Type Specimen Book Identifier (1 results)
Published by Western Typesetting Co., [1936]., Kansas City, MO:, 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.Zephyr Used & Rare Books
Contact seller5-star sellerTwo vols. 1st. - 4to. 220 pp. Title and section titles printed in colour on thick cover stock, typefaces throughout. Black pictorial cloth, Western motif cowboy riding typeface on front cover, silver Art Deco lettering (slight shelfwear); 2nd - 8vo. 81, [1] pp. Typeface alphabets throughout, self-printed black & silver softcover…s (minor shelfwear), inserted into front pocket of Specimen book, NF set. First editions of both these excellent volumes on American type faces produced by the noted company during the 1930s. Western offered Linotype, Monotype, Ludlow, and Hand-set types, reproduction proofs, long wearing unconditionally guaranteed types, and other advantages towards their clients. The type specimens included hear encompass Scripts, Gothics, Spartans, Bodoni, Moderns, extensive special figures, and more. The Type Identifier lists over 400 different faces from ATF, Baltimore, Bauer, Continental, Intertype, Monotype, Ludlow, and other sources.