Small Type Cabinet - Suffolk, UK

[Dave Hughes]

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Vintage retro Letterpress cabinets drawers filled mix Metal Type set adana 24pt*

Seller's description:

Two sets of drawers. These ply and wood drawers are from the 1950s (as far as I can tell). They came from a print printmaking workshop that was closing down in the '80s.

They have miniature dovetail joints and nearly all of the drawers are segmented ready for metal type.

One is completely full of type with large quantities of each one. Italic Script and others, I can take more photos if the typefaces are important.
Sizes seem to range from 8 to 24pt and each drawer has at least two different sets in. This isn't just two or three of each letter but loads, upper case and lower case. Please see the photos.

The second set of drawers has more type. It also has a non segmented drawer full of car scraps and narrow plastic furniture for setting up the type.

There are 2 books which won't be included as they're for sale with my Adana printing press.

One drawer has no type in.

A wonderful bundle, contact me if you would like to buy without postage - to arrange a collection. Postage is hi because items are heavy.

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