Charlottesville, VA: The Cockescraw Press, 1963. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. 13, (3) pages. Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, Secretary's News Sheet, No. 50. Frontispiece etching of Smith. Preface by the author. Includes works totally or partially designed by Smith. Text loosely laid in wrappers. READ MORE about CHARLES SMITH: HIS WORK IN BOOK DESIGN: A CHECKLIST
Price: $22.00 other currencies Order nr. 119982
(Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, 1980). 12mo. text loosely laid in portfolio. unpaginated. A portfolio of type specimens from the 1980 workshop of the STA. Includes a descriptive brochure by Mary Underwood, listing of credits, and a number of specimen sheets of various fonts. READ MORE about TYPE WORKSHOP
Price: $45.00 other currencies Order nr. 115493
Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Typgraphical Union, 1892. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 108 pages. A souvenir program for the Union's 40th session, June 13-18, 1892. Includes a welcome to the delegates, a brief history of the Union, article on the Drexel Institute, a sketch of the city of Philadelphia, and a number of other features. Numerous portraits of union officers. Covers tanned and chipped at edges, and lightly soiled. READ MORE about SOUVENIR OF THE FORTHIETH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION
Price: $150.00 other currencies Order nr. 133791
Dallas, TX: Still Point Press, (1985). 4to. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards and a paper spine label in a paper-covered slipcase. (iv), 46, (4) pages. Printed in an edition limited to 300 numbered copies. Al Lowman recounts personal experiences with the late Carl Hertzog, and provides insight into the characteristics which contributed to the achievements of the legendary El Paso printer, designer, and typographer. It includes thirty-six black-and-white illustrations of Hertzog's best known works. It... READ MORE about REMEMBERING CARL HERTZOG, A TEXAS PRINTER AND HIS BOOKS
Price: $125.00 other currencies Order nr. 58343
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 6.625 x 9.875 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 176 pages. "The detailed research and design process behind all these fonts (as well as the evolving technology) is conveyed through the many half-tone illustrations in Nancy Stock-Allen's excellent study." - Nancy Campbell, TLS "Carol Twombly... has been billed as 'the first book on type design centered around the career of one woman.' I would argue that it is more important... READ MORE about CAROL TWOMBLY: HER BRIEF BUT BRILLIANT CAREER IN TYPE DESIGN
Price: $49.95 other currencies Order nr. 125344
New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, (1992). 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 157+(1) pages. Table of contents, acknowledgments, introduction, chronology, bibliography, photographic credits, index. 116 illustrations, including 53 color plates. Dust jacket sunned at edges. READ MORE about LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 125739
New York: Privately printed, 1971. small 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, string tied. not paginated. A keepsake booklet honoring the twenty-fifth anniversary of The Type Directors Club. With a history of the organization, lists of charter and current members, past presidents. Illustrated. READ MORE about A TIME CAPSULE 1946-71
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 48173
trans-adhesive map type specimen book
Chicago, IL: Monsen-Chicago, Inc., 1951. 4to. self paper wrappers. (ii), 38 pages. trans-adhesive map type specimen book. A catalogue of Monsen type specimens used in Trans-adhesive maps. Four page Price List insert in front of book. Minor stains and some tears from adhesives on cover. READ MORE about MONSEN
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 96471
(Cambridge, MA): The Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1993. 4to. foldout brochurel. (8) pages. Exhibition at the Houghton Library, Harvard University, January-February 1993. Includes exhibition checklist and essay by Patricia Peterson and Gino Lee. Also with descriptive information for identifying type faces.. Front cover illustrated. READ MORE about ABOUT FACES: HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN TYPE DESIGN
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 119207
Mountain View, CA: Adobe Systems, 1993. folio. self paper wrappers. 22, (2) pages. No. 12. A catalogue of typefaces offered by Adobe. Color and black and white illustrations. READ MORE about FONT & FUNCTION: THE CATALOG OF TYPE 1 TYPEFACES FROM ADOBE SYSTEMS
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 122552
