Collection: Typography

This large collection of vintage typography-focused books, catalogues and journals explores how type design influences perception and conveys emotions, while also providing creative inspiration for designers, illustrators, and anyone passionate about the visual power of language.

Guide Pratique du Compositeur (1855, first edition) by Théotiste Lefevre | Firmin Didot Frères

Guide Pratique du Compositeur (1855, first edition) by Théotiste Lefevre | Firmin Didot Frères

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Typos 1 An International Journal of Typography | ed. Fred Lambert | London School of Printing, 1980

Typos 1 An International Journal of Typography | ed. Fred Lambert | London School of Printing, 1980

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Friedrich Hölderlin – Der Rhein Ein Gedicht | Monotype Corporation booklet, undated

Friedrich Hölderlin – Der Rhein Ein Gedicht | Monotype Corporation booklet, undated

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Rookledge’s International handbook of designers Ron Eason, Sarah Rookledge | Sarema Press, 1991 | First edition

Rookledge’s International handbook of designers Ron Eason, Sarah Rookledge | Sarema Press, 1991 | First edition

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The Layton Type Book | Type Faces: C. E. Layton Typesetters & Printers c.1930s

The Layton Type Book | Type Faces: C. E. Layton Typesetters & Printers c.1930s

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Scientific Copyfitting for 'Monotype' & 'Monophoto Machines' | The Monotype Corporation Limited

Scientific Copyfitting for 'Monotype' & 'Monophoto Machines' | The Monotype Corporation Limited

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American Type Founders 2 x type specimen leaflets: Stymie Bold and Park Avenue

American Type Founders 2 x type specimen leaflets: Stymie Bold and Park Avenue

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Memories of Willy de Majo booklet to accompany Memorial Evening 28 February 1994 The Society of Typographic Designers in association with ICONOGRADA

Memories of Willy de Majo booklet to accompany Memorial Evening 28 February 1994 The Society of Typographic Designers in association with ICONOGRADA

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William Caslon 1766–1966 | Wynkyn de Worde | Portfolio with nine inserts, 1966

William Caslon 1766–1966 | Wynkyn de Worde | Portfolio with nine inserts, 1966

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Assymetric Typography by Jan Tschichold | translated by Ruari McLean | Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York 1967

Assymetric Typography by Jan Tschichold | translated by Ruari McLean | Reinhold Publishing Corporation, New York 1967

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Typographic – The Journal of the Society of Typographic Designers | Issue 38/39, 1990

Typographic – The Journal of the Society of Typographic Designers | Issue 38/39, 1990

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Libra Medium and Light | Amsterdam Type Foundry type specimen | S.H. de Roos | Undated, presumed c.1938

Libra Medium and Light | Amsterdam Type Foundry type specimen | S.H. de Roos | Undated, presumed c.1938

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The Development & Classification of Type Design Originally compiled by R.E. O’Brien revised by H. Foster | Newcastle upon Tyne College of Art and Technology School of Art and Design Graphics and Print Production Section, undated

The Development & Classification of Type Design Originally compiled by R.E. O’Brien revised by H. Foster | Newcastle upon Tyne College of Art and Technology School of Art and Design Graphics and Print Production Section, undated

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Christmas and New Year 1927-1928 Selected Types and Borders | H.W. Caslon & Co Ltd type specimen brochure

Christmas and New Year 1927-1928 Selected Types and Borders | H.W. Caslon & Co Ltd type specimen brochure

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Typographische Variationen by Herman Zapf, 1963

Typographische Variationen by Herman Zapf, 1963

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Medieval: An Intertype Face | Type specimen booklet | Intertype Corporation

Medieval: An Intertype Face | Type specimen booklet | Intertype Corporation

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Type Designs of the Past and Present by Stanley Morison | The Fleuron, 1926

Type Designs of the Past and Present by Stanley Morison | The Fleuron, 1926

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Giovanni Pozzi | Francesco Donna et Alde Manuce | Monotype Corporation, 1962

Giovanni Pozzi | Francesco Donna et Alde Manuce | Monotype Corporation, 1962

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Nouveau Manuel de Typographie A. Frey La Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret 1835

Nouveau Manuel de Typographie A. Frey La Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret 1835

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Proceedings of the Master Printers of Basel against Johann Pistorius. Before the Lower Council of that City during June, 1698 | Paul Hayden Duensing, Vicksburg, 1982

Proceedings of the Master Printers of Basel against Johann Pistorius. Before the Lower Council of that City during June, 1698 | Paul Hayden Duensing, Vicksburg, 1982

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PM issue number 8 | Journal for Production Managers | F. W. Goudy | April 1935

PM issue number 8 | Journal for Production Managers | F. W. Goudy | April 1935

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Grundsetzliches Schrift und Werkzeug heft 1 Pentagram | Philipp Luidl 1982

Grundsetzliches Schrift und Werkzeug heft 1 Pentagram | Philipp Luidl 1982

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A Pocket Picture Book of Monotype Machines | Undated, presumed 1960s

A Pocket Picture Book of Monotype Machines | Undated, presumed 1960s

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Intertype Headletter and Display type faces | Type specimen booklet, undated

Intertype Headletter and Display type faces | Type specimen booklet, undated

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