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
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
Bangor (ME): Eastern Corporation, n.d. (circa 1940s). one broadside (17 x 22) folded to small 4to. accompanied by broadside. Broadside specimen sheet designed by T.M. Cleland and showing various sizes of this type face. With explanatory broadside. A fine copy. READ MORE about A SPECIMEN SHEET OF BULMER ROMAN & ITALIC TYPES
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 101984
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
Ann Arbor: Edwards Brothers, Incorporated, n.d. 4to. metal-ring binder. unpaginated. Type specimen book from Edwards Brothers. Black-and-white illustrations. A fine copy. READ MORE about TYPE SPECIMEN AND COMPOSITION GUIDE BOOK
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 139180
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
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
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
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
(New York: Advertising Composition Incorporated, Inc.), n.d. 4to. spiral bound self paper wrappers. 17 pages. Features Bodoni, Caslon Old Face, Futura, Garamond, Memphis, etc. Wrappers lightly soiled, else a near fine copy. Very scarce. READ MORE about A FOLIO OF ADCO MACHINE TYPE SPECIMENS
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 139605
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
Munchenstein, Schweiz: Haas'sche, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 12 pages and a portfolio of broadsides designed by different designers. Includes the work of Edward Bawden, Paul Rand, Saul Bass and Saul Steinberg. Rubbed on spine. READ MORE about DIETHELM ANTIQUA
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 31649
Münchenstein: Haas, n.d. oblong 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 84 pages. Grotesk, Horizontal, Helvetica, and Clarendon typefaces in many variations, in text and display sizes. A fine copy of this scarce book. Examples in German and French, lines and texts. Undated, probably 70's or 80's. READ MORE about GROTESK, EGYPTIENNE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 51344
New York: Haddon Craftsmen, n.d. (circa 1960s). 8vo. cloth. 128 pages. Computer composition type specimen book, a first for the Haddon Craftsmen. A fine copy. 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. READ MORE about COMCOM TYPE SPECIMEN BOOK
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 5083
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
Nevada City, CA: Harold Berliner's Typefoundry, 1985. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Features a discussion of the House Face, the "mainstay" of a printing shop. Order form and brochures laid in. A fine copy. READ MORE about SPECIAL CASTING. FALL 1985. THE HOUSE FACE
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 129374
Nevada City, CA: Harold Berliner's Typefoundry, 1986. 8vo. folded brochure. (6) pages. Features a discussion of this typeface. A fine copy of this scarce pamphlet. READ MORE about SPECIAL CASTING. FALL 1986. CASLON & VAN DIJCK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 140115
Nevada City, CA: Harold Berliner's Typefoundry, 1986. 8vo. folded brochure. (6) pages. Features a discussion of the Gaelic Colm Cille typeface. A fine copy of this scarce pamphlet. READ MORE about SPECIAL CASTING. SPRING 1986. GAELIC COLM CILLE
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137815
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
Brooklyn: Intertype Corporation, n.d. small 8vo. paper wrappers. 38, (2) pages. First edition with specimens inserted into pocket at rear. A near fine copy. Discussion of how to pick the right type face followed by specimen pages. READ MORE about HOW TO SELECT TYPE FACES AND HOW TO MAKE BETTER USE OF MACHINE FACES
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 138850
New York: Huxley House, n.d. square 8vo. stapled stiff paper wrappers. (12) pages. With a two page foreword by Warren Chappell, the designer of Trajanus, followed by the specimen booklet. Covers toned and minor soiling. Else a near fine copy. READ MORE about TRAJANUS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 37840
Köln: Evergreen, 1994. thick 4to. paper-covered boards. 798; 789 pages. First editions. Spines slightly faded, else a fine set. Contains thousands of examples of Serif typefaces. READ MORE about TYPE COSMIC. DIGITAL TYPE COLLECTION. - VOL 1. SERIF - VOL 2. SANS SERIF
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 139669
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 Corporation, n.d. large 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 36 pages. Variants of Cairo with special figures. Late 1930's to around 1940. A fine copy of this very scarce specimen. READ MORE about CAIRO, A MODISH FACE FOR MODERN PRINTING AND ADVERTISING
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 52228
Brooklyn: Intertype Corporation, n.d. 8vo. paper wrappers. (20) pages. A fine copy. A type specimens booklet which has been set in Cornell in available sizes from six to fourteen point. This type face was designed by George F. Trenholm. READ MORE about A COMPLETE SHOWING INTERTYPE CORNELL FROM SIX TO FOURTEEN POINT
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 58619