Bauer Type Foundry - A nice group of specimens.

A nice group of specimens. 8vo, 26.5cm, mostly 4p some larger, Bauer Alphabets, New York.
Attractively printed, uniformly fine condition.
Astoria, a rimmed fat lineale; Balle Initials, a series of light inline decorated initials designed by Maria Balle, Elizabeth Roman and Italic, designed by Elizabeth Friedlaender, 1937; Folio (2 specimens with different weights), designed by Konrad Bauer & Walter Baum, 1957-1962, a sans serif; Hellenic Wide, a linear slab serif; Lucia types, originally designed by Lucian Bernhard, 1925, this is a light design with tall ascenders; Topic: a new design by Paul Renner, based on Futura, this is a condensed type, 1953-55; Venus Condensed.