I recently added a new specimen book to the Red Eel Press library... click on any image to view slideshow:
Shanks, P.M. & Sons, Ltd (1910) Specimens of printing types. London: P.M. Shanks & Sons, Ltd
Shanks (minus the pony)
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A fine specimen
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A copy of the 1912 American specimen book of type styles: complete catalogue of printing machinery & printing supplies arrived from Canada yesterday to take up its new home on the print library shelves:
Tally-ho
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A tally of types by Stanley Morison has been added to the print library shelves.
Coming to terms
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A new addition to the print library arrived this morning from the Netherlands. This 5th revised edition of The printer's terms: technical terms of the printing industry by Rudolf Hostettler is a beautifully understated little book. Printed in five languages - German, English, French, Italian & Dutch, containing a tipped in card ruler marked out in Didot points, cicero, ems, inches & centimetres. A little gem.
Say it with fleurons
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The super 'A suite of fleurons or a preliminary enquiry into the history & combinable natures of certain printers' flowers conducted by John Ryder' arrived in the post this morning, features the lovely Granjon's Arabesque amongst others.