Vintage Kelsey Excelsior 5x8 Tabletop Letterpress, Model O

US $96

  • Appleton, Wisconsin, United States
  • Jan 30th
Listing Includes - Tabletop letterpress - Two Composing Sticks (the hand-held metal tray in which you assemble the pieces of type) - Leads & Slugs (thin strips of metal to add white space between lines) - Two Chases (an iron frame to hold the type) - Lots of Furniture (pieces of wood that fill up the area in your chase around the type) - Quoins (pronounced "coins", metal wedges that hold the type and furniture in the chase) - Quoin Key (tool used to tighten the quoins)  - Tympan Paper (oiled sheets of hard paper that cover the platen - Two sets of Gauge Pins (adjustable clips that you stick into the tympan to position the paper) - Galley (metal tray used to store type after you've set it but before you've put it back in the case) - Two rollers (used twice) - Boxcar Base - Book: The Practice of Printing by Ralph W. Polk - Extra type spacers - Black & Green Ink Also include 4 sets of type: - 12 pt Century Schoolbook and one set of numbers - 30 pt News Gothic Cond. - 8 pt Century Schoolbook - 12 pt Copperplate Gothic
Condition Used :
An item that has been used previously. The item may have some signs of cosmetic wear, but is fully operational and functions as intended. This item may be a floor model or store return that has been used. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections.
Seller Notes Used but works well. No missing parts. No broken parts or repaired pieces. No warped or otherwise damaged parts.

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