Description:
Hardback. New.
Abridged Specimen Book: Type. Nickel-Alloy On Universal Line, Comprising A Price List Of Types, Borders, Leads And Slugs, Brass Rule, Brass Galleys, Miscellaneous Cuts And General Supplies For Printers -
Similar copies are shown below.
Similar copies are shown to the right.
Abridged Specimen Book: Type. Nickel-Alloy on Universal Line, Comprising a Price List of Types, Borders, Leads and Slugs, Brass Rule, Brass Galleys, Miscellaneous Cuts and General Supplies for Printers
- Used
623 pp. expansive volume on American typefaces produced by the San Francisco outpost of the noted Keystone type foundry, together with a catalogue of printing equipment including type case stands, make-up tables, galley racks, presses, newspaper presses, paper cutters, binding machines, and stitchers. Profusely illustrated throughout with woodcut borders, text illustrations, and illustrated titles. 8vo. Original blue cloth. San Francisco & Philadelphia (Keystone Type Foundry) 1906. The Keystone Type Foundry was in operation from 1888 to 1917, before being purchased by the American Type Founders. This volume was issued from its temporary West Coast outpost in Oakland, California, following the devastating San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Among the typefaces included in this volume are Lowell Series, Old Style, Modern Style, Ben Franklin Series, Ben Franklin Condensed, Caslon Bold, Encore, Niagara, Keystone Gothic, and many others, together with miscellaneous initials, borders, cuts, headings, and decorative ornaments.
- Bookseller Bernett Rare Books Inc (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Quantity Available 1
- Keywords Typography, United States, trade catalogue, graphic design, printing
We have 1 copies available starting at A$88.74.
Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
Abridged Specimen Book: Type Nickel-Alloy on Universal Line: Comprising a Price List of Types, Borders, Leads and Slugs, Brass Rule, Brass Galleys, Miscellaneous Cuts and General Supplies for Printers
by Keystone Type Foundry
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 13
- 9781345535976
- ISBN 10
- 134553597x
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Seller
-
Southport, Merseyside, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
A$88.74
Show Details
Item Price
A$88.74