Specimen Book Type Faces Linotype (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None Issued. This is a good copy of the (presumably) 1st edition. No internal writing. The envelope in the front of the front cover has a "Reproduction Proof" of a "New Typeface-Century Nova") laid in. The pages are all present. A nice copy but for a small (quarter inch) tear to the leading edge of the book. Bound in blue cloth over boards.

Softcover. Covers slightly edge-worn; otherwise very good condition. ]. 126p.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. NO INTERNATIONAL OR PRIORITY MAIL ORDERS PLEASE. Presumed first edition (no additional printings listed). 5-ring binder, simulated leather over flexible cardboard, 8x9 ½ x 2 inches, nonpaginated. Very good. Covers somewhat bent, some tape(? ) residue there, ¼ inch nick at lower corner of front joint, starting to lightly age yellow, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked. Trade catalogue (catalog) ; ephemera; books on books; publishing industry; typesetting; printing press.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Boston: Machine Composition Company: The Composing Room of New England, 1941. 1941 type specimen book in blue cloth lettered in gilt, tabbed sections separated by color dividers, 11" tall. Pockets inside front and rear covers are empty. Soem rubbing to the extremities, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with no names or other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 8vo, cloth-gilt, 715pp. Titled "Specimen Book." on the title page but cover bears "Cornwall Type Faces" though they amount to the same. Good: mild scratches to the boards, mild rubbing and discoloration to spine, bump to the upper rear corner; solid hinges; light soiling to the top edge; type chart of indeterminate purpose tipped in over the title at the title page, text clean, binding solid. Extra postage may be asked (3).

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Pages v-xi, 3 -172, 175-290, 293-388. Promotional brochures from various typesetter companies, including Machine Compostion Co. (2) , American Type Founders (2) , Intertype Corporation (2) , Mergenthaler Linotype Co. (1) , and H. G. McMennamin Advertising Typography (1) in pocket in front of book. Book is intact and complete with no serious defects affecting the contents or binding (loose at front). Dark blue pebbled covers with gilt lettering on front board and spine. Heavy book. Because of weight or size of some books, additional postage may be required. We will notify you if it is necessary to charge you an additional amount. You will then have the option of cancelling the order. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 388 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Type specimen book published in 1965 by Huxley House Ltd, a New York City firm offering typographic, design, and printing services. Stiff pictorial wrappers with plastic comb binding, unpaginated but about 114 pages. Walter Huxley studied and taught at the Art Institute of Chicago before returning to NYC to work for the American Type Founders Company. He established Huxley House along with Frank Hess in 1928. Early clients were type foundries, publishers, and designers including Alfred E. Knopf, Bauer Type Foundry, Country Life Magazine, and Kurt Volk. Later clients included advertising and public relations agencies such as Alfred Silberstein, Fred Wittner, and Kenyon & Eckhardt; designers Lester Beall, Warren Chappell, George Giusti, and Walter Dorwin Teague, and the corporations Corning Glass, Hanes Hosiery, Knoll Associates, Standard Oil, and Brooks Brothers. Per the prefatory note to the book, "Huxley House is presenting a totally new concept in a Linotype Specimen Book, devoid of any typographic tricks. The energy and imagination used in the preparation of the book concentrated on one goalto provide a functional tool for graphic arts personnelThe following pages contain showings of our complete machine matrix resources, in alphabetical order." Minor rubbing and bumping to wrappers; interior clean and bright.