American Wood Type

American Wood Type Mfg. Co. PRINTERS SUPPLIES, WOOD TYPE, METAL TYPE, CUTTING STICKS, WOOD FURNITU RE ... New York American Wood Type Mfg. Co. n.d.
Filled with illustrations.

8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 120 pages.

[KW: PRINTING HISTORY, TWENTIETH CENTURY UNITED STATES, NEW YORK AMERICAN WOOD TYPE MFG. CO. TRADE CATALOGUE]

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Loy, William E. (edited by Alastair M. Johnston and Stephen O. Saxe): NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN DESIGNERS AND ENGRAVERS OF TYPE. New Castle, Delaware Oak Knoll Press 2009
New technology, such as electrotyping, the pantograph and router, introduced in the middle of the nineteenth century, combined with the expansion of commerce as America moved westward, created a great outpouring of exuberantly ornamented typefaces. Though these "Victorian" faces have moved in and out of favor, many of them have great charm and usefulness. They were produced in conditions of a commercial free-for-all, even outright piracy, not unlike the "desktop font" boom of the 1990s. While many Victorian types have been revived by digital foundries, their sheer number has intimidated historians unable to establish their true origins. In 1896 William E. Loy, a San Francisco printing equipment salesman and scholar, had the idea of writing a series of profiles of type designers. Loy took a long view of history, and realized that it was important to document the men in the background who created the nineteenth century's fanciful types, even as the furiously competing type foundries got the credit for introducing them to the printing trade. His work was serialized in The Inland Printer over the next three years and included biographies, photographs of the artists, and lists of the type they had designed or cut, which Loy had painstakingly compiled through correspondence with the type founders and other craftsmen. Unfortunately, due to the technical limitations of a monthly periodical, it was not possible to show the typefaces mentioned. Finally here is the work as Loy envisioned it, with over 800 illustrations of typefaces designed by the craftsmen he discusses. Here, written by a man who knew many of the designers and engravers, is the behind-the-scenes story: biographies of men - artists, sportsmen, blacksmiths, soldiers, even a game warden - who were the creators of these innovative types. Loy traces their personal stories adding much incidental detail about the politics & business practices of the time and the innovations of each of these thirty men. Now, a century later, typographical historians Alastair Johnston and Stephen Saxe have realized Loy's vision, fully illustrated and annotated. This is one of the first reference books on nineteenth-century American type design, and as such is an important addition to typographical history. William E. Loy (1847-1906) grew up in the Midwest and moved to California in 1874. He worked as a newspaperman, printer and printing equipment salesman. He was associated with Nelson Crocker Hawks at the Pacific Type Foundry in San Francisco, before branching out on his own. His vast typographical library formed the core of the Kemble Collection now at the California Historical Society. Stephen O. Saxe is the author of American Iron Hand Presses (Oak Knoll & The British Library, 1995); he annotated the revised edition of Annenberg's Typefoundries of America and their Catalogs (Oak Knoll & The British Library, 2000). A graduate of Harvard and Yale, he was a stage and television scenic designer before he became interested in printing history. Alastair Johnston is the author of Alphabets to Order: the Literature of Nineteenth-Century Typefounders' Specimens (Oak Knoll & The British Library, 2000). A co-founder of Poltroon Press, he has taught at the University of California since 1979. He also teaches book arts in public elementary schools. He is currently writing a biography of Richard Austin, the English type cutter, and his son the wood-engraver.

9 x 12 inches, hardcover, dust jacket. 164 pages.

[KW: 9781584562610 BOOK DESIGN, NINETEENTH CENTURY UNITED STATES TYPE SPECIMENS, NINETEENTH CENTURY BIOGRAPHY, NINETEENTH CENTURY OAK KNOLL PRESS NEW]

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ATF. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND PRICE LIST OF PRINTING MACHINERY AND SUPPLIES, WOOD GOODS AND WOOD TYPE, FINE PRINTING INKS. Philadelphia American Type Founders 1897
ATF's equipment catalogue. Many illustrations. Annenberg p.43. Covers are stained along edges and spine with very slight spotting along edges of pages. Crude pencil drawings on blank pages at beginning.

8vo., original red cloth. 236 pages.

[KW: TYPE SPECIMENS, NINETEENTH CENTURY UNITED STATES, PENNSYLVANIA EQUIPMENT PRINTING HISTORY, NINETEENTH CENTURY AMERICAN TYPE FOUNDRY]

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Woodenboat Publications. THE REGISTER OF WOODEN YACHTS 1993-1994 A List of North American Wooden Yachts, Boats, Vessels and Their Owners. Brooklin, ME: WoodenBoat Publications, 1993.
This is a heavy book and is not eligible for Priority , Air or Internationa l under standard fees. Very minor wear on the clean, sound binding. Blacked-out area in upper fore corner of title page, else contents are almost as new. ; 8 x 8-3/4" , horizontal format. 475pp. Smooth flexible green covers, bright gold lettering. REFERENCE. The purpose of this book is to list "WHAT all the wooden yachts and boats are, WHO DESIGNED and built them and WHEN, what their SPECIFICATIONS are, what their FORMER NAMES have been, WHO ownes them, and where they are NOW. .. THE REGISTER will provide a means of learning much more about individual boats as we observe them on the water. When we see a boat called THISTLEDOWN sail by, for example, we can look under that name and see who designed and built her, where and when she was built, what class she is, and where she hails from. If we can only see the sail number, we can look up that number, find a name (if it's registered) , and accomplish the same objective. In short, it's a means of understanding and appreciating more about what wooden boats are extant, and more about their history. " Limited strictly to wood, with a minimum length of 20 feet overall. Index by Sail Number. Index by Former Name. Index by Boat Class or Type.. 0937822264.

Flexible covers, VG-.

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