My first purchase in the morning was the wrapped font, below. It is, I believe, the 2nd most common font used on late Victorian calling (social) cards. I haven't identified either of the others, but they are below for your pleasure. Double click to see them in all their glory.
Somebody titled this, but it isn't correct! Johnson Foundry.
Now id'd as Text Ornate thanks to Steve Saxe.
I purchased the second and third at the end of the day,
when I knew I had some cash left over! Purty swashes
and ringlets in the second; which a friend just id'd as
Renaissant (Dickinson Foundry, 1879!). And just look
at the extravagant serifs on the third. Although it has
a Berhnard Bros & Spindler pinmark, I could not
find it in their 1907 catalog- the only one I have.
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Thought this would be of interest: I'm an author in Kansas City and have teamed up with Nick Naughton, a local printmaker and artist who teaches at the Kansas City Art Institute and we have a kickstarter project to turn one of my novellas into a printed book using his letterpress. If successful, we will also use Engel Bindery, local business since 1885. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/625805028/letterpress-printed-book
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