American Wood Type 1828-1900, Notes On the Evolution Of Decorated and Large Types and Comments On Related Trades Of the Period

New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co, 1969. cloth, dust jacket. 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 350 pages. First edition. Spine slightly faded, else a near fine copy in near fine jacket. With more than 600 types of wood type described and 100 specimens shown. Contains a list of known wood type specimen books. Bibliography, index. . Includes chapters on wood… Read more about this item

New York: A Da Capo Paperback, (197). paperback. 4to. paperback. 350 pages. First paperback edition. A near fine copy. With more than 600 types of wood type described and 100 specimens shown. Contains a list of known wood type specimen books. Bibliography, index. Includes chapters on wood type designers and printers, manufacturing details, wood type styles, chronological development, and… Read more about this item