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(Type Specimens).

THE CLASSIC TYPEFACES.

Dayton, OH: Volk and Huxley & Craftsman Type, n.d. (but 1972). broadside (83 cm x 28 cm). An advertising poster printed by Volk & Huxley. A fine copy. Issued as an insert in Champion Papers' The Printing Salesman Herald, Book 30, Special Issue on Typography. On Chamption Papers "Camerata Text, Ivory". This poster features "...many fine typefaces...Fourteen of them are truly landmarks in the history of typography. In a real sense, they are typography's classic..... READ MORE about THE CLASSIC TYPEFACES

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137786

(Type Specimens). Colish.

TYPES AVAILABLE.

Mount Vernon: A. Colish, Inc., n.d. narrow small 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. (18) pages. Type specimen pamphlet listing 86 monotype and/or display (hand-set) typefaces with sizes available, 33 of which are illustrated with alphabets (upper and lower case, regular and italic, as appropriate). With an index listing additional types available. A fine copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about TYPES AVAILABLE

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 50124

Order Nr. 125221 TYPE SPECIMENS SHOWING EXAMPLES OF TEXT TYPOGRAPHY FOR FINE BOOK PRINTING,...

(Type Specimens). Colish.

TYPE SPECIMENS SHOWING EXAMPLES OF TEXT TYPOGRAPHY FOR FINE BOOK PRINTING, ADVERTISEMENTS & OTHER PUBLICITY LITERATURE.

New York, NY: Press of A. Colish, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Foreword. Type faces offered by the Colish firm. Wrappers sunned along edges, chipped at edges. Lacking paper cover label. READ MORE about TYPE SPECIMENS SHOWING EXAMPLES OF TEXT TYPOGRAPHY FOR FINE BOOK PRINTING, ADVERTISEMENTS &...

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 125221

(Type Specimens). Composing Room.

CR VIP PHOTOCOMPOSITION.

Philadelphia, PA: Composing Room, n.d. 4to. loose leaf bound. unpaginated. Typefaces offered by Composing Room of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Listing of faces offered. With a "camera section." Covers soiled. Label on inside front cover. Listing of faces offered mostly xeroxed. READ MORE about CR VIP PHOTOCOMPOSITION

Price: $35.00 Order nr. 129103

(Type Specimens). Composition Systems.

THE MANY FACES OF.

(Arlington, VA: Composition Systems), n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Type faces offered by Composition Systems. Includes introductory comments by the company president and illustrations of employees. READ MORE about THE MANY FACES OF

Price: $15.00 Order nr. 115550

(Type Specimens). Continental.

DECORATIVE CAPITALS.

New York: Continental Typefounders Association, Inc., n.d.(1930?). square 12mo. (12) pages. Advertisement for decorative capitals for this foundry's "Eve" and "Eve Italic" typefaces, with examples from advertisements & texts. No date, but contents of examples suggest late 20's to about 1930. Revised price list tipped onto front inside cover. READ MORE about DECORATIVE CAPITALS

Price: $25.00 Order nr. 50693

(Type Specimens). Continental.

EGMONT. A DISTINGUISHED DESIGN FOR FINE BOOKS AND QUALITY ADVERTISING.

New York: Continental Typefounders Association, n.d. 8vo. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. Samples of advertising. Designed by S. H. de Roos. Near fine. READ MORE about EGMONT. A DISTINGUISHED DESIGN FOR FINE BOOKS AND QUALITY ADVERTISING

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137728

(Type Specimens). Continental.

FLEX.

New York: Continental Typefounders Association, n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. single sheet folded. Covers soiled. READ MORE about FLEX

Price: $10.00 Order nr. 52092

(Type Specimens). Continental.

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). Cowell.

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

(Type Specimens). De Jong, Cees W., Alston Purvis, Jan Tholenaar (editors).

A VISUAL HISTORY OF TYPEFACES AND GRAPHIC STYLES, VOLUME 1. 1628-1900.

Volume 1
Cologne, Germany: Taschen, 2009. 4to. cloth. 360 pages. Volume 1. A fine copy. 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..... READ MORE about A VISUAL HISTORY OF TYPEFACES AND GRAPHIC STYLES, VOLUME 1. 1628-1900

Price: $50.00 Order nr. 109837

Order Nr. 24195 INVENTION OF PRINTING, A COLLECTION OF FACTS AND OPINIONS DESC RIPTIVE OF EARLY...

(Type Specimens). De Vinne, Theodore Low.

INVENTION OF PRINTING, A COLLECTION OF FACTS AND OPINIONS DESC RIPTIVE OF EARLY PRINTS AND PLAYING CARDS, THE BLOCK-BOOKS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, THE LEGEND OF LOURENS JANSZOON COSTER, OF HAARLEM AND THE WORK OF JOHN GUTENBERG AND HIS ASSOCIATES. By Theo. L. De Vinne.

