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The King Ranch [by] Tom Lea, original type. Page 187 /

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A page "forme" of moveable metal type letters ready for printing. Encased in a book-like box. Includes specimen page, and printed sheet (pages 187-188) detached from work.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Guynes Printing Company
Other Authors: Hertzog, Carl (Typographer), Lea, Tom, 1907-2001
Format: Physical Object
Language:English
Published: [El Paso, Texas] : [Guynes Printing Company], 1957.
Subjects:
Typefounding matrices > Specimens.
Centaur roman type > Specimens.
Monotype > Specimens.
Typesetting > Texas > El Paso.
Description
Summary:A page "forme" of moveable metal type letters ready for printing. Encased in a book-like box. Includes specimen page, and printed sheet (pages 187-188) detached from work.
Item Description:"This book was designed, printed and bound in Texas by the photo-offset pocess; plates and presswork by Guynes Printing Company. The type for the text is 16 point Centaur roman with Arrighi italic, composed on the Monotype and reworked by hand"--Colophon, The King Ranch.
Title from spine.
Physical Description:1 page of type : cast metal ; in box 22 x 17 x 6 cm
Related Items:The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.