Published by Monotype Corporation Ltd, London, 1955
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
stapled, stiff paper wrappers. Type Specimens (illustrator). small 4to. stapled, stiff paper wrappers. 32 pages. Unlike display type, book lettering should not demand attention, and differences between book faces can be subtle. Covers lightly foxed, else a near fine copy. Monotype compares settings of the same text page in 30 different book faces, with a brief discussion of the merits and characteristics of each.
Published by The Monotype Corporation Limited) n.d., (London
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
self paper wrappers. Type Specimens (illustrator). 4to. self paper wrappers. (4) pages. Various borders from the Monotype Corporation. Printed in black and orange. A fine copy.
Published by Montoype Corporation Limited, London, 1961
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
paper wrappers. Type Specimens (illustrator). 4to. paper wrappers. (20) pages. Complete alphabets of various type faces are shown. A near fine copy.
Published by Lanston Monotype Machine Company n.d., Philadelphia
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
self paper wrappers. Type Specimens (illustrator). 4to. self paper wrappers. (16) pages. Sans-serif types set in sample advertising. Near fine condition.
Published by The Monotype Corporation Ltd, Salfords, 1976
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
stiff paper wrappers. Type Specimens (illustrator). small 4to. stiff paper wrappers. 30 pages. Alphabets for display faces or display sizes of faces from Monotype. Many in upper and lower case, some including italics. Maybe 1960's? Soiling along bottom edge, else a very good copy.
Published by Monotype, (Redhill, Surrey), 1992
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
First Edition
broadside. Type Specimens (illustrator). 23 x 12 inches. broadside. folded in three with the two outside panels being about an inch short of the middle panel creating an overlap effect. First edition of 300 copies printed for The Monotype Conference 1992. The newly drawn typeface for 1992 drew its inspiration from types used in Spain to create new text types of economical yet highly readable proportions, and with particularly handsome large display sizes , specifically to meet the requirements of digital typography.
Published by The Monotype Corporation n.d., London
Seller: Oak Knoll Books, ABAA, ILAB, NEW CASTLE, DE, U.S.A.
self paper wrappers. Type Specimens (illustrator). small 8vo. self paper wrappers. 8 pages. Printed in two colors. A fine copy.
self paper wrappers. Type Specimens (illustrator). 4to. self paper wrappers. (8) pages. A selection of Monotype Dante type specimens.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler.
London, Monotype Corporation Ltd, (ca. 1961-1967). Large 4to. [ca. 300 pp. with specimens]. Cloth. (library copy; binding damaged (hinges severely split, but holding); label of the North-East Essex Technical College & School of Art of pastedown; a few library stamps throughout; some leaves frayed; leaves bolted together) - heavy book, additional postage required. Not entirely complete ("The value of this loose-leaf book depends on your willingness to keep it up-to-date"), but still with hundreds of specimens. Includes a list of discontinued types / 'withdrawal of series' from 1967 on; and checklists for May 1967; December, August, March 1966; October (2x), March, June 1965; November, February 1964; September 1961; September 1962.