London: Office of “The British Printer,” 25 Pilgrim Street, 1890. First edition of this number. Large 8vo (11.25 x 9 inches), contemporary deep wine half morocco, pebbled cloth sides, gilt lettering, [8] pages plus 280 specimen leaves of printing (generally rectos only, several with multiple examples per leaf; one example..... More

Amsterdam: Uitgeverij De Buitenkant Publishers, 2003. First edition. 8vo (9.88 x 6.63 inches), original printed paper boards, 255, [1] pages. Frontispiece, illustrations in the text. Two folding plates. Signed in pencil on the half-title, Bram de Does, 19-9-2003. With a promotional leaf for a presentation on the book release laid..... More

Bruxelles [Brussels]: Publiées sous les auspices du Cercle d’Etudes Typographiques de Bruxelles, 1901-1902. First edition. 13 wire stitched numbers of the first volume (December, 1901 to December, 1902), bound into early pebbled half cloth, marbled sides, 9.75 x 7.88 inches, original wrappers bound in. With inserts, examples of color printing..... More

[Amsterdam]: n. v. Lettergieterij “Amsterdam” vh N. Tetterode, [1955]. Original printed wrappers (11.75 x 8.25 inches), [12] pages, wire stitched. Illus. with sample designs. “Mistral, een natuurlijk hanschrift!” A hot metal script typeface designed by Excoffon for the Fonderie Olive in 1953 and released in this version for the Amsterdam..... More

Geisenheim am Rhein: Maschinenfabrik Johannisberg, [ca. 1930s]. Oblong pamphlet (11 x 8.25 inches), original pictorial self-wrappers, [20] pages, wire stitched. Illustrated throughout. An uncommon promotional booklet for a sheet-fed rotary printer from the German press manufacturers (or as the motto on the title page has it, “Für Tiefdruck nur Johannisberg.”)..... More

Lipsia [Leipzig]: J. G. Schelter & Giesecke, [1930]. Original embossed pictorial wrappers (11.75 x 8.38 inches), [3]-40 pages on coated paper. Illustrated throughout. With an attractive ticket tipped in before the title page for the Italian representative of Schelter & Giesecke in Italy, Guglielmo Lorch. An elaborate promotional catalog for..... More

Manchester [etc.]: Taylor, Garnett, Evans & Co., Guardian Printing Works, [ca. 1912]. First edition. 8vo (9.75 x 6.5 inches), original decorated brown glazed parchment over beveled boards, 70 pages. Mounted plates included in the pagination. A lovely and elaborate promotional work and specimen for the industrial printing firm, views of..... 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

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

[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

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 G. Peignot & Fils, [1904]. First edition. Original printed wrappers (11 x 8.13 inches), [6] pages, 10, [1] pages printed rectos only. Another version of the Art Nouveau typeface from George Auriol, this adapted for the use of text; the 1901 version of Auriol had been designed for..... More

[Marseille]: (Fonderie Olive), [ca. 1951]. Original printed stiff cream wrappers (12.88 x 9.88 inches), 12 pages. An attractive specimen, perhaps a large paper deluxe version. Per the colophon on the verso of the rear wrapper, “Ce caractère dessiné par François Ganeau est édité par la Fonderie Olive. Couverture gravée sur..... More