[Catskill, N. Y.? n. p., ca. 1869]. Broadside (15.5 x 12.25 inches), printed in a variety of wood type faces. An attractive piece of American display type and a nearly perfect snare for the Americana dealer who might well snatch eagerly at this broadside out scouting in the wilds, taking..... More

[Jersey City?]: American Type Founders Company, 1930. Unbound brochure (12 x 9 inches), [4] pages on stiff white stock. Suggesting unusual typefaces to stand out in advertising—in this case, the contemporary Art Deco designs Parisian from Morris F. Benton and Modernistic by Wadsworth A. Parker. More

[Chicago]: Barnhart Brothers & Spindler, [1925]. Original embossed cloth (11.25 x 8 inches), 708, 11, [1] pages. [12]-page self-wrapper price list pamphlet dated September, 1925 laid in. Illus. An extensive specimen and trade catalog from the stalwart Chicago type foundry, including among a number of signature typefaces the flagship Cooper..... More

Frankfurt: Benjamin Krebs Nachfolger, [1927]. First edition. Original printed self-wrappers (10.75 x 7.5 inches), one bifolium laid into the other for an [8]-page brochure. Illus. A colorful circular advertising such faces as Halbfette Epoche-Kursiv, Hartwig-Schrift, Merian-Fraktur, and borders like Orplid-Schuck and Hartwig-Schmuck. More

Stuttgart: C. E. Weber Schriftgiesserei, [ca. 1920]. Original printed wrappers (11.75 x 8.38 inches), [56] pages wire stitched, plus fold-out newspaper sample tipped into the rear. An attractive later specimen of this workhorse typeface first issued as Antiqua 7. More

[Colophon:] Paris: Deberny et Peignot, 1937. First trade edition. Original stiff yellow wrappers (12.63 x 9.75 inches), [2], [24], [2] pages, wire stitched. The typeface design commissioned by Deberny & Peignot from the poster artist Cassandre, a stressed sans serif intended as a text typeface that instead enjoyed a vogue..... More

[Franfurt am Main]: D. Stempel, [1938]. First edition. Original pictorial wrappers (9.25 x 8 inches), [8] pages. Illus. A promotional pamphlet introducing the display script Diskus, designed Martin Wilke; the design is compared to the sleek lines of modern automobiles. More

[Paris: Deberney et Peignot], 1930. Self-wrappers (11 x 8.38 inches), [8] pages, wire stitched. “En créant le Sphinx, nous avons mis entre vos mains un précieux instrument de travail.” The arrival of the condensed version of this display face revived by Deberney under the Sphinx name in 1925. With overlaid..... More

Paris: Deberny et Peignot, [1934]. First edition. Original pictorial wrappers (10.63 x 7.25 inches), [8] pages. Illus. A striking display typeface designed by Marcel Jacno, the designer behind the Gauloises cigarette packages. The specimen pamphlet has a certain movie star glamour, including a cover image of Lilian Harvey. OCLC notes..... More

Frankfurt: Schriftgießerei Flinsch, [ca. 1909]. Original printed self-wrappers (11.13 x 8.63 inches), [16] pages. Illus., ornaments. Fonts in Use untangles this as the Flinsch version of the Caslon foundry’s Old Roman, designed by T. W. Smith in 1895. The sample forms here suggest a 1909 specimen. More

Paris: Fonderie Ch. Boudin, [ca. 1912-1914]. Original ribbon-embossed wrappers (10.75 x 8.5 inches), [28] pages, wire stitched. Illus. “Ce numéro-spécimen de 24 pages a été composé avec notre nouvelle création Excelsior agrémenté de notre Vignette Roses et Perles.” One in a series of (evidently ephemeral) fascicules of specimens from this..... More

Marseille: Fonderie Olive, [ca. 1951]. Original printed self wrappers (10.75 x 8.25 inches), 19, [1] pages. Illus. “Maquette de Roger Excoffon. Imprimerie ‘La Ruche’ Paris.” Excoffon is said to have had a fairly strong hand in the design of this popular Old Style typeface. More

Marseille: Fonderie Olive, [ca. 1951]. Original printed self wrappers (10.63 x 8.25 inches), [12] pages on coated stock. Illus. The Excoffon typeface that was revived as the characteristic titling for Thrasher magazine in 1981. More