Stephenson Blake (90 results)

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Specimens of Point Line Type: Borders Ornaments Brass Rules &c. &c. Book.

Stapled wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Unpaginated. ca. 1960.; 8vo ; 12 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Sheffield & London: n.d. [c. 1958]. 0. 8vo. Pp.40. Orig. wrappers.

PF. Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 5 type specimen leaflets by Stephenson Blake -- Pen Letters by SB -- Hand list of Modern Display and Text Types -- Stephenson Blake famous formal scripts Music in Type -- 7 decorative types by SB -- The Magnificent Times Roman. Undated, but circa mid-1950s? Slight shelf wear to edges. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Booklet illustrating and documenting the use of the Spartan typographical family. [16] pages, illustrations ; 23 cm. Undated, 1950 date from internal evidence. Slight shelf wear to edges, previous owner's signature inside front cover, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.

1st edition. Very good pamphlet copy; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; bright and clean Physical description: unnumbered pages. coloured pages; 21 x 30 cm. Subjects: Graphic equipment. Letterpress Composing Room Equipment. Letterpress Founders Type. Hot Foil Blocking Type. Fount Assortment Schemes. High Frequency Welding. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.

self paper wrappers. Type Specimens (illustrator). small 4to. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. Includes Palace Script, Marina Script, Youthline Script, etc. Printed in black and green. A fine copy.

self paper wrappers. Type Specimens (illustrator). 12mo. self paper wrappers. (6) page foldout. Stanley Morison was mainly responsible for the design of this typeface. A fine copy.

8vo.; stiff wraps with gray plastic spiral binding, softcover; 97 pages plus index; name written on title page and last page with soiled wraps that are lightly edgeworn else very good.

Condition: Good. No edition stated, but presumed first edition (asoftcover). 4to (26cm by 22cm), 8pp. Text illustrations. Original printed grey card wrappers. The covers are lightly rubbed and scuffed, and there is an ownership inscription to the front cover; overall, this book is in good too very good condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Quarter drab cloth with paper-covered boards, 8vo., 244 pages, illustrated. A good only copy with considerable wear, in archival mylar.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Sheffield: N.d. [c.1960]. 0. 4to. Pp. [8]. Printed in black and brown. Sewn into printed card covers. Handsome type specimen.

1st edition. Very good pamphlet copy; edges slightly nicked and dust-dulled as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; bright and clean Physical description: unnumbered pages. coloured pages; 21 x 30 cm. Subjects: Graphic equipment. Letterpress Composing Room Equipment. Letterpress Founders Type. Hot Foil Blocking Type. Fount Assortment Schemes. High Frequency Welding. Genre: Illustrated. 1 Kg.

Card Covers. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 40 pages, b/w illustrations. Minor wear, unmarked. [823] Size: 210mm. x 130mm. Book.

broadside. Type Specimens (illustrator). folio. broadside. unpaginated. A broadside folded twice as a pamphlet describing eight different type specimens: Glenmoy, Mercury, Mercury Light, London Script, Amanda Ronde, Parisian Ronde, Recherché and Union Pearl. A fine copy.

Type Specimens (illustrator). small 8vo. (when folded). triple folded sheet (12 panels in all). Seven variants of Consort. Undated, probably 1930's. Imprinted with the name of the distributor (Bauer Alphabets). A fine copy. triple folded sheet (12 panels in all).

Type Specimens (illustrator). small 8vo. (when folded). triple folded sheet (12 panels in all). Seven variants of Consort. Undated, probably 1930's. Imprinted with the name of the distributor (Bauer Alphabets). Loosely inserted is an additional specimen featuring both Consort Condensed and Consort Light Condensed. A fine copy. triple folded sheet (12 panels in all).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in green and black, decorations, facsimiles and alphabets. Stapled into decorative wrappers. Slightly soiled. A very good copy. A revival of the nineteenth-century fat faces cut by the English type-founder Robert Thorne.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in black with a certain amount of green and red.; many illustrations in text. Corded into green overlapping printed wrappers. A very good copy. Spartan, at first sight, bears a strong resemblance to Futura (with a flattened A and V), but is also very similar to Goudy's Copperplate Gothic (ATF 1901) and many other founts, Lining Plate Gothic (Ludlow) Mimosa (Weber snd Typoart) and Atalante (Nebiolo).

Folded Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 6 sided folded card specimen sheet. Colour & b/w. Minor wear, small ink squiggle inside. [820] Size: 215mm. x 135mm. Manuscript.

Folded Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 6 sided folded card specimen sheet. Measures 305mm. x 390mm. when opened. Minor wear, unmarked. [794] Size: 205mm. x 130mm. Manuscript.

Folded Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4 sided folded card specimen sheet. Minor wear, unmarked. [820] Size: 205mm. x 130mm. Manuscript.

Folded Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Folded sheet, 610mm. x 260mm. when unfolded. Colour & b/w . Features Palace Script, Imperial Script, Youthline Script, Marina Script, Society Script. Minor wear, soiling, some tearing along fold lines. [820] Size: 205mm. x 130mm. Manuscript.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in black and green with photographic illustrations. Roped into script covers printed in black. Slightly dusty, but a very good copy. Youthline is non-kerning copperplate script without joins, but very much heavier in weight. The ascender of the l gives the optical illusion of being taller than those of other letters. The type was originally designed for a corsetry brand.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed largely in green and black, well-illustrated using various processes. Corded into decorated paper covers, titled in black. A very good clean copy. A condensed and elongated slab serif with thin serifs.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in blue and black with examples of use. Corded into blue card wrappers titled in black with a decoration in brown. A very good copy. A set of bold, condensed capitals with stubby serifs with white gaps in some strokes.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Advertisements and decorations in red and yellow with text in black. A near fine copy. Youthline is non-kerning copperplate script without joins, but very much heavier in weight. The ascender of the l gives the optical illusion of being taller than those of other letters. The type was originally designed for a corsetry brand.

Spiral Bound. Condition: Very Good. 218p spiral bound, spiral defective but pages holding, burgundy covers, uncommon item Language: English.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jackets. Two items of ephemera from theStephenson Blake Ltd.,Sheffield. One is a history of the company after one and a half centuries. The presumed date i s1969, it has laminated card covers with Black lettering and photography to front and rear, in extremely good condition for its age. Internally: very clean and bright with black and white illustrations. 16 pp. The other is entitled the A book of Scripts and Rondes, and is effectively a list of typefaces but only those in script style, It is undated but probably much the same period as the other item. This one has a matt card covers with black lettering. It is extremely clean and bright both externally and internally.Unpaginated.