(Little Rock), 2021. 8 1/2 x 11. 15 leaves printed rectos only. Printed wraps. Fine. The 13 alphabets are presented with a color border, each different. One of 200 copies beautifully printed on a Vandercook. This book is a supplement to John Horn's magnificent broadside wood type specimens, produced from..... More
St. Louis, 1908-1909. 8vo. Wraps, many with art nouveau designs. One issue has covers detached, but many are in fine condition.; over-all very good. A monthly house organ, filled with practical articles and ads, and some type specimens. Present are Volume X, nos. 1,2,3, 7,9,10. Volume XI, nos. 1-12 (complete..... More
Rochester & Aurora: DRY Inc & WElls College Press, 2022. 6 x 6. (34) pages, including photographs and type specimen leaves. The metal type specimens are printed on tipped-in Kozuke White paper. Red cloth, label on upper cover, marbled endpapers. Fine. "The Faces of Victor Hammer features an intimate look..... More
(Rochester): P22 Publications, 2020. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2. 55 pages, mostly double spreads with a page of description facing the 26 type specimens. Each specimen is printed in one to 3 colors. Gold cloth, with luminous overprinted wood type endpapers. New. A colorful book printed from the original wood..... More
Cambridge & Somerville, 1990. 9 x 6. Two text pages + 2 trifold leaves bearing 24 borders composed of printers' ornaments. printed Wraps. Fine. One of 150 copies printed at Firefly Press and Harvard's Bow and Arrow Press. More
London: Lanston Monotype (1928). 8 x 11. (70) pages: 13-page introduction by Mardersteig, eight 4-page specimens on hinges, other specimens. Vellum spine & corners, marbled boards. Binding is in fine condition; but the endpapers and specimens are foxed, as usual. One of 200 copies hand printed on Fabriano paper at..... More
Dawson's Book Shop: Los Angeles, 1966. 11 x 1/2 x 16 1/2. Frontis, 73 pages illustrated with 22 tipped in examples of Korean types. Seven of these are facsimiles and 15 are original leaves. Cloth-backed boards covered in embossed yellow paper typical of old Korean books, in a worn slipcase..... More
Ogdensburg: Caliban Press, 2020. 8 1/2 x 11. 44 leaves (some foldouts) including the covers. Red spiral binding. Laid in is a 2-page Guide to the wood type specimens. Fine copy of a delightful book. Wood type numbers printed on an accumulation of "found, left over, and scrap papers" from..... More
Oxford, 1950. 5 x 7 1/2. 41 pages. Illustrated throughout with type specimens. Printed boards; outer joint partially split but tight, contents fine. Printed at Oxford in Fell types on handmade paper. Printed for Friends of the Press, a Compliments slip is laid in. More
(Oldham): Incline Press, 2007. 10 x 14. 86 pages illustrated with 67 tipped-in sheets, including bookmarks, bookplates, keepsakes, announcements, programs, poems, and posters. Half green cloth & marbled boards. Fine in slipcase. "These pieces include our experiments with ink...and tentave forays into the world of asymmetrical typography. They show some..... More
Paris: The Pleiad, 1926. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2. xxxvi pages printed throughout in an elegant italic letter. Marbled boards with spine label. Small glue marks on endpapers, all else fine in the uncommon slipcase with label & copy number. With the RARE 4-PAGE Announcement, printed mostly in the Vincenza..... More
Paris: Charles Panckoucke, ca. 1783. Twenty-five plates, 12 x 19 inches. Each plate is on a half sheet of paper (with deckles on 3 sides). They are mounted on hinges of the same paper, and bound sidewise (as they would have been originally) into recent black cloth titled "Oriental Alphabets."..... More
Amsterdam, (1784). (5 1/4 x 8. 68 leaves: double-spread title and introduction in Dutch and French (7 pages) followed by 64 leaves of type specimens printed rectos only on heavy paper. Collates [pi 4] A-H8. This copy lacks 20 leaves at the end: I8-L4 (astrological signs, music, & ornaments). The..... More
Chicago, 1884. 12 x 17. Seven text pages in 4 columns, followed by 10 leaves of advertising. These include 2 fullpage type specimens from MacKellar, Smiths, & Jordan. Self wraps are chipped and brittle, rear wrap torn, but repaired with Japanese tissue. Fair condition. Three leaves are elaborate specimens of..... More
Andoversford: Whittington Press, 1990. 10 x 14. 125 pages with wood engraved illustrations throughout. Quarter cloth & decorated paper boards with sturdy matching slipcase. Fine. One of 530 copies. A lovely type specimen showing of some larger and less-seen Monotype faces owned by the Press. The texts are extracts from..... More
(Lanston Monotype, 1924). 8 3/4 x 12 1/4. (14) pages. Original wraps with an all-over design by BR. A fine copy in the original (but very shabby) plain envelope. Specially signed by Rogers beneath the title page border. One of 223 copies printed for Bruce Rogers, on handmade paper. A...... More
Adobe Systems, 1994. 8 1/2 x 11. (41) pages + tipped on leaf. Illustrated with type specimens throughout. Wraps. Fine. One of 1000 copies. A bit of a landmark in the evolution of digital typefaces. Type design based on Jenson and Arrighi types. More
Leipzig, 1901. 7 1/4 x 10. All 12 issues in their original wraps are bound into contemporary quarter cloth & marbled boards, all edges marbled (2 inches thick). An index to the articles is bound in at front. Very good. A treasure trove of seccessionist / art nouveau design, color..... More
NY: American Printing History Association, 1998. 6 x 9. 176, (4) pages plus 38 plates, 7 leaves in rear pocket. Cloth, leather spine label. Fine. One of 120 deluxe copies, printed on special paper and handbound, with 7 inserts specially printed from original types: Kaatskill, Montallegro, Montaigne, Arrighi & Vicenza..... More
Paris, (1883). 9 1/2 x 12 1/4. The specimen is divided into eight parts covering various styles of type and decorative material. There are about 240 leaves, some French-fold, and variously dated from about 1880 to 1890. Original embossed cloth, extremities a bit worn Complete clean specimen. Very good. A..... More
Edinburgh, 1839. 5 3/4 x 9 1/2. 85 leaves printed one side only. Title page in black, red, and blue within an architectural border of printers' ornaments. Original printed boards with title on upper cover, leather spine. Extremities worn, upper cover and first two leaves detached. Otherwise very good, contents..... More
London, 1926. 9 x 12. 43 +10-page "A Specimen of Monotype Fournier." Gold cloth. Some hand soiling, spine darkened, contents fine. Bookplate of Frederic Melcher. Very good copy of a scarce & important modern type specimen. One of 150 handmade paper copies. An elegant first showing of Monotype Fournier. Monotype..... More
