Specimens of types & borders and illustrated catalogue of printers' joinery and materials

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Specimens of types & borders and illustrated catalogue of printers' joinery and materials

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Specimens of types & borders and illustrated catalogue of printers' joinery and materials
1921, H.W. Caslon & Co. Ltd. 82 & 83 Chiswell Street, London, E.C.1. And at Manchester, Glasgow, and Dublin.
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Edition Notes

The title page is printed in red and black. Many of the specimen leaves are also printed in two colours.

Pagination: [8], 24, 37-40, 40a-40h, 41-116, 125-166, [4], 167-264, 273-304, 304a-304d, 305-358, 363-410, 415-428, 437-486, [2], 487-496, 505-520, 529-552, 561-576, 585-660, 6, 6a-6b, 7-18, 21-90, 95-115, [1] pages, [1] leaf of plates.

This edition of Caslon's catalogue was originally published in 1921 (the date of the introduction). Many of the specimen pages were reprinted without change from the previous catalogue (dated 1911), and include specimen settings with dates between 1911 and 1918.

Issued in publisher's cloth with the cover title "Specimens of printing types and catalogue of material ..." and the spine title "Caslon."

Includes specimens of the types then available, beginning with "Caslon Old Face ... ", plus numerals, fractions, brackets, borders, ornaments, vignettes and a separately-paginated catalogue of "Brass rule ... ", "Printing materials ... ' etc.

Includes indexes to the types and to the rules and materials section and a "Revised price list of wood letter ... ' (dated 1 May 1921).

Rare Book copy: From the Typographic Library and Museum of the American Type Founders Company, with its bookplate.

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London, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin]
Other Titles
Specimens of printing types and catalogue of material, Caslon

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Pagination
[8], 660 [i.e. 602], 115, [i.e. 111], [1] pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates
Number of pages
660

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL44251592M
OCLC/WorldCat
919489094

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