[Rarebooks] FS: Type foundries of America

[Nina W. Matheson]

For your consideration today:

Annenberg, Maurice.   Type foundries of America and their 
catalogs.  Baltimore and Washington, Maran Printing Services, 1975. 
Original cloth. Fine in dust jacket. The first edition of this admired 
book. One of 500 numbered copies. 245 pp. Reviews from The Kemble 
Occasional and AB Bookman's Weekly and an order form for the book laid in. $100

American Type Founders.   The book of American types.  Elizabeth, New 
Jersey [c1941]. Original red cloth. Repaired at the head of the backstrip, 
repaired splits at the foot of the front joint and the middle portion of 
the rear joint, corners rubbed, otherwise very good, hinges sound. 191 pp. 
1941 supplement to The book of American types in a pocket on the front 
pastedown (fine in original wrappers). Annenberg / Type foundries of 
America and their catalogs, p. 44.  $50

Barnhart Brothers & Spindler.   Preferred type faces. [Specimen] book 
number 10.  Chicago [c1913]. Original green cloth. Lightly chipped at the 
head and foot of the backstrip, corners rubbed, otherwise very good. 172 
pp. Annenberg / Type Foundries of America and Their Catalogs (1994 
edition), p. 59.  $100


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