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 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 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 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 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 Order nr. 122552
New York: American Book Bindery - Stratford Press, n.d. (circa 1950s). 8vo. cloth-backed boards, paper cover label. 80 pages. Well designed and printed specimen book. Minor spots on the cover, else near fine. READ MORE about BASKERVILLE AND CASLON OLD FACE IN THE ENGLISH MONOTYPE CUTTINGS
Price: $40.00 Order nr. 31719
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 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 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 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 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 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..... READ MORE about BULMER ROMAN AND BULMER ITALIC, FROM THE TYPES USED BY W. BULMER AT THE SHAKESPEARE PRESS, 1790-1819
Price: $15.00 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Order nr. 41043
New York, NY: F.W. Bullinger, n.d. 4to. leather, front cover gilt-stamped. (ii), 257+(1) pages. A catalogue of specimens offered by Bullinger, no date but likely late 19th century. Brief introductory comments, index of advertisers. Specimens include works by Delamotte, Klimsch, Renoir, Boussenot, Demengeot, and Fairbairn and Burke. Spine repaired. Covers rubbed, scuffed at edges. First leaf of text chipped at edges. Tanning and scattered foxing, especially on endpapers. READ MORE about ALPHABETS, MONOGRAMS, INITIALS, CRESTS, ETC
Price: $700.00 Order nr. 129526
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 Order nr. 129100
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
Indianapolis, IN: Central Publishing Company, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, plastic spiral bound. unpaginated. Foreword, guides to copy fitting and use of proof marks. Organized by typeface with tabs between each. Wrappers lightly worn at edges. READ MORE about SPECIMENS OF TYPEFACES FROM CENTRAL PUBLISHING COMPANY INC
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 121344