N.P. ATF-Davidson, n.d. Broadside, 10 by 14 inches. Illustrates type specimens and ornaments. Designed for ATF-Davidson. Notation "Print '80 by Phil Hamilton." Sticker "Proudly made in the USA, N A Graphics" attached. READ MORE about AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDERS PACK MY BOX WITH
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 110030
N.P. Amsterdam Continental Types Inc, n.d. 7.5"x 12.5" Single sheet. Advertisment for new alternate characters available for Aurora Bold and Aurora Bold Condensed. READ MORE about ALTERNATE CHARACTERS
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 48610
N.P. Amsterdam Continental Types Inc, n.d. 6" x 9" Single sheet. Advertisment with samples of type. READ MORE about BLACK & WHITE FIGURES FOR ADVERTISING
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 48608
Brooklyn: Intertype Corporation, n.d.(c1936). small 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. (26) pages. Egmont designed by S.H. De Roos of the Amsterdam Type Foundry in a version cut by Intertype in 1937. With decorative initials. Slight fold mark. READ MORE about EGMONT
Price: $55.00 other currencies Order nr. 52208
N.P. Associates International, n.d. 4to. loose leaf bound. x, 160 pages. Typefaces offered by Associates International. Table of contents. Cross reference guide follows text. READ MORE about ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC. COMPUTERIZED/PHOTO TYPOGRAPHY
Price: $25.00 other currencies Order nr. 129104
Elizabeth, NJ: American Type Foundry, n.d. (after 1933). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. With a number of woodcuts and other illustrations. "Adapted by Morris Benton from a face cut about 1790 by William Martin for William Bulmer and the Shakespeare Press in London." McGrew, American Metal Type Faces, page 55. A variant of this specimen booklet bound into a larger heavy paper wrapper printed with "Bulmer." Some wear to edges. Staining on rear cover. READ MORE about BULMER ROMAN AND BULMER ITALIC, FROM THE TYPES USED BY W. BULMER AT THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS, 1790-1819
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 109485
Elizabeth, NJ: American Type Foundry, n.d. broadside (8 1/2 x 11 inches) printed on both sides. Series Number 497 issued by ATF. Printed in two colors. "Adapted by Morris Benton from a face cut about 1790 by William Martin for William Bulmer and the Shakespeare Press in London." McGrew, American Metal Type Faces, page 55. READ MORE about BULMER ROMAN
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 109493
Elizabeth (NJ): American Type Founders, n.d. small 16mo. glassine envelope, folded sheet, two cast type examples loosely inserted. The Lord's Prayer cast on type from an ATF matrix. Two examples, the smallest being only 4 points in size. You will need really good magnification to read this! Explanatory sheet wrinkled and soiled. READ MORE about THE ENTIRE LORD'S PRAYER ON A SINGLE TYPE
Price: $175.00 other currencies Order nr. 116564
Elizabeth, NJ: American Type Foundry, n.d. (circa 1952). broadside (8 1/2 x 11 inches). Series Number 702 issued by ATF. "Heritage is a carefully crafted contemporary script, designed for ATF by Walter H. McKay about 1952." McGrew, American Metal Type Faces, page 179. Was folded twice at one time leaving fold lines. READ MORE about HERITAGE ... THE LASTING TYPE
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 109495
N.P. American Type Founders Company, n.d. 9" by 12" broadside printed on two sides in two colors. Samples of advertising using AMTYCO inks, the Louvaine style. This face was original cut for ATF by Morris Benton in 1928. Printed on both sides. Samples of electric flashes. Creased and torn near edges of crease. READ MORE about THE LOUVAINE FAMILY
Price: $20.00 other currencies Order nr. 109174
Elizabeth, NJ: American Type Founders, n.d. (circa 1953). broadside (8 1/2 x 11 inches). Series Number 566 issued by ATF. This face was actually a 1953 reintroduction of the type face known as Benton which had been designed by Morris F. Benton in 1930 (McGrew, American Metal Type Faces, page 31). READ MORE about WHITEHALL
Price: $15.00 other currencies Order nr. 109491
New York, NY: Bauer Alphabets, n.d. 4to. fold-out brochure. unpaginated. A selection of type faces offered by Bauer. READ MORE about FOUNDRY TYPES FROM BAUER ALPHABETS
Price: $10.00 other currencies Order nr. 133967
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 other currencies Order nr. 133600
Skaneateles, NY: Michael Bixler, (1988). 4to. stiff paper wrappers with signatures loosely inserted. Unpaginated. A book of type specimens, focusing on Dante, Bembo and Walbaum in varying sizes. Also includes a list of British Monotype composition and display typefaces, and an impressive list of clients of the firm. READ MORE about SPECIMENS OF DANTE, BEMBO AND WALBAUM
Price: $65.00 other currencies Order nr. 46550
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 other currencies Order nr. 41043
