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8vo. original cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. 96 pages with two fold-out plates. Magnificently printed specimen book by the leader in commercially done fine printing in England. Dust jacket with some loss along the bottom edge of the spine, else a near fine copy. Very scarce with the dist jacket. Most of this specimen book was written by Stanley Morison with some alterations by Francis Meynell (Appleton 19a). Done in many colors. Some new faces have been added to this second impression. original cloth, paper spine label, dust jacket. Type Specimens (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Green polished cloth with a spine label, 8vo., 96 pages, illustrated with type specimens, borders, initials, printer's flowers, etc. and with two fold-out plates. Second impression with added typefaces. Printed in blue, red and black at the Pelican Press. Spine faded, moderate wear and soiling, cocked, else a very good copy.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 8vo. 96 pp + 2 folding pls, second impression (with additions), the two folding plates printed in red and black and specimen sheets displaying a variety of type faces. Pages of text within different decorative borders and section of borders printed in red and black. Blank endpapers foxed, some light browning and faint spoadic foxing, good in original pale green cloth, bevelled boards, paper label to spine, spine sun faded, moinor markings to boards, label rubbed, good. please see photos supplied. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. …

96 p. Two folding plates printed in red and black and many specimen sheets displaying a variety of type faces. Every page has the text within different decorative borders and there is a separate section of borders printed in red and black. Bound in pale green clooth over bevelled boards. The spine is faded and the paper label is chipped on one corner, not affecting the text. Internally clean and tight.…

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 112. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1926 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 112.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Printed in blue, red and black, decorated with borders, specimens and initials. Green buckram boards with printed label. Slight spotting to endpapers. A very good bright copy. (Rogerson 149b.)The second edition, enlarged and reset. Additional faces include Naudin, Neuland, Semisat and Koch Italic. The introductory text `The Written Word and the Printed Word' is a reprint, with minor alterations, of Stanley Morison's `The Craft of Printing'.…