Collection: Printing and Print Techniques

This fascinating collection of books and journals explores the world of printing – its historical origins and cultural impact, along with the technological shifts that have shaped the industry, and the world.

Monotype Composing Machines | Promotional brochure, 1970 | The Monotype Corporation Limited

Monotype Composing Machines | Promotional brochure, 1970 | The Monotype Corporation Limited

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Guide Pratique du Compositeur (1855, first edition) by Théotiste Lefevre

Guide Pratique du Compositeur (1855, first edition) by Théotiste Lefevre

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Débuts de L'Imprimerie en France | Arthur Christian, 1905 L'Hótel de Rohan

Débuts de L'Imprimerie en France | Arthur Christian, 1905 L'Hótel de Rohan

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Linotype Decorative Material – Supplementing the April 1925 edition | July 1926

Linotype Decorative Material – Supplementing the April 1925 edition | July 1926

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The Lay-Out of Advertisements by Reginald H. W. Cox | Sir Isaac Pitman, 1931

The Lay-Out of Advertisements by Reginald H. W. Cox | Sir Isaac Pitman, 1931

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The New Colours of The Conqueror | Wiggins Teape / Associated Weavers Guild | Undated, pPresumed c.1971

The New Colours of The Conqueror | Wiggins Teape / Associated Weavers Guild | Undated, pPresumed c.1971

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Dictionary of Printing Terms by R. Smith & A. Hunter | The Print Buyer, 1974

Dictionary of Printing Terms by R. Smith & A. Hunter | The Print Buyer, 1974

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Glossary of Terms in Printing and Allied Technology by R. Krishnamoorthi | Indian Academy of Printing & Graphic Arts, 1989

Glossary of Terms in Printing and Allied Technology by R. Krishnamoorthi | Indian Academy of Printing & Graphic Arts, 1989

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Peter Schoeffer of Gernsheim and Mainz by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt, 1950 | The Printers’ Valhalla. The Printing House of Leo Hart

Peter Schoeffer of Gernsheim and Mainz by Hellmut Lehmann-Haupt, 1950 | The Printers’ Valhalla. The Printing House of Leo Hart

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Design in Modern Printing. The Year Book of the Design and Industries Association 1927-28 edited by Joseph Thorp | Ernest Benn

Design in Modern Printing. The Year Book of the Design and Industries Association 1927-28 edited by Joseph Thorp | Ernest Benn

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The Typography of Newspaper Advertisements by Francis Meynell | Ernest Benn, 1929

The Typography of Newspaper Advertisements by Francis Meynell | Ernest Benn, 1929

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Printing at Gregynog. Aspects of a Great Private Press by Michael Hutchins. Published on the occasion of the 1976 Gregynog Press exhibition Welsh Arts Council

Printing at Gregynog. Aspects of a Great Private Press by Michael Hutchins. Published on the occasion of the 1976 Gregynog Press exhibition Welsh Arts Council

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The Art and Practice of Printing. Six volume set. General editor William Atkins. Sir Isaac Pitman all published in 1934, except volume 3, published in 1933

The Art and Practice of Printing. Six volume set. General editor William Atkins. Sir Isaac Pitman all published in 1934, except volume 3, published in 1933

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L’affiche en révolution. Musée de la Révolution Francaise, Vizelle, 1998 | Text by Alan Marshall and Thierry Gouttenègre

L’affiche en révolution. Musée de la Révolution Francaise, Vizelle, 1998 | Text by Alan Marshall and Thierry Gouttenègre

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Monotype Newsletter 78 | March 1966 | Type Ornament and the Decorative Arts | The Monotype Corporation

Monotype Newsletter 78 | March 1966 | Type Ornament and the Decorative Arts | The Monotype Corporation

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True To Type: Letterpress Printing catalogue | Crafts Council | Colin Banks 1994

True To Type: Letterpress Printing catalogue | Crafts Council | Colin Banks 1994

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Monotype Alphabet Tracing Sheets – promotional leaflet, The Monotype Corporation

Monotype Alphabet Tracing Sheets – promotional leaflet, The Monotype Corporation

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Victorian Engravings | The Maas Gallery, London, 1999 includes private view invitation and price list

Victorian Engravings | The Maas Gallery, London, 1999 includes private view invitation and price list

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Letters from Amsterdam. Presented by Typefoundry Amsterdam to members of the tenth International Congress of Master Printers held in the Netherlands in June 1960

Letters from Amsterdam. Presented by Typefoundry Amsterdam to members of the tenth International Congress of Master Printers held in the Netherlands in June 1960

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Into the 1830’s. Some origins of Victorian Illustrated journalism cheap octavo magazines of the 1820s and their influence by Brian Maidment

Into the 1830’s. Some origins of Victorian Illustrated journalism cheap octavo magazines of the 1820s and their influence by Brian Maidment

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What is a popular print? An essay prompted by the exhibition Tabloid Culture: The Popular Print in England 1500-1850 by Diana Donald | The Whitworth Art Gallery, 2000

What is a popular print? An essay prompted by the exhibition Tabloid Culture: The Popular Print in England 1500-1850 by Diana Donald | The Whitworth Art Gallery, 2000

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Design For Printing – competition journal | Federation of Master Printers, 1965

Design For Printing – competition journal | Federation of Master Printers, 1965

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Guildford School of Art | Prospectus 1957–1960 | Surrey County Council booklet

Guildford School of Art | Prospectus 1957–1960 | Surrey County Council booklet

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Electronic Typesetting: a quarter century of technological upheaval by L.W. Wallis | Foreword by A.H. Phillips | The Paradigm Press, 1984

Electronic Typesetting: a quarter century of technological upheaval by L.W. Wallis | Foreword by A.H. Phillips | The Paradigm Press, 1984

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