Book is in good condition. There is some shelving damage to the dust-cover, but the pages themselves (ring-bound) are all complete and undamaged. This is No. 4287 of a numbered series. ==== THIS IS A TYPE BOOK with a dual purpose. It is an easy reference book for the experienced typographer, with a thumb index and a chart at the beginning of the book to make identification simple and showing at a glance what sizes of the various typefaces are available for machine setting or hand composition. It is also an illustrated type book intended to be something of a guide and help to the less experienced designer and print user, and it gives some lead in the uses and character of typefaces. The illustrations should help to illuminate both the character and the period of origin of many of these typefaces. The type specimens show a complete alphabet of large and small letters in one size (usually 30 point) and as many characters as possible in every other size. The typefaces for Monotype ma