Grecian X Condensed

• This type measures 19½ line in size and appears to have been cut by hand. The type block does not have a manufacturer’s stamp.
• This particular cut was modeled on a face shown as wood type by Darius Wells and E.R. Webb in L. Johnson’s 1846 Specimen of Wood Letter.
• This cut of Grecian Condensed was shown in American Wood Type on page 273 and in the folio on page 79.

Kelly noted that this cutting came from a country newspaper office in central Nebraska (noted as western Nebraska in folio notes). The owner remembered his father telling of purchasing the type from salvage of a well established South Dakota newspaper shop that burned in 1885. Type appears to have been entirely cut by hand. Also note odd sizing.