James Connors' Sons, United States Type Foundry, New York, Ornamental and Border Specimens. by [TYPE SPECIMEN CATALOG] - [1885]

New York: James Connors' Sons, [1885]. First edition. Folio (9 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches). 62 leaves (including 3 in color). Publisher's black cloth with gilt cover lettering, gray endpapers. Front tips bumped to exposure. Recased retaining the original endpapers. A very nice copy of a rare item.Romaine p. 216 also list 62 leaves and with only one location. We could find no copy listed on OCLC. The entire catalog is concerned with ornaments and borders, many quite beautiful. James Connor's company was one of the 23 that joined forces to become the American Typefounders' Company. Scarce as hen's teeth (a nod to my mother).