Nineteenth Century Type Displayed in 18 Fonts Cast by United States Founders Now in the Cases of the Grabhorn Press
Published by David Magee, San Francisco, 1959
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.Argonaut Book Shop, ABAA
AbeBooks seller since January 23, 1998
Condition: Used - Fine
£ 190.37
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First edition. Limited to 300 copies printed for David Magee by The Grabhorn Press. SIGNED by both Edwin and Robert Grabhorn. Oblong quarto. [48pp.]. Title in red, yellow and black. Text and decorations in several colors. Handset French Elzevir and Jenson type, as well as samples of nineteenth century type. Printed on English handmade paper. Black cloth-backed decorated boards, spine label printed in gilt. Lightest of wear to top corner, else a very fine copy. Each of the 18 fonts displayed is identified; the captions provide the historical reference and date of the particular font's use. Each is printed in, decorated, or illustrated in color. [Grabhorn: 607].
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Nineteenth Century Type Displayed in 18 Fonts Cast by United States Founders Now in the Cases of the Grabhorn Press
- Author
- Grabhorn, Edwin and Robert
- Publisher
- David Magee, San Francisco
- Publication year
- 1959
- Condition
- Fine
- Book Type
- Book
- Binding
- Hardcover
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