Sample Book: Linotype Book Faces / Initial Letters / Headings / Etc.
The Vail Company / The Vail-Ballou Company
From Cultural Images, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 21 July 2011
From Cultural Images, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 21 July 2011
About this Item
Purple cloth covers with gilt title on front cover, "The Vail Company / The Vail-Ballou Company"; 128pp; no date given. Book shows many examples of type face, type sizes (from 5 1/2 to 14 point), fancy initial letters; and running page heads. Also included is a page each of a contents sample page and an index sample page. For most type face and type size examples, the same phrase, beginning with "Dick, being carefully installed in the saddle, essayed to descend.", is used over and over for comparison sake. The book is in Fine condition, clean and bright throughout; former owner's name written in ink on first blank flyleaf. [B12-20]. Seller Inventory # 000257
Bibliographic Details
Title: Sample Book: Linotype Book Faces / Initial ...
Publisher: The Vail Company / The Vail-Ballou Company, Coshocton, OH / Binghamton, NY
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
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