Type foundries of America and their catalogs

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Type foundries of America and their catalogs

1994

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1008249406

The definitive bibliography of American type specimen books. The book contains historical accounts of each foundry, a list of their specimen books with size and number of pages, and countless tidbits of fascinating historical and typographical information

xxi, 286 pages : illustrations ; c 29 cm

eng, Latn

University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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Saxe, Stephen O., 1930-2019

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Stephen O. Saxe (1930-2019) was an avid collector of type foundry specimen books and metal type, as well as an expert on the history of 19th century printing in the United States. Born Stephen Oscar Saxe in New York City on February 24, 1930, he was the son of Helen Fields Saxe and Leonard Spier Saxe and also had a brother, Robert Leonard Saxe. Saxe was a graduate of the Riverdale Country School, Harvard College, and Yale Drama School. He began his career in summer stock doing theatrical set ...