Stephenson Blake Printing Types (9 results)

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.

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

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

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 233 pages. 9.80x6.80x0.70 inches. In Stock.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Red canvas covers, titled in black, spiral-bound. A near fine copy. With an excellent selection of types, borders and ornaments.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: Good. Caslon Letter Foundry, Sheffield, UK 1950. First Edition. 1st Printing. 236 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Jacket has edge wear, long tears, missing chips. Size: 8vo 7.75 - 9.75'' tall. Books on Books::Printing 5993.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. Undated, but an additional slip pasted on to page 3 is dated Aug 1952. 84 pages. In the original printed card covers, but these are badly torn, worn, creased and soiled. With strong to a hole punched to the upper inner corner. 2 more slips pasted in to page 78. Pages 41-44 are detached from the staples, but held in by the strong. Small tears to some page edges.

236 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. 236 pp. 1 vols. Tall 8vo. Beige cloth-backed boards. Light toning and shelf wear around edges, else Near Fine, in toned dust jacket.

2 catalogues bound in 1 (as issued), cloth, gilt cover-titles, 4to, vi, [2], 27,[1],47-126, 145-152, [163-166], 173-177,[1], 191-211,[1], 221-267,[1], 171-288,[2], 291-294,301-344 + xvi, 77 pp, ills (some colour). Scarce: Two copies only of the 1925 Composing Room Equipment catalogue found on JISC Discover, and one (2014) auction record (for the combined catalogue). The type catalogue is less scarce but the earlier issues as here are still uncommon. The contents of the first, type, catalogue are given as: "Introductory Matter i-viii pp; Book and News Letter 1-28; Display Letter 49-126,200-212; Grotesques and Sans Sérifs 141-156; Scripts 171-178; Black Letter 191-198; Typewriters 199; Initials 221-227; Borders, Ornaments, &c. 228-268; Figures 271-288; Spacing Material 291-294; Brass Rule 301-308; Electros and Sundries 311-338; Wood Letter 339-340; Miscellaneous Information, Index, &c. 341-344. " Despite the typically erratic pagination of the type catalogue, both catalogues appear complete as issued. Name and date (1931) on front free endpaper, pencilled date 1927 on title-page of first catalogue, covers somewhat rubbed and scuffed with minor bubbling and slight wear, rebacked with the original spine laid down, internally a Good clean copy.