Printing Types Borders Initials Electros (13 results)

Follded Sheet. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4 pages. Price list dated September 17th, 1929. Soiled, worn, fold mark across centre. [753] Size: 280mm. X 220mm. Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Nice copy of this type catalogue.466pp including index. Blue boards have marks to front and rear with water staining at rear ( just cosmetic no damage ) this has affected the top of last few pages with slight staining otherwise contents are fine with no inscriptions.Loosely inserted is gift card from The Mould Type Factory Leyland. Tight binding.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Numerous specimens printed recto and verso, some in two colours: Amongst the recent additions are Festival Text, Granby Family, Glenmoy, Jubilee, Kingston and Kingston Bold, Perpetua and Richmond Family. Again there is a fine selection of borders, ornaments and initials. Quarter blue cloth (spine lacking), light blue paper-covered boards titled in black (bruised at bottom right front cover revealing cardboard underlay). One page torn away, at least one excision. Book label of H.B. Naylor, Stephenson, Blake. About good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Numerous specimens printed recto and verso, some in two colours: Amongst the recent additions are Festival Text, Granby Family, Glenmoy, Jubilee, Kingston and Kingston Bold, Scarab and Scarab Light, and Tudor Black. Again there is a fine selection of borders, ornaments and initials. Quarter blue cloth (spine lacking), light blue paper-covered boards titled in black (large section torn away at bottom right front cover revealing cardboard underlay). Hinges weak. At fair copy, but contents good and bright. A specimen for SB Consort loosely inserted.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Numerous specimens printed recto and verso, some in two colours: Amongst the recent additions are Dominus Italic, Granby Family, Glenmoy, Kingston and Kingston Bold, Perpetua, Richmond Family including Brackets and Bracket Border, Scarab and Spartan Outline. There is a fine selection of borders, ornaments and initials. Quarter blue cloth, titled in dark blue, light blue paper-covered boards titled in black. A very good to fine copy.

In 4°, br., pp. 344. Antip. con ill.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Printed for the most part in black, sepia and green with many decorative initials, borders and ornaments displayed. Includes a good variety of scripts and some wood. Olive-green buckram titled in gilt. A very fresh bright copy. The date and the words 'Condensed edition' are gilt-stamped on the cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed on heavy toned art paper in red and black with some occasional coloured plates. Olive-green cloth, spine and upper board titled in gilt, decorative endpapers. Some slight staining to boards and a little wear to edge of spine, but a very good bright copy of a great specimen book Around1925 issue. Pagination is fairly regular, Spartan is present, Mazarin is absent.

Cloth, Gilt. Condition: Very Good. Condensed Edition. 1927 & 1925 catalogues in one binding, as issued. vi, [2], 27,[1],47-126, 145-156, [163-166], 173-177,[1], 191-211,[1], 221-267,[1], 271-294,301-344 then xvi, 77 pages. many illustrations, some in colour, company family tree. Olive green cloth, with gilt titling to cover, spine, dated 1927. As ever with these catalogues, difficult to collate, but appears only to lack pp. 239/240. Some bumping, wear to covers, some sections loose, some spotting, cut out sections to pages 57/8; 303/4; 313/4; 325/332; 337/8; 43/4; 49/50; 73/4, the majority of these being in the Electros and Sundries section, pp. 331/2 has some tape repairs. Uncommon. [16687/808] Size: 290mm. x 230mm. Book.

2 catalogues bound in 1 (as issued), cloth, gilt cover-titles, 4to, vi, [2], 27,[1],47-126, 145-152, [163-166], 173-177,[1], 191-211,[1], 221-267,[1], 171-288,[2], 291-294,301-344 + xvi, 77 pp, ills (some colour). Scarce: Two copies only of the 1925 Composing Room Equipment catalogue found on JISC Discover, and one (2014) auction record (for the combined catalogue). The type catalogue is less scarce but the earlier issues as here are still uncommon. The contents of the first, type, catalogue are given as: "Introductory Matter i-viii pp; Book and News Letter 1-28; Display Letter 49-126,200-212; Grotesques and Sans Sérifs 141-156; Scripts 171-178; Black Letter 191-198; Typewriters 199; Initials 221-227; Borders, Ornaments, &c. 228-268; Figures 271-288; Spacing Material 291-294; Brass Rule 301-308; Electros and Sundries 311-338; Wood Letter 339-340; Miscellaneous Information, Index, &c. 341-344. " Despite the typically erratic pagination of the type catalogue, both catalogues appear complete as issued. Name and date (1931) on front free endpaper, pencilled date 1927 on title-page of first catalogue, covers somewhat rubbed and scuffed with minor bubbling and slight wear, rebacked with the original spine laid down, internally a Good clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. Published: n.d. Condensed edition. DESCRIPTION: Green cloth with bevelled boards. Framed gilt titles, Stephenson and Blake logo to front and large gilt block lettering titles to spine. Language: English. Book Condition: Good: Light wear to corners, edges and spine ends. Rubbed cloth with marks. Tightly bound with clean intact endpapers and strong hinges. Clean unmarked pages. Toned and spotted text block edges. DJ Condition: No DJ Size: 29cm by 22.5cm. POSTAGE: PLEASE NOTE - This is a heavy item and may require additional postage for overseas deliveries. We will contact you if additional charges are required. Please see our postage policy on our shop front for more information.

Cloth. Condition: Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. A first edition of this unique catalogue issued by Stephenson Blake, looking at their various printing types used in their works. The first edition of this work.An immense catalogue showing the printing types used by Stephenson Blake, an engineering company active as a type founder, beginning operation in 1818. The company was founded by John Stephenson and James Blake, purchasing William Caslon IV's foundry.This volume is decoratively printed throughout in both colour and monochrome. Showing the borders, initials, electors, brass rules, spacing material, and ornaments used by Stephenson Blake in their works.Illustrated with a frontispiece.Bound without some leaves. Pagination runs as; [4], v-xiv , [4], 87, [1], 97-118, [4], 135-140, 151-166, 169-183, 185-186, 189-190, 199-328, 331-350, [4], 383-426, [5], 444-462, [2], 481-496, 501-523, [3], 533-542, 545-562, 565-574,[4], 575-590, 601-616, [2], 621-624, [2], 631-640, [4], 655-658, 661-662, 667-678, [1], 692-702pp. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Light marks and discolouration to the boards and spine. Minor bumping to the spine and extremities. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with some light handling marks. Some pages are detached but present, lacking a couple of leaves, some of the pages have sections excised by a former owner. Good. book.

Condition: Very Good. 4to.,pp. xiv,702, green cloth, gilt, b/w and colour figures, b/w lettertype, b/w frontispiece, decorative endpapers; light toning to margins and edges of text block, rubbed to extremities, light wear to corners, small area of ink marking to spine, otherwise a very good copy. No dust-jacket.