Printing Types, Borders, Initials, Electros, Brass Rules, Spacing Material [bound with ] Composing Room Equipment [and] Machinery. [ Stephenson, Blake & Co., specimen catalogues, cover-title : "Printing Types, Composing Room Equipment, Condensed Edition" , 1925 -c.1927 ].

Stephenson, Blake & Co.

Published by Stephenson, Blake & Co., Sheffield, typefounder's catalogues, c.1927 and 1925, 1927

About this Item

2 catalogues bound in 1 (as issued), cloth, gilt cover-titles, 4to, vi, [2], 27,[1],47-126, 145-152, [163-166], 173-177,[1], 191-211,[1], 221-267,[1], 171-288,[2], 291-294,301-344 + xvi, 77 pp, ills (some colour). Scarce: Two copies only of the 1925 Composing Room Equipment catalogue found on JISC Discover, and one (2014) auction record (for the combined catalogue). The type catalogue is less scarce but the earlier issues as here are still uncommon. The contents of the first, type, catalogue are given as: "Introductory Matter i-viii pp; Book and News Letter 1-28; Display Letter 49-126,200-212; Grotesques and Sans Sérifs 141-156; Scripts 171-178; Black Letter 191-198; Typewriters 199; Initials 221-227; Borders, Ornaments, &c. 228-268; Figures 271-288; Spacing Material 291-294; Brass Rule 301-308; Electros and Sundries 311-338; Wood Letter 339-340; Miscellaneous Information, Index, &c. 341-344. " Despite the typically erratic pagination of the type catalogue, both catalogues appear complete as issued. Name and date (1931) on front free endpaper, pencilled date 1927 on title-page of first catalogue, covers somewhat rubbed and scuffed with minor bubbling and slight wear, rebacked with the original spine laid down, internally a Good clean copy.

Seller Inventory # ABE-51379

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Printing Types, Borders, Initials, Electros, Brass Rules, Spacing Material [bound with ] Composing Room Equipment [and] Machinery. [ Stephenson, Blake & Co., specimen catalogues, cover-title : "Printing Types, Composing Room Equipment, Condensed Edition" , 1925 -c.1927 ].
• Publisher: Stephenson, Blake & Co., Sheffield, typefounder's catalogues, c.1927 and 1925
• Publication Date: 1927
• Binding: Hardcover
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