Could the first one be URW Garamond?

How about Moderno FB Condensed Bold for #4?

http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/fontbureau/moderno/cond-bold/

-NJ

The second sample might be some form of Bookman, but an old cut, not Ed Benguiat's 1975 redesign for ITC.

Just a thought, Laura...do you have the titles of the books? The covers might reveal something.

EDIT: Pretty sure #1 isn't a Garamond, not one I'm familiar with at least...the x is too calligraphic.

Thanks NJ and Publishing Mojo,

Your right NJ the first is not Garamond and Moderno is definitely the closest yet for the last one though I dont think its as condensed as Moderno but your putting me on the right track.

And Publishing Mojo, I was looking at bookman earlier, they are quite similar but bookman seems slightly wider than the example I have. Look at the ‘U’, Ill look for different versions.

Unfortunately I dont have the covers of the books. I took these photos a good while back of fonts I really liked and im trying to identify them now, these seem to be the most difficult, most hazy too.

Really appreciate the help

Not a problem. That italic J in #3 is really scratching at my brain...I'm sure it's something I've seen before, but unfortunately there's no way of browsing just the italic variants on MyFonts or any of the other major vendors. It could be a swash, but I just don't buy that someone typesetting captions for photos would apply a swash to the word "July" and not any of the others.

I've also been looking at variants of Century Schoolbook and Expanded for #2, but the "y" in your sample drops like a Garamond, as opposed to the curly terminal in Schoolbook.

I'm wondering if it's the blurriness of the image that's making the "Kolobrzeg, July" line in #3 look bold when it's actually a medium weight. In which case, I'm almost certain that it's Adobe's Plantin.

http://new.myfonts.com/fonts/adobe/plantin/

What do you think?

EDIT: It's not Plantin. The numerals are all wrong.

NJ,

Your right, it is Plantin! The numerals are old Old Style, and im pretty certain they match, so I think thats one down and 3 to go,

Thanks so much,

L

Beautiful! I was kicking myself there for a moment.

No.4 is similar to De Vinne I think, but is more condensed.

Does anyone recognise the ‘2’ in the second example? if you scroll to the right you can see it, top, second line.

If your photos are a bit clearer than the way they look on-screen, perhaps you can use the Serif Font ID Guide to try to help pin these down. I can't see enough detail to do it myself, and I've been unable to spend the time guessing at them.

- Mike Yanega

Thanks Mike, thats a great tool, unfortunately I dont have better images.