LINOTYPE

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[Typescript (production copy?) of 'A Brief Survey of Printing History and Practice by Stanley Morison and Holbrook Jackson'. With 14 illustrations laid down, differing from those published, with label and two captions in Morison's autograph.

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Stanley Morison (1889-1967) and Holbrook Jackson (1874-1948) [The Fleuron Society; Linotype & Machinery Limited, London]
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The leaves of the typescript on letterheads of Linotype & Machinery Limited, London. Title-page: 'London | At the Office of the Fleuron | St. Stephen's House Westminster SW1 | 1923'.
£280.00

40pp., 4to, with sixteen additional leaves carrying laid-down printed matter. Stapled. In green card ad hoc binding, with white label on front cover in Morison's autograph, with ruled border, reading 'A Brief Survey of | Printing | Stanley Morison & Holbrook Jackson'. In fair condition, on aged paper, the leaves of the text having become detached from the aged and worn binding. The duplicated pages of typed text are on the rectos of forty leaves, each with letterhead of 'LINOTYPE & MACHINERY LIMITED, LONDON'.

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[Printed catalogue of Linotype type specimens.] Spécimen de Charactères, Vignettes & Filets Linotype. Entièrement exécuté sur machines a composer Linotype.

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[French Linotype type specimen book]
Publication details: 
[Morgenthaler Linotype.] Without date or place [French, 1930s?].
£225.00

28pp., landscape 12mo, printed on rectos only of 28 leaves. Dimensions 21 x 15 cm. In brown card wraps with brown cloth tape spine over staples. In fair condition, on aged thick paper, with foxing to title leaf, and damp staining at foot of first and last few pages. Printed decorative border on front cover, with same border in black ink on title page, enclosing the title in block capitals in red ink: 'SPÉCIMEN | DE | CARACTÈRES, VIGNETTES | & FILETS | LINOTYPE'.

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