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.

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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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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Typographic connections. A European conference about typographic history, theory and practice | The Monotype Conference, 1992

Typographic connections. A European conference about typographic history, theory and practice | The Monotype Conference, 1992

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Belgica Typographica 1541-1600 Volume one only| Bibliotheca Regia Bruxellensis, B De Graaf, 1968 | from the library of J.W. Joliffe

Belgica Typographica 1541-1600 Volume one only| Bibliotheca Regia Bruxellensis, B De Graaf, 1968 | from the library of J.W. Joliffe

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Prospectus for On Type Faces by Stanley Morison | Medici Fleuron 1923

Prospectus for On Type Faces by Stanley Morison | Medici Fleuron 1923

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Text Typefaces | Equation Graphics Ltd, London type specimen booklet

Text Typefaces | Equation Graphics Ltd, London type specimen booklet

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Tact in Typographical Design by Stanley Morison | A Type Specimen designed by Will Carter at The Rampant Lions Press, 1962

Tact in Typographical Design by Stanley Morison | A Type Specimen designed by Will Carter at The Rampant Lions Press, 1962

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Alphabet-Album | Joseph-Balthazar Silvestre, 1843 | Edited by J. Techener, Place du Louvre, No. 12

Alphabet-Album | Joseph-Balthazar Silvestre, 1843 | Edited by J. Techener, Place du Louvre, No. 12

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Alphabets – compiled by Laurence Scarfe | Batsford, 1954

Alphabets – compiled by Laurence Scarfe | Batsford, 1954

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Signal Light/Medium/Black | Berthold Type Foundry type specimen leaflet | Design Walter Wege

Signal Light/Medium/Black | Berthold Type Foundry type specimen leaflet | Design Walter Wege

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Nineteenth XIXth Century Ornamented Types & Title Pages by Nicolette Gray | Faber & Faber, 1938 | ex-library Westminster Public Libraries

Nineteenth XIXth Century Ornamented Types & Title Pages by Nicolette Gray | Faber & Faber, 1938 | ex-library Westminster Public Libraries

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The Typographic Scene by Walter Tracy | Gordon Fraser, London, 1988

The Typographic Scene by Walter Tracy | Gordon Fraser, London, 1988

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Essai typographique et bibliographique de l'histoire de la gravure sur bois. Pour faire suite aux costumes anciens et modernes de César Vécellio by A.F. Didot | César Vécellio, 1863

Essai typographique et bibliographique de l'histoire de la gravure sur bois. Pour faire suite aux costumes anciens et modernes de César Vécellio by A.F. Didot | César Vécellio, 1863

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Type & Typography. Highlights from the Matrix, the review for printers & bibliophiles | Mark Batty, 2003

Type & Typography. Highlights from the Matrix, the review for printers & bibliophiles | Mark Batty, 2003

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