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  • "Freedom and Equality"
    Martin Luther King Jr.; Peter Gee
    "Freedom and Equality", 1968
    N.p.: HKL ltd.
    $ 750.00 Sold
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    Martin Luther King Jr.; Peter Gee, "Freedom and Equality", 1968
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  • 26 Type Designers. Box, cube, and brochure
    26 Type Designers, 2004
    Orinda, CA: Shoestring Press
    One of twenty-six copies.
    $ 250.00 Sold
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    26 Type Designers, 2004
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  • A Leaf History of British Printing From 1610 to 1774. Box and title page
    Geoffrey Wakeman
    A Leaf History of British Printing From 1610 to 1774, 1986
    Oxford: Plough Press
    One of 110 copies.
    $ 950.00 Sold
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    Geoffrey Wakeman, A Leaf History of British Printing From 1610 to 1774, 1986
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  • A Natural History of the Typestickers of Los Angeles by William M. Cheney and Edwin H. Carpenter. Front cover boards.
    William M. Cheney; Edwin H. Carpenter
    A Natural History of The Typestickers of Los Angeles, 1960
    Los Angeles: Rounce & Coffin Club
    Inscribed by Cheney and by the author of the preface, H. Richard Archer.
    $ 30.00 Sold
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    William M. Cheney; Edwin H. Carpenter, A Natural History of The Typestickers of Los Angeles, 1960
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  • ABC Gem Box by Kurt H. Volk. O illustration
    Kurt H. Volk
    ABC Gem Box, (1941)
    NY: Kurt H. Volk, Inc.
    One of 1,000 copies.
    $ 400.00 Sold
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  • G. Harvey Petty, Alphabet Sentences: Scribal Art Through Sixteen Centuries, 1978
    G. Harvey Petty
    Alphabet Sentences: Scribal Art Through Sixteen Centuries, 1978
    Skokie, IL: Black Cat Press
    One of 249 copies.
    $ 100.00 Sold
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  • William Cheney, Big Type Book: Types in the Cases of William M. Cheney, 1961
    William Cheney
    Big Type Book: Types in the Cases of William M. Cheney, 1961
    Los Angeles: Dawson's Book Shop
    One of 100 copies, signed by Cheney.
    $ 275.00 Sold
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  • G. Harvey Petty, Calligraphy & Lettering: Quotations Collected by G. Harvey Petty, 1984
    G. Harvey Petty
    Calligraphy & Lettering: Quotations Collected by G. Harvey Petty, 1984
    Evanston, IL: Press of Ward Schori
    $ 50.00 Sold
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    G. Harvey Petty, Calligraphy & Lettering: Quotations Collected by G. Harvey Petty, 1984
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  • Christmas Card to John Borden by W.A. Dwiggins.
    W.A. Dwiggins
    Christmas Card to John Borden, (n.d.)
    N.p.: William Addison Dwiggins
    Envelope inscribed to the addressee in pencil "from WAD."
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  • Christmas Type Sampler, 1995
    Christmas Type Sampler, 1995
    (Salt Lake City): University of Utah and The Allen Press
    $ 100.00 Sold
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    Christmas Type Sampler, 1995
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  • H. C. Brooks, Compendiosa Bibliografia di Edizioni Bodoniane, 1927
    H. C. Brooks
    Compendiosa Bibliografia di Edizioni Bodoniane, 1927
    Firenze [Florence]: Tipografia Barbera
    First edition. One of 750 copies.
    $ 120.00 Sold
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    H. C. Brooks, Compendiosa Bibliografia di Edizioni Bodoniane, 1927
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  • Die 100 Wörter des Jahrhunderts. Internal images
    Die 100 Wörter des Jahrhunderts, 1999
    Grosshansdorf: Officina Ludi
    One of 100 copies.
    $ 750.00 Sold
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  • Rollin Milroy, Elements in Correlation: Printing with the Handpress at Heavenly Monkey, 2009
    Rollin Milroy
    Elements in Correlation: Printing with the Handpress at Heavenly Monkey, 2009
    Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey
    One of forty copies.
    $ 3,600.00 Sold
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    Rollin Milroy, Elements in Correlation: Printing with the Handpress at Heavenly Monkey, 2009
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  • Flash Card Word Clouds by Kara Lack. Box and chemise
    Kara Lack
    Flash Card Word Clouds, 2015
    London: Zittern Press
    One of nineteen copies.
    $ 650.00 Sold
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  • Jean Scott Neel, Great Documents Series. Americana Edition, 1970
    Jean Scott Neel
    Great Documents Series. Americana Edition, 1970
    Tarzana, CA: Twin Vision Publishing Division, American Brotherhood for the Blind
    $ 450.00 Sold
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  • "Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum"
    Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, 2008
    Saint Paul, MN: Blinc Publishing
    One of 150 numbered copies, signed by the printer, Bill Moran.
