Collection: Type Specimens

This amazing selection of hard-to-find vintage brochures, booklets and promotional material represents many of the world's leading type foundries and type designers.

Type specimen for Garaldus | Società Nebiolo, Torino Aldo Novarese, 1956

Type specimen for Garaldus | Società Nebiolo, Torino Aldo Novarese, 1956

Regular price £175.00 GBP

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Nonesuch News – 1935 – broadsheet/poster folded | The Nonesuch Press

Nonesuch News – 1935 – broadsheet/poster folded | The Nonesuch Press

Regular price £40.00 GBP

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Printing types from the Caslon Letter Foundry | Stephenson Blake Sheffield, 1953

Printing types from the Caslon Letter Foundry | Stephenson Blake Sheffield, 1953

Regular price £45.00 GBP

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A Catalogue of Typefaces, Borders, Rules | Western Typesetting Co, Bristol 1930s?

A Catalogue of Typefaces, Borders, Rules | Western Typesetting Co, Bristol 1930s?

Regular price £28.00 GBP

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Monotype ‘Monotype Imprint' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

Monotype ‘Monotype Imprint' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

Regular price £39.00 GBP

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Soldans Introduce Variante to the British Printer | Soldans Ltd | Undated

Soldans Introduce Variante to the British Printer | Soldans Ltd | Undated

Regular price £22.00 GBP

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Supplementary Catalogue of Printing Novelties | Soldan & Co, Book No. 11

Supplementary Catalogue of Printing Novelties | Soldan & Co, Book No. 11

Regular price £65.00 GBP

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Folio fett type specimen folder + inserts. Bauersche Gießerei Frankfurt, undated

Folio fett type specimen folder + inserts. Bauersche Gießerei Frankfurt, undated

Regular price £260.00 GBP

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Monotype Corporation | Falstaff type specimens x 4 | Printed by Oliver Burridge & Co

Monotype Corporation | Falstaff type specimens x 4 | Printed by Oliver Burridge & Co

Regular price £105.00 GBP

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2 x Stephenson Blake type specimen sheets: Wide Sans and Narrow Sans Italic | Wace Group

2 x Stephenson Blake type specimen sheets: Wide Sans and Narrow Sans Italic | Wace Group

Regular price £40.00 GBP

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Monotype Corporation – collection of 20 type specimen sheets | Undated

Monotype Corporation – collection of 20 type specimen sheets | Undated

Regular price £125.00 GBP

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Sabon – A New Type Design by Jan Tschichold | Type specimen leaflet, undated

Sabon – A New Type Design by Jan Tschichold | Type specimen leaflet, undated

Regular price £110.00 GBP

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Interype Cairo – type specimen booklet | Intertype Corporation, undated

Interype Cairo – type specimen booklet | Intertype Corporation, undated

Regular price £85.00 GBP

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Ludlow/Brightype/Elrod | Folder for Ludlow Typography Company | Empty folder

Ludlow/Brightype/Elrod | Folder for Ludlow Typography Company | Empty folder

Regular price £40.00 GBP

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Typefounders - collection of 48 type specimen sheets | Venus, Grotesque, Folio, Fortune, News Gothic, etc

Typefounders - collection of 48 type specimen sheets | Venus, Grotesque, Folio, Fortune, News Gothic, etc

Regular price £325.00 GBP

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Bazar type specimen leaflet | Imre Reiner | D. Stempel AG Frankfurt, 1956

Bazar type specimen leaflet | Imre Reiner | D. Stempel AG Frankfurt, 1956

Regular price £50.00 GBP

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Post Title Berthold Type Foundry Type supplement issued by Print in Britain 1956

Post Title Berthold Type Foundry Type supplement issued by Print in Britain 1956

Regular price £38.00 GBP

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Type specimen sheet | Paganini Alessandro Butti Raffaello Bertieri | Societá Nebiolo

Type specimen sheet | Paganini Alessandro Butti Raffaello Bertieri | Societá Nebiolo

Regular price £110.00 GBP

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Type specimen sheet | Famiglia Cairoli | Societá Nebiolo Torino Il Dugento Exhibition, 1957

Type specimen sheet | Famiglia Cairoli | Societá Nebiolo Torino Il Dugento Exhibition, 1957

Regular price £110.00 GBP

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Type specimen – Ludlow Garamond Bold and Italic | Ludlow Typography Company | Undated

Type specimen – Ludlow Garamond Bold and Italic | Ludlow Typography Company | Undated

Regular price £48.00 GBP

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Type Specimen Book of 'Monotype' Rules, Borders, Figures etc | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

Type Specimen Book of 'Monotype' Rules, Borders, Figures etc | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

Regular price £130.00 GBP

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Advertisers Gothics. American Type Founders type specimen sheet, undated

Advertisers Gothics. American Type Founders type specimen sheet, undated

Regular price £49.00 GBP

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21st Century Typecase. Type specimen booklet | International Typefounders, undated

21st Century Typecase. Type specimen booklet | International Typefounders, undated

Regular price £40.00 GBP

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Text Typefaces | Equation Graphics Ltd, London type specimen booklet

Text Typefaces | Equation Graphics Ltd, London type specimen booklet

Regular price £35.00 GBP

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