May 12, 2021 - Sale 2567

Sale 2567 - Lot 16

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
[SPECIMEN BOOK — INTERNATIONAL SPECIMEN EXCHANGE] The Printers' International Specimen Exchange: With an Introduction by the Editor of The Paper and Printing Trades Journal. Vol. VIII.
London: Office of the Paper and Printing Trades Journal. Field & Tuer, "The Leadenhall Press," E.C., 1887.
Thick quarto, approx 9 x 11 inches tall, 9 pages of commentary and list of contributors, 369 leaves of specimens, widely varied print techniques, colors and inks, paper stock, etc., deckle edges, publisher's full vellum, ruled and lettered in gilt, soiling and rubbing to covers, and less so to bulked edges, occasional marginal toning within, very occasional foxing, endpapers faded as well as some colored paper stock, else solid.