Honey Brook, PA: Quaker City Type Foundry, 1979. 4to. stapled paper wrappers. 24 pages. A scarce type specimen featuring examples of type and ornamentation. Fine in original envelope. From the Thomas M. Whitehead Collection of Books About Books. READ MORE about A SPECIMEN OF FACES FROM QUAKER CITY TYPE FOUNDRY
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137132
New York: European Typefounders Inc., n.d. (circa 1930s). large 8vo. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. (10) pages. Lines, compositions for Stempel's "egyptian" face Girder. This specimen book is a European Typefounders version. Some multi-colored printing. A fine copy. READ MORE about GIRDER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 53415
(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 Order nr. 129191
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 Order nr. 93421
New York, NY: European Typefounders, n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. A collection of borders offered by European Typefounders. Near fine condition. READ MORE about THANNHAEUSER BORDERS
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 132464
N.P. (Time, Inc., 1985). 8vo. metal ringed vinyl covered boards binder. unpaginated. Introductory comments. Includes all Time, Inc. fonts with display of all characters, and a chart showing point sizes. Binder soiled. READ MORE about THE FONT BOOK
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121823
New York: Tri-Arts Press, (1971). square 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (74) pages. Printed on different colored papers. Near fine. A very scarce book. READ MORE about OLDE TYPE FACES AT TRI-ARTS PRESS ... FROM THE FREDERIC NELSON PHILLIP S COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE,...
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 29847
2 Volumes.
Mechanicsburg, PA: Turnbaugh Printers Supply Co., 1981-2. Broadsides (22 by 16 inches). 2 Volumes. Advertisements of type specimens and printing equipment commemorating Turnbaugh's 50th anniversary. READ MORE about PRINTERS BARGAIN NEWS
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 133965
Chicago, IL: Typefounders of Chicago, n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. foldout brochure. Brochure advertising Neon Eurostile. Lightly soiled. READ MORE about NEON EUROSTILE
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 129399
Evanston, IL: The Schori Press, n.d. (but c. 1960s). small 8vo. stapled paper wrappers. unpaginated. A type specimen pamphlet of various types used at The Schori Press. A fine copy. READ MORE about TYPE STYLE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 137789
Chicago: Typefounders of Chicago, 1962. 4to. spiral bound (white plastic), stiff paper wrappers. 212 pages. Includes an index of Foreign Type Styles, Domestic Foundry Types, Quads and Spaces, Handy Packages, Emblems-Ornaments, Leaders-Quad Rule. Filled with hundreds of examples of different type faces and sizes. Business Reply Mail postcards are still included. Minor wear to edges, else near fine. READ MORE about REFERENCE BOOK OF TYPE FACES: PRICE LIST #2 - NEON TYPE DIVISION
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 93486
Chicago: Typefounders of Chicago, 1962. 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 219, (5) pages. Reference book of type faces. Minor wear to covers, else a very good copy. Foreword and table of contents. Includes an index of Foreign Type Styles, Domestic Foundry Types, Quads and Spaces, Handy Packages, Emblems-Ornaments, Leaders-Quad Rule. Filled with hundreds of examples of different type faces and sizes. READ MORE about REFERENCE BOOK OF TYPE FACES: PRICE LIST #2 - NEON TYPE DIVISION
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 110199
3 Volumes.
Chicago: Typefounders of Chicago, n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. unpaginated. 3 Volumes. Three booklets with Neon Helvitica and other Neon type families offered by Typefounders of Chicago. READ MORE about NEON HELVETICA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 114398
New York, NY: Typographic Images, (1986). 4to. stiff paper wrappers. iv, 88 pages. Introduction, explanation of Quadex 5000, glossary, index of products offered. Slightly worn at edge of spine. READ MORE about A CATALOG OF IMAGES
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 121345
New York: Typographic Service Co., n.d. 8vo. comb binding, stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 59 pages. Fully illustrated type album. Last 2 rings of comb binding broken. Wrappers soiled. READ MORE about TYPE FACES IN THE COMPOSING ROOM OF THE TYPOGRAPHIC SERVICE CO
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 106857
Philadelphia: Typographic Service, Inc., n.d. 4to. stiff leatherette, wirebound. 209 pages. A specimen book of typefaces, monotype specimens, borders, ornaments and one-line specimens. Front hinge split along one inch of both the top and bottom of spine. Some moisture staining along the bottom corner of the entire textblock. This was intended only to be a showing of the faces and sizes of type and accessories which were available at Typo. Index inclues: Complete Type Showing..... READ MORE about TYPO TYPES
Price: $30.00 Order nr. 137720
(Mountain View, CA: Adobe Systems, 1990). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. Descriptive information on the Utopia type face. Black and white illustrations, references.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about UTOPIA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 132430
Mountain View, CA: Adobe Systems, (1993). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. unpaginated. A catalogue Viva typeface, developed by Adobe Systems. Illustrations. READ MORE about VIVA
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 134911
(St. Louis, MO: Warwick Typographers), n.d. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (14) pages. A biography of designer Giambattista Bodini and a history of the development of the typeface he designed. Specimen sheet laid in. Wrappers lightly soiled and chipped at edges. Tearing along spine. READ MORE about BODINI
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 121468
N.P. Westcott & Thompson, n.d. 4to. stiff paper wrappers, plastic spiral binding. unpaginated. Type faces offered by Westcott, arranged alphabetically. Wrappers tanned and lightly soiled. READ MORE about COMPLETE SHOWING OF LINO ACCENTS HOT METAL
Price: $25.00 Order nr. 110212
Philadelphia and New York: Westcott & Thomson, Inc., n.d. 12mo. stiff paper wrappers. (vi), 34 pages. A look at what a fine printer had available. READ MORE about A LIST OF TYPES, ENGLISH MONOTYPE, MONOTYPE, LINOTYPE & INTERTYPE, FOUNDRY, INTERTYPE FOTOSETTER
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 115446
York, PA: York Compositioin Co., n.d. 4to. paper-covered boards, spiral bount. 82 pages. Type faces, rules, and borders offered for sale by York Composition Company. Index precedes text. Printed on recto only. Front cover scarred. READ MORE about TYPE FACES: A COLLECTION OF TYPE FACES RULES AND BORDERS STOCKED IN OUR COMPOSING ROOM
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 133968
Chicago, IL: Typefounders of Chicago, n.d. 4to. self paper wrappers. not paginated. Type specimen showcasing Neon Optima offered by the Neon Type Division of the Typefounders of Chicago. Minor wear. READ MORE about NEON OPTIMA
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 93400
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paper, Typography, Printing, Binding, & Illustration to Exemplify, 11 December 1977 - 15 January 1978
Peterborough, NH: The Sharon Arts Center, (1977). 8vo. stiff paper wrappers, dust jacket. not paginated. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Paper, Typography, Printing, Binding, & Illustration to Exemplify, 11 December 1977 - 15 January 1978. A catalogue of the exhibition of fine paper, fine printing, typography, fine binding and fine illustration. Hand-printed by R.T. Risk at the Typographeum on paper supplied by the Monadnock Paper Mill of Bennington. Dust jacket slightly worn. READ MORE about THE ART OF THE BOOK
Price: $20.00 Order nr. 97441
(Washington, DC: International Typographic Composition Association), n.d, (circa 1966). oblong 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. (8) pages. Preface, list of schools offering typographic programs. Designed to assist those looking for a career in typography. Illustrated. READ MORE about A CAREER IN TYPOGRAPHY TODAY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 122113
