London & New York: Peter Davies & Harper and Brothers, Date: 1928. First edition, 4to, pp. xix, [1], 83; plates with 122 illustrations showing examples of typography; original blue cloth with large patterned paper label on upper cover, paper label on spine, glassine wrapper; some spotting to cloth, wrapper darkened and chipped, internally fine. Printed at The Curwen Press. The specimens were selected to indicate the general trend of design of the printed book in Europe and the United States. The name of the book, author, printer, publisher and artist are given along with the particular type whenever possible. 1928. Peter Davies & Harper and Brothers US

London & New York: Peter Davies, Ltd., and Harper & Brothers, Date: 1928. Special edition on hand-made paper limited to 300 copies (this, no. 74); folio, pp. xix, [1], 83; 122 facsimile plates plus one inserted page from the edition de luxe of Zola's Nana by Emile Zola, with an original etching by Chas. Laborde, printed prior to the book's publication, many of the plates illustrated or printed in color; original white buckram, smooth gilt-ruled spine with title in two compartments; small stain on spine, spine a bit dull, boards a little toned, some offsetting on plates; very good. Printed at the Curwen Press. 1928. Peter Davies, Ltd., and Harper & Brothers US