Book of type specimens. Comprising a large variety of superior copper-mixed types, rules, borders, galleys, printing presses, electric-welded chases, paper and card cutters, wood goods, book binding machinery etc., together with valuable information to the craft. Specimen book no.9
A 1907 type founders' specimen book issued in Chicago by Barnhart Bros. & Spindler, showing copper-mixed type, rules, borders, printing presses and bookbinding machinery for printers and the trade. Its pages display ornamental border strips in black with diamond, scroll and floral repeats, alongside type cases, a rule case and a Bates typecaster, offering a designer dense, ready-made border and ornament patterns for vintage print layouts.
