Collection: Printing and Print Techniques
This fascinating collection of vintage 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.
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Rowley Atterbury and the Westerham Press 1920-2011 | University of Reading, 2011
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Getting to Know the Modern Intertype Harris Composition Systems booklet, undated
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Victorian Book Design & Colour Printing by Ruari McLean | Faber & Faber, 1963
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Gutenberg and the Impact of Printing by Stephen Füssel | Ashgate, 2005 edition
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Monotype Corporation Super Caster fold out poster / broadsheet, undated
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Black Inks by Coates | A Specimen Book of Fine Printing Inks, 1950s?
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Leaflet History and Development of the Alphabet Brighton College of Art Printing Dept, undated
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History and Development of Typewriters by G. Tilghman Richards | Science Museum HMSO 1964
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Printers and Printing in Glasgow 1830–1890 by Andrew Bird, 1890
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Printing Review No 37, Winter 1956/7 | Printing in the Netherlands | Charles Rosner
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The Way of the Sun: Story of Sun Engraving & Sun Printers | Greenhill, Reynolds
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Printer's Progress 1851–1951 by Charles Rosner | Sylvan Press, 1951
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Type Faces in use at The Curwen Press | Type specimen brochure 1930s/40s?
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Type Faces in use at The Curwen Press | 1951 Type specimen brochure
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Type Faces in use at the Curwen Press | 1954 type specimen booklet
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See Dick Print by Gilbert Paper, Menasha, Wisconsin | Wire-bound book, 1993
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Robert Estienne, Royal Printer. An Historical Study by Elizabeth Armstrong | Cambridge University Press, 1954 - bookplate 'From the Library of the University Printer'
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Hondred jaren lettergieterij in Amsterdam by Dr G.W. Ovink | Amsterdam, 1951
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John Baskerville – Type Founder & Printer | Intertype Corporation, New York, 1939
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Fine Prints of the Year 1933 | Edited by Malcolm C. Salaman | Halton & Co Ltd, 1933
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The Art of Engraving by T.H. Fielding | Ackermann & Co London, 1841
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Printing by Harold Curwen. Illustrations by Jack Brough. Puffin Picture book 70 | The Curwen Press, 1948
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The Gutenberg Galaxy. The Making of Typographic Man | Marshall McLuhan | 1967
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Type Foundry Amsterdam | N. V. Lettergieterij Amsterdam Voorheen N. Tetterode | Brochure, 1957
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Japanese Book-binding by Kōjirō Ikegami | Weatherhill, New York, 1986
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Poetry Press Now – Poetry from the Independent Presses | National Poetry Centre booklet, 1977
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HAIKU.S.A. by Egdon H. Margo | Wroungfount 7, Canadian Guild of Hand Printers | Sherman Oaks
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Harold Curwen. The Careful Printer by Herbert Simon | address given at Double Crown Club 1973
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Bowater Papers Number 4 1958 | Cover design by George Him
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The Monotype Recorder – Advertising journal, July to October 1928 | Issue no 226
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The New Model F Intertype Mixer | Trade booklet, Intertype Limited, 1934
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Decadence in Print by Patricia Wall | Oxford Polytechnic Department of Printing, 1973
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Caractère Noel 1956 – Bibliotheque Imaginaire Printel Paris
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Points to Remember About ‘Monotype’ Composing & Casting Machines | Booklet
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The Graphic World of Paul Peter Piech by Zoe Whiteley | Four Corners Books/V&A, 2013
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An epitome of the history of printing in sixteen leaves | PHS keepsake | Pia Ostlund
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