TAYLOR & TAYLOR PRINTERS SAN FRANCISCO TYPE SPECIMEN AND HISTORY LIMITED ED 1939. Types Borders and Miscellany of Taylor & Taylor with Historical Brevities on their Derivation and Use. San Francisco: Taylor & Taylor, 1939. #208 of 330 copies. With a printed slip laid-in announcing that the American Institute of Graphic Arts selected the volume as one of the Fifty Books of the Year. Printed in black and colors. 6 ½” x 9″ x 1 ¾ deep. A striking and important volume produced by one of California’s most important printers, well respected for the high quality of their work. Includes emblems designed for the Taylor brothers by noted American type and book designer, Frederic W. Vintage condition with wear to the leather spine, especially at the ends and edges, and discoloration and foxing to endpapers due to the glue used in binding; aside from the endpapers, the interior is in very good, clean condition.