Pages from Books : Set on the "Monotype" Composing Machine and Published Mainly in London, 1928-1931.

Cloth, large 4to, x, 97 pp. Aims to demonstrate the versatility of the monotype composing machine by illustrating examples of numerous different types of book-printing involving difficult technical requirements, including for example "children's books, in which the type must be of the best and clearest design and large in size; dictionaries and linguistic text books requiring a variety of type sizes and characters; illustrated books, often calling for unusually wide, narrow, or irregular measures, large composition sizes, and a type face well matched to the style of illustration; mathematical settings requiring a large number of special sorts and the flexibility of separate type; pamphlets, etc., requiring frequent sub-headings, marginalia, etc.; scientific books, often requiring tabular settings and special treatment to allow of accurate illustration, characters, signs, etc." Head and tail of spine worn, otherwise Good.