Author: Annenberg, Maurice (and) Stephen Saxe (and) Elizabeth Lieberman
Title: Type Foundries of America and Their Catalogs
Description: New Castle, DE, Oak Knoll Press, 1994. Hardcover. A white casebound book with a gray dust jacket. The title is printed in red down the spine of the dust jacket. There is a mylar jacket, as well. The free and pasted end pages are illustrated. Pages: (4), v-xxi, 1-286. Contains many black-and-white illustrations. "[This book] is the definitive bibliography of American type specimen books. The book contains historical accounts of each foundry, a list of their specimen books with size and number of pages, and countless tidbits of fascinating historical and typographical information." Contents are as follows: Henry L. Bullen -- American Type Founders Company -- Bache, Benjamin Franklin -- Baltimore Type Foundry -- Barnhart Brothers and Spindler -- Baine, John and Grandson -- Bay, Jacob -- Benton, Waldo and Company -- Binny and Ronaldson -- Binny, John -- Boston Type Foundry -- Bresnan Type Foundry -- Bruce's New York Type Foundry -- Buell, Abel -- Buffalo Type Foundry -- California Type Foundry -- Central Type Foundry -- Chandler, Adorinam and Company -- Cincinnati Type Foundry -- Cleveland Type Foundry -- Collins and M' Leester -- Conner Type Foundry -- Cortelyou's Type Foundry -- Crescent Type Foundry -- Damon and Peets -- Dickinson Type Foundry -- Empire State Type Foundry -- Farmer, Little and Company -- Farmer, A.D. and Son -- Fox, Justus -- Franklin Type and Stereotype Foundry -- Green, H.H. Type Foundry -- Hagar Type Foundry -- Hansen, H.C. Type Foundry -- Heinrich, Ph. -- Holmes and Curtis -- Howe and Company -- Illinois Type Founding Company -- Inland Type Foundry -- Johnson and Smith -- Johnson, L. and Company -- Kansas City Type Foundry -- Keystone Type Foundry -- Kinsley, A.W. and Company -- Knickerbocker Type Foundry -- Lindsay Type Foundry -- Lothian, Robert -- Lothian Type Foundry -- MacKellar, Smiths and Jordan -- Manhattan Type Foundry -- Mappa, Adam Gerard -- Marder, Luse and Company -- Mechanics Type Foundry -- Mengel, John G. and Company -- Minnesota Type Foundry -- Mitchelson, David -- New England Type Foundry -- Ohio Type Foundry -- Pacific States Type Foundry -- Palmer and Rey -- Pelouze, Edward -- Pelouze, Lewis -- Reich, Starr and Company -- Richmond Type Foundry -- Robb and Ecklin -- Ronaldson, James -- Ryan, John Type Foundry -- Sower, Christopher -- St. Louis Type Foundry -- Standard Type Foundry -- Starr, R. and Company -- Starr's Type Foundry -- Union Type Foundry -- Washington Type Foundry -- Western Type Foundry -- White's Type Foundry -- Printing Periodicals -- Appendix 1. Type specimen collections -- Appendix 2. Additionally type specimen books -- Appendix 3. A new type foundry -- Appendix 4. The New York Public Library collection -- Appendix 5. The Smithsonian Institution collection -- Appendix 6. The Stephen O. Saxe collection -- Appendix 7. Errata, omissions and duplications -- Appendix 8. Select bibliography. VG: Exlibrary book. There is a stamp on the front pasted end page, and a sticker on the front free end page. There is a stamp on the back free end page, and a due date card and sticker on the back pasted end page. Stamp on the top text block.

Keywords: Books and Manuscripts and Printing ; Type Styles ; ;


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