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THE "Word Processor" or even "computer" of the first 75 years of the 20th century!
LINOTYPE ONE-LINE SPECIMENS
Brooklyn 5, New York: Mergenthaler Linotype Company (1950); with 229,(iii) pages + some preliminary pages numbered with Roman numerals; Bound in stiff (almost like hardcover) printed paper covers with cloth spine. Binding is sewn to withstand heavy use.
Catalog of typefaces, borders, special characters (many pages devoted to special characters), decorative elements, dingbats, borders, special characters etc. for the Linotype machine. As of 1950 when this catalog was published, the company would have about 20 more good years before computers and offset printing put them out of business.
Catalog measures 7 1/2 inches wide by 10 3/8 inches tall by just under 3/4 inch thick.
Some modest old print shop dustiness to covers (smudges, dustiness etc.); book is holding together quite well actually since Mergenthaler had the foresight to use a cloth spine have the catalog sewn rather than "perfect" bound. VERY GOOD.
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