Specimen Book and Catalogue 1923, ”Dedicated to the Typographic Art”. A quarter hardcover cloth binding with decorated endpapers, 7 x 10 and a massive 1,148 pages.
Sixty thousand copies of this book were printed entirely from type and brass rules in the Specimen Printing Department of the American Type Founders Company, Jersey City, N.J., USA. Ink dedication on FFEP presented to the New York School of Printing.
Richly illustrated with black and white and color specimens, decorative material, brass rules, printing machinery, plant equipment and design examples throughout. “The choicest selection of Publicity Types for the Commercial Printer and General Advertiser as well as the newest and best designs in Job Faces, Italics, Texts, Scripts, Shaded Faces, Gothics, Type-writer Faces, Body Types Accessories, etc.”
Heavy specimen book with an extensive illustrated Preface covering ATF’s history by R. W. Nelson, President and General Manager. With Sales Office and Agent information, ATF Policy, Company Management and a simplified Ready Reference Index. A more comprehensive (16) page Complete Index to Specimen Book and Catalogue at the back. Original folded Order Blank laid-in.
A very good plus hardcover with moderate wear to the covers, a few dings and small tears to the exterior spine cloth with rubbing along most edges. No noticeable damage inside except for a few pages either chipped or bent at the corners. Binding is solid and interior pages are still bright and fresh. Excellent!