Printing Types

Not Stated

Published by Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd, Sheffield, England, 1947

About this Item

Lovely specimen book from eminent type foundry Stephenson Blake & Co, featuring countless type-face designs, some of which are illustrative and in colour. In publisher's original quarter-cloth binding with paper boards.Illustrated towards rear of work with numerous vignettes, some of which appear in colour.Extensive specimen book from eminent type foundry Stephenson Blake & Co. Featuring countless designs, including an additional supplement of type faces bound within the covers of the present work. The company remained active as the last business of this field until the 1990s and now deals in specialist engineering. In publisher's original quarter-cloth binding with paper boards. Externally, reasonably smart with moderate bumping and rubbing, leading to a few small closed tears, the most prominent being to the tail of the spine, and minor loss of paper to front spine tips and bottom of rear board. Several marks, including an ink stain to the top edge of the front board. Internally, firmly bound. Very bright and clean with light spotting mainly contained to first and last few pages. Good.

Seller Inventory # 997B27

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Printing Types
• Publisher: Stephenson, Blake & Co. Ltd, Sheffield, England
• Publication Date: 1947
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Condition: Good
• Book Type: book