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.

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

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

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Type Design Developments 1970 to 1985 by LW Wallis | National Composition Association, 1985

Type Design Developments 1970 to 1985 by LW Wallis | National Composition Association, 1985

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Stanley Morison Displayed by Herbert Jones | Frederick Muller Limited, 1976

Stanley Morison Displayed by Herbert Jones | Frederick Muller Limited, 1976

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Re-Dressing the House-Set Advertisements | Reprinted from the Monotype Recorder

Re-Dressing the House-Set Advertisements | Reprinted from the Monotype Recorder

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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

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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

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Typographic 13. Journal of the Society of Typographic Designers March 1979

Typographic 13. Journal of the Society of Typographic Designers March 1979

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Monotype Corporation – collection of 20 type specimen sheets | Undated

Monotype Corporation – collection of 20 type specimen sheets | Undated

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Finer Points in the spacing & arrangement of Type by Geoffrey Dowding | Hartley & Marks, 1995

Finer Points in the spacing & arrangement of Type by Geoffrey Dowding | Hartley & Marks, 1995

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

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

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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

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Letters & Lettering: A Treatise with 200 Examples | Frank Chouteau Brown, 1921

Letters & Lettering: A Treatise with 200 Examples | Frank Chouteau Brown, 1921

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The Nymph and the Grot by James Mosley | Friends of St Bride, 1999 | signed

The Nymph and the Grot by James Mosley | Friends of St Bride, 1999 | signed

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Keepsake presented to the Friends of The Composing Room, Inc. A Specimen of Printing Types Benjamin Franklin Bache's Printing Office

Keepsake presented to the Friends of The Composing Room, Inc. A Specimen of Printing Types Benjamin Franklin Bache's Printing Office

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A History of the Old English Letter Foundries With Notes Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography by Talbot Baines Reed | enlarged version by A.F. Johnson | Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1974

A History of the Old English Letter Foundries With Notes Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography by Talbot Baines Reed | enlarged version by A.F. Johnson | Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1974

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Design With Type by Carl Dair | University of Toronto Press, 1988

Design With Type by Carl Dair | University of Toronto Press, 1988

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Typefaces held by Conway Photosetting / Typography, London | Leaflet | November 1965

Typefaces held by Conway Photosetting / Typography, London | Leaflet | November 1965

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Important Announcement to Users of Intertype Matrices | 1959 booklet

Important Announcement to Users of Intertype Matrices | 1959 booklet

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

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

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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

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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

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Report on the Typography of Cambridge University Press | Bruce Rogers | Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1968

Report on the Typography of Cambridge University Press | Bruce Rogers | Wynkyn de Worde Society, 1968

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Type Designs by A.F. Johnson | Third revised edition | Andre Deutsch, 1966

Type Designs by A.F. Johnson | Third revised edition | Andre Deutsch, 1966

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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

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