CORVINUS.
New York: Bauer Type Foundry, n.d. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (10) pages. In two colors. Covers soiled. READ MORE about CORVINUS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 140466
New York: Bauer Type Foundry, n.d. small 8vo. self paper wrappers. (10) pages. In two colors. Covers soiled. READ MORE about CORVINUS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 140466
Frankfurt am Main: Bauersche Giesserei, (1938). 4to. stiff paper wrappers, cord-tied. (20) pages. Printed in colors throughout. Covers lightly soiled, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about ELISABETH, ANTIQUA UND KURSIV
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 5150
New York: Bauer Alphabets Inc., n.d. large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (32) pages. Sixteen variants of the Folio typeface, in various sizes. Examples in alphabets, figures and text, with 2 examples of advertisements. READ MORE about FOLIO
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 50731
New York: Bauer Type Foundry, n.d. small 4to. portfolio containing 22 broadside advertising examples using Reiner's type. Interesting presentation. The 23rd example is the folder itself with text. Minor soiling, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about IMRE REINER'S CORVINUS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 19561
New York: The Bauer Type Foundry, n.d. oblong 12mo. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Leaflet describing type specimens designed by Maria Ballé. Specimens of three series: 54 point Electros, 66 point Electros and 84 point Electros. Samples of text. Printed in black and green. A fine copy. READ MORE about INITIALS DESIGNED BY MARIA BALLÉ
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 109128
Frankfurt: Bauer Type Foundry, n.d. small 4to. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. With advertisement examples printed in color. A fine copy. READ MORE about WEISS TYPES, WEISS ROMAN AND ITALIC
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 26334
Nevada City: Harold Berliner's Typefoundry, n.d.(1983?). 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 40 pages. Two hundred twenty-five faces and variants for text, display and decoration, available from Berliner as types or for typesetting of customer's copy. A fine copy. Samples in one or several words. READ MORE about TYPES WE CAN MAKE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 52923
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
Berlin (W.
): Berthold Type Foundry, n.d. large 8vo. stapled, self paper wrappers. (40) pages. Berlin (W. Specimens for 18 variants of "Standard," a sanserif with a slight vertical elongation. A fine copy. The translator of the original German text seems not to have known that the typeface style known as "grotesk" in German is not called "grotesque" in English! 1950's? READ MORE about 18 STANDARD SERIES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 53376
Berlin: Berthold Type Foundry, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 212 pages. Catalogue depicting hundreds of examples of types offered by the Berthold Type Foundry. Covers somewhat age yellowed, else a fine copy. READ MORE about BERTHOLD TYPES, CAST ON ENGLISH-AMERICAN POINT SYSTEM
Price: $80.00 Order nr. 36518
Berlin: Berthold Type Foundry, n.d. (ca 1950). large 8vo. stapled, self paper wrappers. (28) pages. Thirteen variants of Berthold "Standard" in alphabets, figures, other characters, lines, and text, in various sizes. A near fine copy. READ MORE about STANDARD A B C
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 52103
Specimen No. 536 A
Berlin: Berthold, n.d. small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (4) pages. Specimen No. 536 A. With printing in black and red. A fine copy. READ MORE about WALBAUM, WALBAUM ITALIC AND WALBAUM MEDIUM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 139626
(London: Monotype Corporation, n.d. ( circa 1960). 4to. single sheet,folded once. (iv) pages. Four pages of ornaments and border designs printed in green and black. Includes Bethel's Blaze ornaments ( BI405 and BI 406). Very attractive presentation. READ MORE about MONOTYPE ORNAMENTS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 87626
New York: Arco Publishing Co., (1967). 4to. spiral bound boards. (viii), 212 pages. First edition, third printing. Exlibrary copy with markings. Light wear to covers. READ MORE about ART DIRECTORS' BOOK OF TYPE FACES FOR ARTISTS, TYPOGRAPHERS, LETTERERS, TEACHERS & STUDENTS....
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138796
A Mort Hyman Composition. A Beal-Bensler-Doss-m-Bossed Original.
Rochester, NY: Rochester Institute of Technology, nd (ca 1968). 4to. one single staple, three-hole punched, unbound. 38 pages. A Mort Hyman Composition. A Beal-Bensler-Doss-m-Bossed Original. Light soiling to the covers. Minor dampstain to the corner not affecting the text. Printed on recto only. Very scarce. READ MORE about A BOOK OF TYPE SPECIMENS
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 139607
New York: Boro Typographers, Inc., (1969). 8vo. paperback. unpaginated, but hundreds of pages. Designed by William Hogarth. A near fine copy. READ MORE about BORDERS, ORNAMENTS, AND GRAPHIC ELEMENTS
Price: $17.50 Order nr. 139815
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
N.P. Rochester Institute of Technology Department of Printing, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. 8 pages. With a guide to identifying the characteristics of Caslon Oldstyle. A fine copy. READ MORE about CASLON SPECIMEN BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 50763
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. A fine copy. READ MORE about CHECK-LIST OF THE CASLON OLD FACE TYPE FAMILY
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 4982
London: H.W. Caslon & Co. Ltd., n.d. (circa 1930). small 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Printed in orange and black. Date taken from one of the examples in the text. Minor soiling, else a near fine copy. READ MORE about LUSTRE, A NEW AND ORIGINAL PUBLICITY TYPE OF UNUSUAL BRILLIANCE THAT ENHANCES THE PRINTER'S ART
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 88039
London: H.W. Caslon & Co. Ltd., n.d. (circa 1930s). small 4to. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. Printed in black and red. A near fine copy of this rare type specimen. READ MORE about SPECIMENS OF KENNERLEY OLD STYLE, ROMAN & ITALIC
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 88054
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
London: William Clowes & Sons, 1965. thick small 4to. cloth. xi, 458 pages. A wonderful specimen book. Loosely inserted in a pocket in the back are two additional pamphlets. Well produced. A near fine copy. READ MORE about BOOK TYPES FROM CLOWES, A SPECIMEN BOOK OF TYPE FACES FROM CLOWES, SET PRINTED AND BOUND AT THEIR...
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 30499