Riscatype (10 results)

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. 246 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and tanning.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 20 page type specimen booklet. Minor wear, unmarked. [829] Size: 225mm. x 145mm.

Red Cloth. Condition: VERY GOOD ( AVERAGE). No Jacket. Typefaces Illustrations. (illustrator). This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED (UK) ONLY . Please email for further details. OFFERED FOR SALE BY A FULL-TIME STOCKHOLDING CAREER BOOKSELLER WHO TELLS YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEIR TELEPHONE AND ADDRESS CONTACT DETAILS ARE! POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED! (UK ONLY). FEEL FREE TO E-MAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND FURTHER DETAILS. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". Not Signed or Inscribed.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 190 pages, many illustrations, some in colour. 4 page 1983 metric price list laid in. Minor wear, soiling to covers, spine faded, contents fine, unmarked. [829] Size: 215mm. x 155mm.

266 S., Roter OPpbd., Kopfschnitt etwas stockig., Rücken gering aufgehellt., sonst gut., [xxx] Sprache: Englisch 0 650 gr.

Folded Sheet. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Folded double sided type specimen sheet, opened size 450mm. x 570mm. Types include Univers, Pepita Script, Flash, Calligraphia, Waverleigh Script. Some wear, soiling, staining, local agents stamp to rear. [829] Size: 145mm. x 80.

Yendall & Company. N.D. c. 1960. Hardback no DW. Red cloth boards. Several examples of typefaces, along with a fold-out calander to rear. Extremities worn and soiled. Spine is crumpled at both ends, otherwise a lovely copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in red, blue and black. Red cloth, titled in black. Loosely inserted poster of Riscatype faces. .A fine copy. Hard to date with precision, most of the faces having a very 1930s appearance. The most recent (I think) is Will Carter's Klang (Monotype 1955).The price list is dated 1972 and an accompanying letter, 1974.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Printed in red, blue and black. Red cloth, titled in gilt. Neat ownership signature dated 1966. Loosely inserted poster of Riscatype faces. .A very good copy indeed. Hard to date with precision, most of the faces having a very 1930s appearance. The most recent (I think) is Will Carter's Klang (Monotype 1955).

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. A small collection of ephemera from the Riscatype Foundry in Monmouthshire, consisting of: 2 copies of a stapled booklet entitled Riscatype Univers, a leaflet (single folded) for Type Specimens of Fine Calligraphy, and a large (single sided) poster for Riscatype faces from Yendall & Company. The booklets are in very good condition; having red card covers with black lettering to front, one has the very neat initials of the previous owner to top outer front corner, the other does not; both booklets are very clean and bright, dated 1965, perhaps slightest darkening to page edges, 8pp. The Leaflet is single folded white paper, with black print to all sides; it has been folded but is clean and neat, not dated. The poster has been folded into 8 panels with some darkenign along fold lines, but otherwise clean and intact.