[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

[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

Frankfurt [etc.]: D. Stempel, A-G. [ca. 1928]. Original pictorial wrappers (8.25 x 5.25 inches), 56, viii pages. A Stempel specimen for the international market, evidently dating (given Basel as one of the locations in the imprint) from the period of Stempel’s acquisition of a share of Haas. This issue with..... More

[Frankfurt]: Schriftgiesserei D. Stempel, [ca. 1928]. Unbound brochure (11.75 x 8.25 inches), [4] pages. Designed for Stempel by Friedrich W. Kleukens and released in 1926, a display typeface with a very 1920s feel—here paired in a few examples with a grotesk or sans that would seem to be something other..... More

Paris: Deberney et Peignot, [ca. 1935]. Original wrappers (10.63 x 7.25 inches), [18] pages, wire stitched. Illus., including a view of Paris credited to Brassai. An early example of a promotional specimen for this decorative display type, based on (and pairing well with) Sphinx and the condensed Sphinx Étroit. More

(Magdeburg: Dornemann & Co., ca. 1930). Original printed wrappers (8.5 x 7.63 inches), 104 pages, yarn hanger. Includes ornaments. An evident export catalog (in German, English, Spanish, and Italian) from longtime Magdeburg brass type foundry, which cast types for use in stamping gilt on book bindings. Without a general title..... More

Napoli [Naples]: Fonderia Tipgrafica Meridoionale, Comm. A. De Luca, [ca. 1950]. Nested brochure on two leaves of card stock (9.88 x 6.38 inches), [8] pages. The Neopolitan version of Stempel’s Memphis, from the Italian foundry of Armando De Luca. See the Klinspor Museum list of Meridionale typefaces, which seem largely..... 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

Marseille: Fonderie Olive, [ca. 1960]. Printed trifold portfolio (12.5 x 9.75 inches), 8 leaves of specimens. An attractive portfolio of type faces designed by Excoffon, a variety of his well-known Antique Olive family. More