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| 1 |  | A Description of the Early Printed Books Owned by the Grolier Club [full description] New York, The Grolier Club, 1895 First Edition, hardcover. Very Good/no DJ as issued. Limited edition of 400 copies; A catalogue of the books from the Grolier Club's Bruce Collection. George Bruce and his son David Wolfe Bruce had amassed one of the world's eminent collections on the history of printing and typography; a portion of thes were dontated to the Grolier Club in the 1890's ... [cont'd] CL# 625. Price: $ 160.00 
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| 2 | | Specimen Type Book [full description] Rochester, NY, Rochester Monotype Composition Company, n.d. (circa 1930's) First thus, wraps. Very Good/no DJ as issued. In addition, In addition to the revised specimen book this item includes two supplmentary documents with additional faces. This item is comprised of the following 4 parts which were issued by the Rochester Monotype Composition Company: The new and enlarged 219 page Specimens of Monotype and Lino Type Faces Borders Rules; the 76 page Supplement of new faces; the Table of Contents (which cove ... [cont'd] CL# 768. Price: $ 47.50
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| 3 | | Zapf, Hermann Pen and Graver [full description] New York, Museum Books, 1952 First Thus, hardcover. Very Good. Limited edition of 2000 copies; Designed by Hermann Zapf; Illustrations by Hermann Zapf; This manual of historical calligraphic styles has been admired by calligraphers, graphic designers and typophiles from its first publication in "Feder und Stichel" (German) in 1949. Zapf designed these 25 plates between 1939 and 1941. The renown punch cutter at Stempel ... [cont'd] CL# 631. Price: $ 375.00 (extra postage required)
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