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Catalogue of the Pepys Library at Magdalene College Cambridge. Volume V: Manuscripts. Part i: Medieval. Compiled by Rosamond McKitterick and Richard Beadle.

PEPYS LIBRARY. LATHAM (Robert) General Editor. · 1992

£53.75 (€64.43 | $71.01 | ¥11,340)

Cambridge: D.S. Brewer, 1992. Folio, facsimiles, orig. black cloth, gilt.

Talbot Baines Reed: Author, Bibliographer, Typefounder.

MORISON (Stanley) · 1960

£26.88 (€32.22 | $35.51 | ¥5,671)

Cambridge: Privately Printed at the University Press, 1960. First edition, 4to, x, 80pp., one of 500 copies, frontis., 10 illustrs., and type facsimiles, original publishers red cloth, portrait inlaid on front cover, a very nice copy. One of Brooke Crutchley’s Christmas book...

Specimens of Book Founts.

TYPE SPECIMENS. · 1928

£48.38 (€57.99 | $63.92 | ¥10,207)

Beccles: William Clowes and Sons Ltd., 1928. 4to, [10]pp., followed by 75 leaves of type specimens, original publishers blue cloth, lettered in gilt, a very nice copy.

Faces, Borders and Ornaments.

WESTMINTER PRESS TYPE SPECIMENS. · 1929

£69.88 (€83.76 | $92.32 | ¥14,743)

London: The Westminster Press, [1929]. Royal 8vo, xviii, 238pp., + 2 folding, original decorative cloth and edges.

Gesta Typographica or a Medley for Printers and Others Collected by Chas. T. Jacobi.

JACOBI (Charles T.) · 1897

£118.25 (€141.74 | $156.22 | ¥24,947)

London: Elkin Mathews. 1897. First edition, small 8vo, [2], vii, [6], 3-132pp., ONE OF 50 COPIES SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR AND PRINTED ON JAPANESE VELLUM, title and text printed in black and red, bound in full dark blue crushed morocco by Wood, marbled endpapers, turn-ins tooled in...

The Regimental Records of The Royal Scots (The First or Royal Regiment of Foot.

LEASK (J. C.) & McCANCE (H. M.) · 1915

£161.25 (€193.28 | $213.03 | ¥34,019)

Dublin: Alexander Thom and Co., Ltd, 1915. First edition, 4to, xxiv, 784pp., portrait frontispiece, 46 plates (12 coloured), some light foxing, bound in full dark blue morocco, gilt regimental crest inlaid in upper cover, contrasting red morocco spine lettering-piece, untrimme...

The Annals of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps. Appendix Dealing with Uniform, Armament and Equipment.

MILNE (S. M.) & TERRY (Major-General Astley) · 1913

£40.85 (€48.97 | $53.97 | ¥8,618)

London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1913. First edition, royal 8vo,viii, 52pp., frontispiece, 48 plates (24 in colour), due to gutta-percha binding leaves have become loose, original publishers green cloth, regimental crest in gilt on upper cover. White, p. 110.

History of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. Volume I & II: 1755 to 1914. Volume Three: The Great War 1914-1918.

WYLLY (Col. H. C.) & BOND (Lt.Col. Reginald C.) · 1926

£134.38 (€161.08 | $177.53 | ¥28,350)

London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co. Ltd., [1926-1930]. First edition, 3 vols., viii, 374; viii, 375-712; xviii, 713-1064pp., plates and maps as called for, bound in the publishers original vellum, lettered in gilt with the regimental crest stamped in gilt to upper covers, untr...

A History of the Old English Letter Foundries, with Notes, Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography.

REED (Talbot Baines) · 1887

£161.25 (€193.28 | $213.03 | ¥34,019)

London: Elliot Stock, 1887. First edition, 4to (285 x 220 mm), xiv, 379, [1]pp., folding frontis., 78 illustrs., orig. morocco-backed boards, a little rubbed, untrimmed, top edge gilt. Covers English typebodies and faces, learned foreign and peculiar characters, the letter f...

Typography: The Written Word and the Printed Word; Some Tests for Types; Concerning Printers' Flowers; The Pioneer Work of the Pelican Press; The Points of a Well-Made Book; A Glossary of Printers' Terms, Type Specimens; A Display of Borders and Initials

PELICAN PRESS. [MEYNELL (Francis)] · 1923

£69.88 (€83.76 | $92.32 | ¥14,743)

London: Pelican Press, 1923. First edition, small 4to, [2], xlv, 20, 8pp., limited to 500 copies printed on Japon vellum, large fold-out title page, numerous specimens (2 large folding), original buckram, spine faded, untrimmed.