    $ 20.00 Sold
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    Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum, 2008
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  • Le Chiffre Moderne. Alphabets pour Draps, Taies, Linge de table, Echarpes, Lingerie, etc... Wrappers
    Le Chiffre Moderne. Alphabets pour Draps, Taies, Linge de table, Echarpes, Lingerie, etc..., (c. 1920)
    Lyon: G. Poty
    $ 975.00 Sold
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    Le Chiffre Moderne. Alphabets pour Draps, Taies, Linge de table, Echarpes, Lingerie, etc..., (c. 1920)
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  • Lego en Faîte. La Cabine de Gouville. Binding
    Alain Briand
    Lego en Faîte. La Cabine de Gouville, 2023
    (France)
    Unique, limitation and titling written by the artist.
    $ 1,500.00 Sold
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    Alain Briand, Lego en Faîte. La Cabine de Gouville, 2023
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  • Manuale Calligraphicum. Type specimen
    David Pankow (ed.)
    Manuale Calligraphicum. Examples of Calligraphy by Students of Hermann Zapf at RIT, 2016
    Rochester, NY: Cary Graphic Arts Collection
    One of 325 copies. Signed by the editor, David Pankow, and by Steven Galbraith, curator of the Cary Graphic Arts Collection, who penned the Foreword.
    $ 275.00 Sold
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    David Pankow (ed.), Manuale Calligraphicum. Examples of Calligraphy by Students of Hermann Zapf at RIT, 2016
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  • Rollin Milroy, Metal Type, 2013
    Rollin Milroy
    Metal Type, 2013
    Vancouver: Heavenly Monkey
    One of thirty-five copies.
    $ 1,500.00 Sold
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    Rollin Milroy, Metal Type, 2013
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  • Moderne Monogrammen. Illustration
    C. Sielens
    Moderne Monogrammen, (c. 1941)
    Antwerp: Techniek
    $ 650.00 Sold
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    C. Sielens, Moderne Monogrammen, (c. 1941)
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  • Nieuwejaars Heil-en Zegenwensch... Broadside.
    Nieuwejaars Heil-en Zegenwensch..., 1856
    Utrecht
    $ 200.00 Sold
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    Nieuwejaars Heil-en Zegenwensch..., 1856
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  • Victor Hammer, Proofs of two-color initial for Dialogue on the Uncial, 1946
    Victor Hammer
    Proofs of two-color initial for Dialogue on the Uncial, 1946
    Aurora, NY: Hammer Press
    Numbered in pencil by the artist and with an editorial note by him.
    $ 150.00 Sold
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    Victor Hammer, Proofs of two-color initial for Dialogue on the Uncial, 1946
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  • Some Types Talk, Others Only Whisper, n.d
    Some Types Talk, Others Only Whisper, n.d
    North Brookfield, MA: Sun Hill Press
    Inscribed by Sun Hill Press proprietor and printer, Darrell Hyder.
    $ 20.00 Sold
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  • Spécimen de caractères. Binding
    Spécimen de caractères, 1943
    Paris: École Estienne, Atelier de Composition Typographique
    $ 1,500.00 Sold
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    Spécimen de caractères, 1943
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  • The Book of Jonah. Text spread
    Russell Maret
    The Book of Jonah, 2012
    (NY): Russell Maret
    One of 80 copies, signed by the artist.
    $ 950.00 Sold
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  • The Construction of Roman Letters by Albrecht Dürer. Title page
    Bruce Rogers
    The Construction of Roman Letters by Albrecht Dürer, 1924
    Cambridge, Dunster House
    One of 350 copies.
    $ 350.00 Sold
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    Bruce Rogers, The Construction of Roman Letters by Albrecht Dürer, 1924
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  • Mark van Stone, The Evolution of the Medieval Decorated Letter, (1985)
    Mark van Stone
    The Evolution of the Medieval Decorated Letter, (1985)
    (Portland, OR)
    Signed by van Stone on the last leaf.
    $ 200.00 Sold
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    Mark van Stone, The Evolution of the Medieval Decorated Letter, (1985)
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  • The Story of Writing by William Thayer and William Merriott. Colophon.
    William Merriott; William Thayer
    The Story of Writing, 1935
    Greenfield, MA: Greenfield High School
    $ 175.00 Sold
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    William Merriott; William Thayer, The Story of Writing, 1935
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  • Thirteen original lettering designs by Reginald Knowles.
    Reginald Knowles
    Thirteen original lettering designs, c. 1925
    (United Kingdom)
    $ 1,250.00 Sold
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    Reginald Knowles, Thirteen original lettering designs, c. 1925
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  • Variations on the Theme of Twenty-Six Letters by David Kindersley. Front cover and box
    David Kindersley
    Variations on the Theme of Twenty-Six Letters, 1969
    Wellingborough, UK: Skelton's Press
    One of 550 copies.
    $ 40.00 Sold
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    David Kindersley, Variations on the Theme of Twenty-Six Letters, 1969
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