOTHIC AND FRANKLIN GOTHIC CONDENSED.
Bangor, Maine: Eastern Corporation, n.d. large broadside folded twice and with the accompanying descriptive sheet printed on heavy paper stock loosely inserted. Designed by Frank Kofron for Eastern. Spot on broadside. READ MORE about THIS IS A SPECIMEN SHEET OF ALTERNATE GOTHIC AND FRANKLIN GOTHIC CONDENSED
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 101985
THIS IS A SPECIMEN SHEET OF GRAYDA TYPE.
Bangor, Maine: Eastern Corporation, n.d. large broadside speciment sheet folded twice with explanatory sheet printed on heavy paper stock loosely inserted. Designed by Richard N. McArthur with information on him. READ MORE about THIS IS A SPECIMEN SHEET OF GRAYDA TYPE
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 31659
EHRHARDT LETTERPROEF.
Meppel, Netherlands: Zetcentrale Meppel, (1986). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. xi+(i) pages. Text in Dutch. Ehrhardt type face originally developed at the Ehrhardt foundry in Leipzig in the early 18th century. Modern usage began with Monotype, 1938 (Jaspert, Berry and Johnson 79). Explanation of technical offerings. Letter of introduction laid in. Wrappers lightly soiled. READ MORE about EHRHARDT LETTERPROEF
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 109704
LITTLE BOOK OF LOVE LETTERS: THE EMIGRE TYPE CATALOG VOLUME I.
(Berkeley, CA: Emigre), n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Texts by David Barringer. List of fonts and designers. A catalogue of items offered by Emigre. READ MORE about LITTLE BOOK OF LOVE LETTERS: THE EMIGRE TYPE CATALOG VOLUME I
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 131749
TYPE SPECIMENS INCLUDING A COMPLETE SHOWING OF LINOTYPE FACES A ONE-LINE PRESENTATION OF HAND-SET TYPE FACES A SELECTION OF BORDERS, RULES AND ORNAMENTS.
Stamford, CT: Finn Typographics, n.d., but 1970. oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Specimens of numerous Linotype and handset faces, rules, borders, and ornaments. Two brochures, listing faces offered for sale by Finn, and a card with a brief inscription. Covers slightly chipped at edges. Previous owner's bookplate on inside front cover. READ MORE about TYPE SPECIMENS INCLUDING A COMPLETE SHOWING OF LINOTYPE FACES A ONE-LINE PRESENTATION OF HAND-SET...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 128591
SPECIMEN OF MODERN PRINTING TYPES BY EDMUND FRY, 1828.
A Facsimile with an Introduction and Notes by David Chambers.
London: Printing Historical Society, 1986. 8vo. cloth. 18 pages followed by the facsimile. A Facsimile with an Introduction and Notes by David Chambers. Limited to 1500 numbered copies of which 500 are for sale. This specimen book was the last to be prepared by Fry before the sale of his foundry to William Thorowgood. Only one original copy is known to exist. Includes some foldout sheets. Bookplate on free endpaper. READ MORE about SPECIMEN OF MODERN PRINTING TYPES BY EDMUND FRY, 1828
Price: $28.00 Order nr. 19333
PRINTING TYPES AT GRAPHIC CRAFTS.
Lancaster, PA: Graphic Crafts, n.d. 8vo. cloth. unpaginated. Ludlow Matrices offered by Graphic Crafts. Includes initials and ornaments. Printed on recto only. READ MORE about PRINTING TYPES AT GRAPHIC CRAFTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 134508
PRIMER OF TYPES, BEMBO, BASKERVILLE, BELL A SHOWING OF THREE ENGLISH MONOTYPE BOOK FACES, TOGETHER WITH A NOTE ON THEIR HISTORY & AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH LETTER.
Camden, NJ: The Haddon Craftsmen, (1936), 1937. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 42; (iv),48 pages. A Primer of Types, Number One. Near fine. READ MORE about PRIMER OF TYPES, BEMBO, BASKERVILLE, BELL A SHOWING OF THREE ENGLISH MONOTYPE BOOK FACES,...
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 5013
A PRIMER OF TYPES, GIAMBATTISTA BODONI.
Camden, NJ: The Haddon Craftsmen, (1937). stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 48 pages. A Primer of Types,Number Two. Endpapers foxed. READ MORE about A PRIMER OF TYPES, GIAMBATTISTA BODONI
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 104705
Publication Announcement by Harold Berliner Typefoundry.
Nevada City, CA: Harold Berliner's Typefoundry, n.d. brochures, various sizes. Announcements from Berliner's. Include announcement of the Third edition of Type We Can Make, "News of the Shop," and specimens of the Zapf Civilité type face. In envelope. READ MORE about Publication Announcement by Harold Berliner Typefoundry
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 129644
NOTICE SUR LES TYPES ÉTRANGERS DU SPÉCIMEN DE L'IMPRIMERIE ROYALE.
Paris: Imprimerie Royale, 1847. 4to. publisher's printed boards, later linen drop box. (ii), 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..... READ MORE about NOTICE SUR LES TYPES ÉTRANGERS DU SPÉCIMEN DE L'IMPRIMERIE ROYALE
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 65229
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..... READ MORE about NOTICE SUR LES TYPES ÉTRANGERS DU SPÉCIMEN DE L'IMPRIMERIE ROYALE
Price: $650.00 Order nr. 109513
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. READ MORE about WAVERLEY, A NEW INTERTYPE FACE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 52294
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. READ MORE about ITC PACELLA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 109664
SHOWING OF THE BEST HAND & MACHINE TYPE: FACES, RULES, ETC. OF KING TYPOGRAPHIC SERVICE CORP.
New York: King Typographic Service Corp. n.d. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 291 pages. One-line specimens of the hundreds of type faces, borders and ornaments, from foreign and domestic manufacturers, available through this firm. Spine faded. READ MORE about SHOWING OF THE BEST HAND & MACHINE TYPE: FACES, RULES, ETC. OF KING TYPOGRAPHIC SERVICE CORP
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 48234
SELECTED SPECIMEN SHEETS AND A CHECK LIST OF TYPE DESIGNED BY FREDERIC W. GOUDY FOR LANSTON MONOTYPE.
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: $25.00 Order nr. 50946