New York: George Bruce's Son & Co., 1878. 4to. modern quarter leather over pebbled cloth-covered boards with leather tips, title in gilt on spine, five raised bands. 168 pages. This text first appeared in 1876 in thick 8vo. published by DeVinne. (Bigmore & Wyman I, 167). It is here reissued as a type specimen book by the type founder, George Bruce's Son. Illustrated with many facsimiles of early types and woodcuts. An important book in..... READ MORE about INVENTION OF PRINTING, A COLLECTION OF FACTS AND OPINIONS DESC RIPTIVE OF EARLY PRINTS AND...

Price: $175.00 Order nr. 24195

(Type Specimens). Deberny.

CLICHÉS & GRAVURES.

Paris, France: Deberny & Cie. n.d., but after 1900. 4to. quarter cloth, decorated paper-covered boards, paper front cover label. unpaginated. Text in French. A catalogue of type specimens offered by the Deberny firm, mainly pictures and engravings. Includes military symbols, sports symbols, page headings, children's scenes, religious subjects, letterheads, and ornaments. The title page mentions the firm's participation in a competition in 1900, thus dating this work. The Deberny firm traces its origins to the..... READ MORE about CLICHÉS & GRAVURES

Price: $600.00 save 30% $420.00 Order nr. 129771

Order Nr. 137677 DEEPDENE: A NEW TYPE FAMILY DRAWN BY FREDERIC W. GOUDY FOR THE MONOTYPE AND...

(Type Specimens).

DEEPDENE: A NEW TYPE FAMILY DRAWN BY FREDERIC W. GOUDY FOR THE MONOTYPE AND NAMED AFTER MR. GOUDY'S HOME AT MARLBORO, N.Y.

Philadelphia: Lanston Monotype Machine Company, (1935). 4to. paper wrapper. 15 pages. Some soiling to covers, with light creasing to the covers. 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. Very scarce. READ MORE about DEEPDENE: A NEW TYPE FAMILY DRAWN BY FREDERIC W. GOUDY FOR THE MONOTYPE AND NAMED AFTER MR....

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137677

Order Nr. 78943 DIAMANTYPES, ONE LINE SHOWING OF TYPES, ORNAMENTS, INITIALS, BORDERS, TYPOGRAPHIC...

(Type Specimens). Diamant.

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

(Type Specimens). Eastern Corporation.

Large Collection of Eastern Corporation Type Specimen Sheets.

Bangor, ME: Eastern Corporation, n.d. 4to. loose leaves. 25 folio leaves, 24 quarto explanatory cards, one issue of 'Let's Talk Type' (1989, New series, No. 1). A collection of 24 type specimens produced by the Eastern Corporation of Bangor, Maine. Includes the preliminary broadside titled Eastern Corporation Presents a series of Letterhead Portfolios of Unusual Interest. Each large folio broadside is accompanied by their respected companion card containing historical background and biographical information about the..... READ MORE about Large Collection of Eastern Corporation Type Specimen Sheets

Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 131390

(Type Specimens). Eastern.

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

(Type Specimens). Eastern.

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

(Type Specimens). Eastern.

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

(Type Specimens). Ehrhardt.

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

(Type Specimens). Emigre.

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).

ERLESENE LETTERNPROBEN AUS VERGANGENHEIT UND GEGENWART.

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

(Type Specimens). European Typefounders.

SKETCH.

New York: European Typefounders Inc., n.d. (circa 1930). large 8vo. paper wrappers. (8) pages. "Sketch" in lines and swash initials, or used in compositions in conjunction with Erbar Grotesque and Luxor. This face was designed by W. Höhnisch for Ludwig & Mayer in 1935. Covers lightly foxed, else near fine. READ MORE about SKETCH

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137730

(Type Specimens). European Typefounders.

SKETCH. A STURDY SCRIPT.

New York: European Typefounders Inc., n.d. (circa 1930). large 8vo. brochure. (4) pages. "Sketch" in lines and swash initials, or used in compositions in conjunction with Erbar Grotesque and Luxor. This face was designed by W. Höhnisch for Ludwig & Mayer in 1935. READ MORE about SKETCH. A STURDY SCRIPT

Price: $20.00 Order nr. 53351

Order Nr. 137729 ALLEGRO! THE FACE OF TYPE IS LIKE THE FACE AND THE VOICE OF A SALESMAN. IT MUST...

(Type Specimens). European.

ALLEGRO! THE FACE OF TYPE IS LIKE THE FACE AND THE VOICE OF A SALESMAN. IT MUST BE ATTRACTIVE AND REMAIN IN MEMORY.

New York: European Typefounders Inc., n.d. tall 8vo. paper wrappers. (12) pages. With specimens of Offenbach, Sketch, Mondial, Thannhaeuser Borders, and Luxor Bold Condensed. Price list loosely inserted. READ MORE about ALLEGRO! THE FACE OF TYPE IS LIKE THE FACE AND THE VOICE OF A SALESMAN. IT MUST BE ATTRACTIVE AND...

Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137729

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