Elizabeth, NJ: ATF, 1951. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 63+(1) pages. Price list at rear loosely inserted. Near fine condition. READ MORE about ATF FOUNDRY TYPE, DESCRIPTIVE PRICE LIST, JANUARY 1951
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 50527
N.P. American Type Founders Company, n.d. (circa 1926). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Printed in blue and black with blue borders. With a history of the type and its designer, Nicolas Jenson. Chipped around edges and spotting of front cover. Else a near fine copy. READ MORE about THE BEAUTIFUL CLOISTER LIGHTFACE, MADE IN TWELVE SIZES FROM SIX TO FORTY-E IGHT POINT INCLUSIVE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 22170
Jersey City: American Type Founders, (1934). 4to. later cloth. 208 pages. Hundreds of founts shown including some printed in red and black. One small cut-out on page 139-140. Front hinge starting. Minor soiling and rubbing to boards. READ MORE about BOOK OF AMERICAN TYPES, STANDARD FACES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 4969
N.P. ATF, (1960). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 28 pages. Descriptions of what faces were available. Limited alphabet shown. A fine copy. READ MORE about HANDY TYPE INDEX
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 26393
Jersey City: American Type Founders Co., 1917. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 215 pages. Annenberg p.44. A near fine copy of this scarce supplement. READ MORE about SUPPLEMENTARY CATALOGUE. NEW TYPE FACES, BORDERS, ORNAMENTS BRASS RULE PRODUCED BY THIS COMPANY...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 93044
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
Chicago: Barnhart Bros. & Spindler, n.d. (circa 1907). thick 8vo. cloth. vi, 1000 pages. Annenberg p.59. This copy is labelled 9*** on title page. This version of catalogue 9 has slightly different pagination that other versions. Spine and covers rubbed. Binding starting to separate from textblock in multiple locations. Some chipping to edges of some of the preliminary pages, particularily to the rear section. READ MORE about BOOK OF TYPE SPECIMENS, COMPRISING A LARGE VARIETY OF SUPERIOR COPPER-MIXED TYPES ... SPECIMEN...
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 5236
Chicago: Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, (1925). 4to. cloth stamped in blind. 708, 11 pages. Annenberg p.59. Front hinge starting. A very good copy. Catalogue 25 from this popular American type foundry featuring many fonts, initial sets, decorations and image cuts. The last section gives heavy equipment products for printers-a good history reference. READ MORE about TYPE FACES, BORDER DESIGNS, TYPECAST ORNAMENTS, BRASS RULE, SELECTIVE SPECIMENS OF PREFERRED...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 32117
Frankfurt am Main: Bauerschie Giesserei, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. (12) pages. Printed in multiple colors. Cover soiled. READ MORE about BERNHARD SCHÖNSCHRIFT ZART UND HALBSETT
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 25398
New York: Bauer Type Foundry, n.d. (c1935). large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 24 pages. Five variants of Bernhard and four of "Lucian." Has been unbound and three-hole punched. Covers lightly soiled. READ MORE about BERNHARD TYPES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 52290
New York: The Bauer Type Foundry, 1931. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 10 pages. Depicts the type faces designed by E.R. Weiss which were available through the Bauer Type Foundry. A near fine copy. READ MORE about WEISS ROMAN AND ITALIC
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 36499
Gloucester, MA: Rockport Publishers, 2003. 8vo. paper wrappers. 302 pages. Heavily illustrated. Virtually mint condition with no marks or inscriptions.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about 30 ESSENTIAL TYPEFACES FOR A LIFETIME
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 135179
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: 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
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. 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: Caslon Letter Foundry, n.d. folio broadside printed on both sides. folded three times. Showing of Caslon Old Face in various sizes and types. READ MORE about A BROADSIDE SPECIMEN FROM THE CASLON LETTER FOUNDRY
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 87777
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. READ MORE about CHECK-LIST OF THE CASLON OLD FACE TYPE FAMILY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4982
Belleville, NJ: George J. Gregor, n.d. (circa 1940s). 12mo. paper wrappers, stapled. unpaginated. A lovely small catalogue featuring a variety of illustrated cuts to be used in printing from this relatively small foundry. Covers lightly chipped at spine. Rear cover and preliminary page loose, yet present. Very scarce. READ MORE about CATALOG '5' SPECIALIZING IN STOCK CUTS - FOR - PRINTERS - ADVERTISERS - PUBLISHERS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 137799
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
Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1960. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (46) pages. Limited to 200 copies. Printed by hand on a Challange proof press in multiple colors, an effort which required over 20,000 hand turns by the young student pressmen. Covers slightly wrinkled along edges with light sunning to top edge of front and rear cover. Else fine. READ MORE about TYPES AT THE CHANTER PRESS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 28006
New York / Avenel: Glorya Hale, 1996. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 223 pages. Clip art images taken from the 1900 edition of the American Type Founders Cut Book. Spine of dust jacket faded, else fine.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about CLASSIC CLIP ART: THOUSANDS OF COPYRIGHT-FREE IMAGES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 135173
Dayton, OH: Volk and Huxley & Craftsman Type, n.d. (but 1972). broadside (83 cm x 28 cm). An advertising poster printed by Volk & Huxley. 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 typefaces." The fourteen..... READ MORE about THE CLASSIC TYPEFACES
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 137124
