Description: As New in As New dust jacket; Oak Knoll Press; 1994; Hardcover. 188471806X. "The original edition of [this book] was published in 1975 and limited to 500 copies". "The book contains historical accounts of each foundry, a list of their specimen books with size and number of pages, and countless tidbits of fascinating historical and typographical information. "; 4to 11"-13" tall; 286 pp. read more
Description: Annenberg, Maurice. Type Foundries of America and their Catalogs. Quarto. xviii, 276pp. New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1994. Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, 2000. Cloth, with dust jacket. Fine. * With the original edition out of print and extremely difficult to find for under booksellers, collectors, librarians and bibliographers for its great usefulness as the definitive bibliography of American type specimen books. This edition contains an appendix listing 73 type specimen books ... read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9781884718069ISBN:188471806X
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Virtually no signs of handling; light pencil notation on flyleaf; otherwise, as new. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 304 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Better than a first edition. The definitive work on the history of American typefounding: contains historical accounts of virtually every American type foundry, a comprehensive list of their specimen books, and countless tidbits of fascinating historical and typographic information. This edition ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Date Published: 1994-12
ISBN-13:9781884718069ISBN:188471806X
Description: New. Brand new. We distribute directly for the publisher. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Hardcover. Ships daily. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Maran, Baltimore
Date Published: 1975
Description: First edition. ONE OF 500 COPIES ONLY. Original decorated cloth, very good plus, in dust wrapper, 11 X 8 1/2 inches. xiii, 245 pages. Reviews tipped in. Small marginal stain on rear blanks. Illustrated. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 1994.
Description: Reprint. Special Description Note-This is not a print on demand edition. Care has been taken to enhance and improve the original text whenever possible. Martino Publishing follows the standards of traditional printing and quality is a primary concern. We distinguish ourselves from Print on Demand by our quality controls, paper quality and binding quality. Cloth, dust jacket, 4to. xviii, 276pp. As New. With the original edition out of print and extremely difficult to find for under $450, this ... read more
Edition: Reprint of First Edition with additions
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press, New Castle / The British Library, London
Date Published: 1994
Description: Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Recognized by booksellers, collectors, librarians and bibliographers for its great usefulness as the definitive bibliography of American type specimen books. This edition contains an appendix listing 73 type specimen books unknown at the time of the first edition, more than 10 percent of the former total. Type Foundries contains historical accounts of each foundry, a list of their specimen books with size and number of pages and countless tidbits of ... read more
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