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Estimate: $ 100 - $ 150
[SPECIMEN BOOK — VARIOUS TYPE DESIGNERS] Klingspor-Schriften. Offenbach: Gebrüder Klingspor, 1951. Octavo, 10 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches, 26 x 19 cm, original wrappers, plates showcase samples of the foundry's output for the first time since the end of World War II.
"This is the first time after the war we are making a "Klingspoor Sample" for the public... this booklet should now show you that, despite all the external handicaps, we have not lost sight of our noble task: the creation of elegant fonts and their stimulating typographic design in all areas of attractive commercial printing" [from the included note laid in]
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