A set of five sequential wood type specimen posters from Vernon Simpson Typographers of Los Angeles. Most likely issued in a series, the posters were likely distributed as a type of catalog that showed samples of the wood type offered by the company. Each poster has a large number at one side: 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. On heavy paperstock.

Condition: Very Good, faint scuffing and light corner bumps to a few posters; pinholes at center top of poster 4 and 8; faint horizontal crease to middles of poster...
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A handsome type specimen poster of a modern italic handwritten lowercase alphabet. The letter diagrams also show possible "variations of serifs and shapes". Printed on heavy paper stock.

Condition: Very Good-, an area of discoloration at middle top (visible in photograph) and some light bumps/wrinkling at edges.
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An archive of 3D maps, photographs and documents from "Building 14," the Navy's top-secret World War II program to create three-dimensional foam maps to provide tactical support to U.S. landing forces in various arenas in Europe and the South Pacific. This collection includes four original foam maps, documents, original photographs, a project booklet and ephemera from one of the artists involved in the program. The program was an effort to make 3D scale models of enemy terrain for reconnaissance, invading ground forces and aerial bombing. The program began in “Building...
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A wood type specimen poster from Vernon Simpson Typographers of Los Angeles, most likely issued in a series that showed samples of the wood type offered by the company. The poster displays examples of various fonts with the size and typestyle listed below, such as "21 Line Narrow Clarendon" and "8 Line Bernhard Gothic". With a handsome layout that focuses on upper and lowercase A, B and Cs plus the numbers 1, 2 and 3; with a few dingbats and other flourishes. On ivory-colored, heavy paperstock.

Condition: Near Fine.
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A wood type specimen poster from Vernon Simpson Typographers of Los Angeles, in what appears to be the Cooper Black font. Most likely issued in a series showing samples of the wood type offered by the company. The poster has a large number "8" to one side, and other posters in the series display large numbers "4" to "7" or include a large ampersand ("&"). On heavy paperstock.

Condition: Near Fine.
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A wood type specimen poster from Vernon Simpson Typographers of Los Angeles, most likely issued in a series, that showed samples of the wood type offered by the company. The poster has a large number "5" to one side, and other posters in the series display the large numbers "4" to "8". On heavy paperstock.

Condition: Very Good, very faint soft horizontal crease at middle; two pinholes at middle top; light creases/dogears to lower right and left corners.
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A double-sided lettering chart/poster from the Hunt Pen Company, which was the manufacturer of Speedball pens, inks, linoleum cutters and Boston pencil sharpeners. They also published Speedball textbooks of "Modern Lettering and Poster Design," how-to lettering textbooks that were an early and essential resource for designers and sign painters. The famous Speedball lettering textbooks were published throughout the 20th century and it was in its 23rd edition as of 1999.Charts No. 7 & 8 cover the "Steel Brush," the flat metal tip used for bolder handcraft lettering common in poster...
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A double-sided lettering chart/poster culled from a series of lessons that appeared in the 1930s/'40s Speedball textbook "Modern Lettering and Poster Design". The Hunt Pen Company was the manufacturer of Speedball pens, inks, linoleum cutters and Boston pencil sharpeners. The how-to lettering textbooks were an early and essential resource for designers and sign painters. The famous Speedball lettering textbooks were published throughout the 20th century and it was in its 23rd edition as of 1999.Chart No. 2 explores single stroke Gothic alphabets lettered with style B or F-B Speedball pens...
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Eduardo Sacriste's project to document classic building footprints throughout history, all drawn to the same scale with the intention "to introduce a technique for facilitating comparison of a group of representative buildings that may be considered classic". Building footprints shown in the plates include, among others, the Imperial Palace, Tokyo; Notre Dame, Paris; the Parthenon, Athens; the General Assembly Hall, United Nations; the Mosque of Beni Hassa, Cairo. Several plates are double-size fold-outs, and plate 31 of St. Peters, Rome folds out to 21" x 27".In the 2009 Yale publication...
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The 2011 facsimile reprint, in an edition of 500, of Paul Thek and Edwin Klein's much-emulated and iconic artists' book that was originally published in conjunction with Thek's 1969 exhibitions that took place in Amsterdam at the Stedelijk Museum, and in Stockholm at the Moderna Museet. In the smartly-executed book, photographed from above, layered objects, ephemera and photographs move across the pages amidst a background of newspaper pages. An influential and key artists' book of the 20th Century. This reprint was published by the Alexander and Bonin Gallery, New York...
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The scarce, oversize exhibition catalog for Wool's 2006 show of paintings at the Simon Lee Gallery, London. With a printed cover on heavy chipboard paperstock and interior folded, loose plates as issued. A beautiful catalog designed by Wool. Out of print. In a custom-made protective mylar dust jacket.

Condition: Near Fine, light bump to top right corner of cover and faintly visible on some interior pages.
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A beautifully designed early book on Franz Erhard Walther's work. Titled "Objects, Use" it displays Walther's belief that his works were brought to life by their engagement with and by viewers through either their pressing, folding, unfolding, "wearing" or interacting with the mostly textile constructions, often by more than one person or even by a group. With a unique and striking typographical approach - a truly satisfying artists' book that captures the essence of the work. Text in German. Out of print and in a custom-made protective mylar jacket.

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Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name in 2013 at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. Profusely illustrated in color and black and white, including artworks and images of ephemera from the Whole Earth era. The publication includes "image-rich visual essays that explore key themes: 'Universalism,' 'Whole Systems,' 'Boundless Interior,' and 'Apocalypse, Babylon, Simulation,' among others. These are surrounded by critical essays that shed light onto 1960s California and the networked culture that emerged from it." An important exhibit and book looking at the...
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