“Monotype” Flower Decorations: Fine Ornament & Decorative Material available to “Monotype” users.

MORISON (Stanley) Introduction by. · 1924

£40.85 (€48.97 | $53.97 | ¥8,618)

London: The Lanston Montype Corpn. Ltd., 1924. 4to, 20pp., original boards, gilt stamp on upper cover, untrimmed, a fine copy. From the private press reference library of David Chambers (1930-2025), with his bookplate.

Historical Records of the 32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry, Now the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's L.I., from the Formation of the Regiment in 1702 Down to 1892.

SWINEY (Colonel G. C.) · 1893

£91.38 (€109.53 | $120.73 | ¥19,278)

London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co.; Devonport: A. H. Swiss, 1893. First edition, 8vo, xiii, 386pp., frontispiece, 15 coloured plates, illustrations in the text, bound in the de-luxe full red morocco binding, gilt, front joint cracked, spine rubbed. White, p. 85.

Historical Records of the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, Now the 2nd Battalion Princess Louise’s Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

BURGOYNE (Roderick Hamilton) · 1883

£134.38 (€161.08 | $177.53 | ¥28,350)

London: Richard Bentley and Son, 1883. First edition, 8vo, xvi, 430, [2]pp., 2 folding maps, 3 coloured plates, 5 other illustrations, front hinge a little shaken, original publishers red cloth, strip of tartan added to spine, regimental crest on upper cover. White, p. 128.

An Historical Memoir of the 35th Royal Sussex Regiment of Foot.

TRIMEN (Richard) Compiler. · 1873

£51.60 (€61.85 | $68.17 | ¥10,886)

Southampton: The Southampton Times Newspaper, 1873. First edition, 8vo, viii, 243, [1]pp., coloured frontispiece and 5 coloured plates, recent half morocco, spine gilt, a nice copy. White, p. 89.

Records of the 54th West Norfolk Regiment.

WEST NORFOLK REGIMENT. · 1881

£118.25 (€141.74 | $156.22 | ¥24,947)

Roorkee [India]: Printed at the Thomason Civil Engineering College Press, 1881. First and only edition, 8vo, ([2], 87, [1], xxivpp., 2 plates, original publishers green cloth, rubbed and a little worn, title in gilt on upper cover. Not in White.

The Life of a Regiment: the History of the Gordon Highlanders from its Foundation in 1794 to 1816. [Sold with:] The Life of a Regiment... from 1816 to 1898. Including an Account of the 75th Regiment from 1787 to 1881.

GARDYNE (Lt.-Col. C. Greenhill) · 1901

£118.25 (€141.74 | $156.22 | ¥24,947)

Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1901-03. First edition, 2 vols., 8vo, xxi, [1], 525; xxv, [1], 416pp., coloured frontispiece to each volume, with all plates and maps as called for, original publishers green cloth, regiment crest on upper covers. White, p. 120.

The Western type book. Analysed specimens of monotype, linotype and intertype faces suitable for bookwork and available at Western Printing Services, Bristol. With a foreword by Hans Schmoller.

WESTERN TYPE BOOK. SCHMOLLER (Hans) foreword by. · 1960

£32.25 (€38.66 | $42.61 | ¥6,804)

London: Hamish Hamilton for Western Printing Services Ltd., 1960. First edition, royal 8vo, xvi, 196pp., original publishers cloth, a fine copy. From the private press reference library of David Chambers (1930-2025), with his bookplate.

Faisons le Ponint.

VOX (Maximmillien) · 1963

£32.25 (€38.66 | $42.61 | ¥6,804)

Paris: Union Bibliophile de France, 1963. 4to, 136pp., illustrated, original cloth, a fine copy. From the private press reference library of David Chambers (1930-2025), with his bookplate.

Typographic Design in Relation to Photographic Composition. Introduction by John Carter.

MORISON (Stanley) · 1959

£37.63 (€45.11 | $49.71 | ¥7,939)

San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1959. First edition, small 4to, [8], 32, [2]pp., limited to 400 copies, parchment spine, Cockerell paper boards, untrimmed, a fine copy. From the private press reference library of David Chambers (1930-2025), with his bookplate. A...

A History of Lettering. Creative Experiment and Letter Identity.

GRAY (Nicolete) · 1986

£37.63 (€45.11 | $49.71 | ¥7,939)

Phaidon. 1986. First edition, 4to, 256pp., frontis., 314 illustrs., orig. cloth, d.w. spine faded. Traces letter forms through the centuries, looking at periods of experiment, retrenchment or return to historical or theoretical sources, and paying special attention to the in...