(Type Specimen). Sterling.

TYPECAST CUTS.

Borders & Ornaments. Catalog Numbers 17, 18, and 19
Charlotte, MI: Sterling Type Foundry, n.d.; 1958; 1959. large 8vo. self paper wrappers. 20 pages. Borders & Ornaments. Catalog Numbers 17, 18, and 19. Collection of three type specimen catalogs displaying the borders and ornaments offered by Sterling Type Foundry. Includes company logos, decorative embellishments, symbols, and insignia. Catalog 17 has 1/2" squares removed from pages 3/4 and 11/12, and page 7/8 has a 1" x 1 3/4" inch square removed. Catalog 18 is missing..... READ MORE about TYPECAST CUTS

Price: $45.00  other currencies  Order nr. 93421

(Type Specimens).

ABOUT FACES: HISTORIC AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN TYPE DESIGN.

(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

(Type Specimens).

INTERNATIONAL TYPEFOUNDERS.

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: $12.50  other currencies  Order nr. 93032

(Type Specimens).

STICKLEY OPTICAL FAMILY: FOUR OPTICAL SIZES.

(Buffalo, NY: P22 Type Foundry, 2013). 16mo. stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Limited to 1500 copies. No. 6 in a series of Michael Stickley's P22 Type Foundry type specimen books. READ MORE about STICKLEY OPTICAL FAMILY: FOUR OPTICAL SIZES

Price: $10.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129191

(Type Specimens). Amsterdam.

ALTERNATE CHARACTERS.

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

(Type Specimens). Amsterdam.

EGMONT.

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

(Type Specimens). ATF.

BULMER ROMAN AND BULMER ITALIC, FROM THE TYPES USED BY W. BULMER AT THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS, 1790-1819.

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..... 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

(Type Specimens). ATF.

HERITAGE ... THE LASTING TYPE.

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

(Type Specimens). ATF.

WHITEHALL.

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

(Type Specimens). Bixler, Michael.

SPECIMENS OF DANTE, BEMBO AND WALBAUM.

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

(Type Specimens). Centennial.

CENTENNIAL'S GREATTYPE LIBRARY.

Lancaster, PA: Centennial Graphics, n.d. 4to. loose leaf binder. 27-476 pages. Typefaces offered by Centennial of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Includes a section on Dingbat and Pi Characters. READ MORE about CENTENNIAL'S GREATTYPE LIBRARY

Price: $55.00  other currencies  Order nr. 129100

(Type Specimens). Colish.

TYPE SPECIMENS SHOWING EXAMPLES OF TEXT TYPOGRAPHY FOR FINE BOOK PRINTING, ADVERTISEMENTS & OTHER PUBLICITY LITERATURE.

New York, NY: Press of A. Colish, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Foreword. Type faces offered by the Colish firm. Wrappers sunned along edges, chipped at edges. Lacking paper cover label. READ MORE about TYPE SPECIMENS SHOWING EXAMPLES OF TEXT TYPOGRAPHY FOR FINE BOOK PRINTING, ADVERTISEMENTS &...

Price: $35.00  other currencies  Order nr. 125221

(Type Specimens). Colish.

TYPES AVAILABLE.

Mount Vernon: A. Colish, Inc., n.d. narrow small 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. (18) pages. Type specimen pamphlet listing 86 monotype and/or display (hand-set) typefaces with sizes available, 33 of which are illustrated with alphabets (upper and lower case, regular and italic, as appropriate). With an index listing additional types available. READ MORE about TYPES AVAILABLE

Price: $20.00  other currencies  Order nr. 50124