Letterproef, First Edition (20 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Printed on pale blue wove paper and sewn into grey printed card covers, cut flush. A fine copy. Specimens of Bembo, Imprint, Centur, Lutetia, Greek and music types, with Garamond loosely inserted.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Stapled into green card covers, titled in black, decorated in yellow. Two specimens scored through -presumably due to unavailability. A very good copy. Mostly taken up with various weights of Tempo, but also Studio, Karnak, Memphis, Sirene.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Ring-bound card covers in green and grey, titled in black (some wear to extremities). A very good copy Contains a very decent selection of types of all sorts.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in black only. Stapled into orange paper covers, titled in green and black. A few mpage numbers neatly excised, some finger soiling. A very good copy. A nice little specimen book displaying: Nobel, Garamont, Egmont, Bodoni, Grotius, Mediaeval, Cheltenham, Atlas, Figaro, Luxe, Cooper, Arsis.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in black and green on wove with typogragraphic arrangement by B.C. van Bercum. Yellow wrappers, titled in black and reddish-brown, a little soiled at the rear. A very good copy indeed. Monotypes Rockwell 371, 390, 391, very attractively shown in various sizes.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Title-page in red and black. Blue cloth,gilt on the spine and upper board. Slight wear, but a very good copy. A good specimen book of the medium size with a nice mixture of book and display founts, including Linotype and Ludlow.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Well-printed specimen sheets, ring bound in card covers titled in black and aquamarine. Slightly soiled, but a very good copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Printed in black and green (the title-page in black,red and green) on wove paper. Illustrations by line, woodcut, autotype plus two tipped-in plates at the rear. Blue cloth, ornately gilt, by S.H de Roos, edge of spine damaged. A very good copy. An attractive printer's specimen book of the medium size, displaying, amongst others, Old Style, French Round Face, Imprint, Gravure, Goudy, Nobel and some nice initials.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Printed in black and reddish-brown with occasional line illustrations. Green cloth, decorated in gilt and blind, endpapers decorated with type ornaments. Original acetate. A fine copy. An excellent collection of typefaces for book work.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Green grained cloth, ruled and blocked in gilt on the upper cover. Some slight toning to prelims. Avery good copy. Typefaces include, Excelsior (C.H. Griffith, 1931), Futura (Bauer, 1930), Ionic (about 1925), Textype (Linotype, 1929), Hollandse Mediaeval (Amsterdam, 1912).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. One of 50 copies printed in black (the title-page in blue and black) on medium wove paper. Handset specimens of upwards of 30 types. Decorative paper-covered boards, titled in purple, mustard cloth back. Very uncommon. A fine copy. Typefaces include Arsis, Kaartantiek, Lasso, Menvis and Polka.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Handset wood letters. One of 45 copies printed in black, grey-green, ochre and red on cream T.H. Saunders laid paper. Sewn into brown-grey paper covers, lettered in black on the front. A fine copy. With a charming Christmas booklet for 1984, loosely inserted.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Slipcase (light wear) with 3 softcover volumes ([10], 159; [10], 159; 18 pages) ; 27 cm. Very good, light edge-wear, minimal foxing on page-edges. Intro text in Dutch, English, French and German. Volume 1: Handzetletter, Hand-set Type, Caracteres composes a la main, Schriften fur Handsatz; Volume 2: Monotype, Monophoto, Linotype, Intertype. Volume 2A: Letterproef van de Drukkerij.

