Specimens of Printing Types in use at the Marion Press, Jamaica, Queensborough, New York. Together with a List of the Publications of the Marion Press.
Specimens of Printing Types in use at the Marion Press, Jamaica, Queensborough, New York. Together with a List of the Publications of the Marion Press.
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- Autore
- Type Specimens.
- Editori
- [Marion Press, New York]. 1899.
- Soggetto
- TYPE SPECIMEN MARION PRESS TYPOGRAPHY ANTIQUARIAN
Descrizione
First Edition, 16pp., woodcut frontis., introduction by Frank E. Hopkins followed by specimens of print types including: Caslon Old-Style, Commercial, Modern in various points, with a list of available publication of the Marion Press on inside cover, orig. paper wrappers, title printed on upper cover within a decorative border, uncut. Hopkins tells us in the introduction that ìIn October, 1896, while employed at the De Vinne Press, New York, I set up in the attic of my house a small hand-press. and named for my daughter, Marion Day. In February, 1898, I left the De Vinne Press, and set up for myself in the printing business. The types shown on the following pages are new, and most of them are in good-sized fonts.î
