Type Book by Layton (5 results)

Disbound. Condition: Fair. First Edition. Unpaginated [80]. Disbound, no covers, a working copy. ND (1950s?). Soiling, chips all round, previous owner's stamp to first page, some pencil annotations, taped gutters, 1 page has red ink stains. Typefaces illustrated are Beton, Rockwell, Scripts, Slim, Times, Bodoni, Caslon, Garamond, Gill, Perpetua, Playbill. [808] Size: 370mm. x 255mm. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Shows the range of typefaces used by the publisher C & E Layton. This book is for anyone interested in the craft of printing and particularly the laying out of type, that is composing. Ex library book. Pencil markings on a few pages, not on the typeface pages. Faded and damaged cover and spine. Bound with string.…

Stapled Booklets. Condition: Very Good. No Jackets. Two very good Type Face catalogues from C.& E. Layton Typesetters and Printers, of Faringdon Street, London. Undated but appear to be from early 1950s, No Dust Jackets (as issued). Covers: both buff coloured stiff paper, the supplement is marbled but the Synopsis is plain; the Synopsis has a line drawing of Standard House to front whereas the Supplement has a company crest; both have black lettering to front and plain rear; Supplement has additional blue lettering to front; both are very clean and bright for their age; slight rubbing and bumping to all edges on both and 2 cm tear to top front of Synopsis but all present; small neat signature of previous owner to top front of Synopsis; both in remarkable condition for large format booklets of this age. Internally: very clean and tightly staple bound; some rusting to staples; overall very good. Unpaginated.…

4°, OBrosch. 1st edition. Contains many Typeexamples. 33 pages Rare copy. Title and first page loose, page 33 with missing piece, typeexample 14 slightly cracked, otherwise fine copy. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 0.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ca: 1928. Clean tan paper covered boards with brown titles. Cloth spine. Light shelf edge wear. Texts interior is tight, clean & intact. 28 laid in pages of the Erbar Group of Typefaces; Cable Group of Typefaces and Erbar Medium Italic. Showing the comprehensive collection of famous types, borders, and ornaments used by C&E Layton. Also included, the supplement to the Layton Type Book. Small paper hole on a laid in page. Typography ; Type Faces; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 120 pages.…