First Edition. Fine paperback copies all remaining well-preserved; a tight, bright and clean set. Accompanying buckram-covered slip case remains in very good condition, showing only minor dust-dulling, bumps and wear to the edges. Physical description; complete in 17 volumes, with slipcase : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Approximately 370 pages total. Each booklet begins with a brief history of the respective typeface. Typefaces featured: Univers, Times, Scotch Roman, Imprint, Italian Old Style, Garamond, Antique Old Style, Cochin, Baskerville, Poliphilus, Horley Old Style, Van Dijck, Perpetua, Gill Sans, Bembo, Times New Roman, Romulus. Subjects; Koninklijke Drukkerij G. J. Thieme nv. Type and type-founding Netherlands Specimens. Printing Netherlands Specimens. Typefaces History. Graphic design (Typography) Netherlands 20th century. Printing Netherlands History 20th century. Type specimens. Univers. Times. Scotch Roman. Imprint. Italian Old Style. Garamond. Antique Old Style. Cochin. Baskerville. Poliphilus. Horley Old Style. Van Dijck. Perpetua. Gill Sans. Bembo. Times New Roman. Romulus. Nijmegen. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No dust jacket. NOT a library discard (illustrator). First Edition. Den Haag [Netherlands]: Martinus Nijhoff, 1921. Very Good condition. In Dutch. This magazine [Het Boek, Tweede Reeks van het Tijdschrift voor Boek-en Bibliotheekwezen, 1 Maart 1921] is bound-up in brown cloth, with original wraps bound-in. The cloth spine is gilt stamped: "Enschede - Letterproef Van Egenolff - Luther 1592." Pages 61-64 contain "Een letterproef van de lettergieterij Egenolff - Luther te Frankfort a. M. uit 1592" by J. W. Enschede. Pages 33-60 contain Een monument uit den bloeitijd van de Alkmaarsche School, door C. P. Burger Jr. (Met 13 facsimiles). Also bound in at the end is a 38 page essay with title page labeled "Overdruk Uit Het Boek" with "EENE DRUKKERIJ BUITEN MECHELEN VOOR 1466" by J. H. Hessels. Original gray wraps of this 38 page essay are also bound in. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good condition/No dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 96pp. + 8 pages of ads + 38 pages. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Title in red and black; printed throughout on fine wove paper.Maron linen, titled and stamped in gilt. A near fine copy.

First Edition. Fine paperback copies all remaining well-preserved; a tight, bright and clean set. Accompanying buckram-covered slip case remains in very good condition, showing only minor dust-dulling, bumps and wear to the edges. Physical description; complete in 17 volumes, with slipcase : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Approximately 370 pages total. Each booklet begins with a brief history of the respective typeface. Typefaces featured: Univers, Times, Scotch Roman, Imprint, Italian Old Style, Garamond, Antique Old Style, Cochin, Baskerville, Poliphilus, Horley Old Style, Van Dijck, Perpetua, Gill Sans, Bembo, Times New Roman, Romulus. Subjects; Koninklijke Drukkerij G. J. Thieme nv. Type and type-founding Netherlands Specimens. Printing Netherlands Specimens. Typefaces History. Graphic design (Typography) Netherlands 20th century. Printing Netherlands History 20th century. Type specimens. Univers. Times. Scotch Roman. Imprint. Italian Old Style. Garamond. Antique Old Style. Cochin. Baskerville. Poliphilus. Horley Old Style. Van Dijck. Perpetua. Gill Sans. Bembo. Times New Roman. Romulus. Nijmegen. 1 Kg.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Designed by Baer Cornet, black-and-white photographs by Paul van den Bos. Dutch text. Printed in black and red with covers in black and shades of red running from orange to crimson. Front cover slightly soiled. A very good copy indeed. A specimen book displaying Baer Cornet's love of sans serifs and especially the Monotype Grotesque. It shows grotesque mager, grotesque halfvet, grotesque vet, garamont, garamont vet, grieks, speciale tekens, lijnen, handletter.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 182 images off which 24 in colour, backside of the pages is blanc. - Letterproef Van Joh. ensched & Zonen - Deel III Ornamenten - SIGNED and Numbered - thid is number 200 - Aan de Heeren J.J. Arne & Zoonen te Amsterdam aangeboden door Joh Enschede -Handgeschreven met signatuur van Enschede. Hard cover cloth. Bruin linnen band met zwarte opdruk. Voorplat redelijk mooi, achterplat gevlekt. Roestvlekjes door het hele boek. Size: 385 x 300 Mm. Signed by Author(s). Book.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, Limited Edition. Original gilt and decorated cloth (hardcover) designed by S.H. de Roos, XXXII,(4),720[=782]p., printed in various colours in an unspecified numbered edition [#1854], 27x20cm. Very good, top spine with light wear, boards sl. soiled, minor brown spots on page-edges. The most extensive specimen published by this firm. Extremely scarce. Ref.: Lane/ Lommen 334.