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
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
(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
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
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.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate..... READ MORE about SPECIMEN OF MODERN PRINTING TYPES BY EDMUND FRY, 1828
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 19333
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
New York: Haddon Craftsmen, n.d. (circa 1960s). 8vo. cloth. 128 pages. Computer composition type specimen book, a first for the Haddon Craftsmen. The specimen book has full alphabets and settings in paragraphs. The typefaces included are: Avanta (Electra), Baskerville, Eterna, Gael (Caledonia), Garamond, Janson, Primer, Roma (Optima), Times Roman, and Special Carachters. The paragraphs settings show the effect of different sizes of leading. Covers show some fading.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler..... READ MORE about COMCOM TYPE SPECIMEN BOOK
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 5083
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
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
Cincinnati: Oscar H. Harpel, 1870. 8vo. original gilt stamped cloth, all edges stained red. Frontispiece; (ii), 252, (18) pages. First and only printing. (Bigmore and Wyman I, 306). Harpel lists many important facts necessary for the running of a successful printing business and includes a history of printing. The most important feature of this book is the full color plates, some printed and some done by lithography. Contains folded plates, tipped-in specimens, and other examples..... READ MORE about HARPEL'S TYPOGRAPH OR BOOK OF SPECIMENS CONTAINING USEFUL INFORMATION, SUGGESTIONS AND A...
Price: $2,000.00 Order nr. 46847
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Brattleboro, VT: E.L. Hildreth & Co., 1934. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 228, 46 pages. Two volumes bound in one. A printer's specimen book. Third printing. Spine lightly faded, else near fine. Very scarce, especially with the Specimens of Job Type. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about SPECIMENS OF TYPE IN THE OFFICE OF E.L. HILDRETH & CO. INCORPORATED [and] SPECIMENS OF JOB...
Price: $100.00 Order nr. 16252
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
Volume two only
(Norristown PA): International Typefounders, 1998. square 8vo. paper-covered boards. not paginated. Volume two only. 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
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 93032
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
Brooklyn: Intertype Co., (1970). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 92 pages. Hundreds of faces. Well preserved copy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about INTERTYPE FACES, ONE-LINE SPECIMENS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 27902
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
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
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
(London: Central School of Arts and Crafts), n.d. folio. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Specimen book of types held by C. & E. Layton. Three supplementary leaves loosely inserted. READ MORE about TYPE SPECIMEN BOOK
Price: $45.00 Order nr. 124261
New York: Mergenthaler Linotype Co., (1948). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. viii, 1217-1418 pages. Supplement to Mergenthaler's specimen book. Near fine copy.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about SPECIMEN BOOK LINOTYPE FACES, SUPPLEMENT NEW FACES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 5021
Brooklyn: Mergenthaler Linotype Co., 1928. 4to. limp cloth-backed stiff paper wrappers, three pegged and holding a number of supplements. Reprint edition. Included are Antique No.1, the Bodoni Family, Century Bold, Caslon, Garamond, Gothic, etc. Hundred of pages of specimens. Shaken. A very good copy. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about LINOTYPE FACES, SUPPLEMENTARY FOLDERS SHOWING NEW FACES WILL BE SENT TO YOU AS ISSUED
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 5005
Brooklyn, NY: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. 221-246, (2) pages. Supplement 2 to the company's "One-Line book." Updated catalogue of available typefaces. Covers lightly tanned, else near fine. READ MORE about REVISED INDEX AND ADDENDA TO ONE-LINE SPECIMEN BOOK
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 125205
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
(Redhill, Surrey): Monotype, (1992). 23 x 12 inches. broadside. folded in three with the two outside panels being about an inch short of the middle panel creating an overlap effect. First edition of 300 copies printed for The Monotype Conference 1992. The newly drawn typeface for 1992 drew its inspiration from types used in Spain to create new text types of economical yet highly readable proportions, and with particularly handsome large display sizes , specifically..... READ MORE about COLUMBUS
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 87724
N.P. Monotype, n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. A selection of Monotype Dante type specimens.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about DANTE
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 125432
