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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Monotype Newsletter 80 December 1966 | Includes filmsetting, Univers
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Type Principle and Application The House Style of Balding & Mansell | Edited by Charles Rosner
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The Monotype Recorder – 100 years of type making 1897-1997 | New series no 10 1997
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Pictures and Prints in the Filmetch Process by N. Schofield | Dryad Leaflet 151
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Authors’ Alterations cost money and cause delay... | Federation of Master Printers leaflet | Undated, probably 1960s
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Harunobu and his age The Development of Colour Printing in Japan | D.B. Waterhouse | British Museum, 1964
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Caxton Celebration, 1877 catalogue | South Kensington Museum | George Bullen, Vivian Ridler
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Hanns Karl Scholl | Landmarks ...of Writing & Printing Techniques | 1971
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St Paul’s Drawing on the reverse of the £50 note by Roger Withington 1987
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Nouveau guide illustré de l'imprimerie, de la librairie et de la papeterie. Indispensable aux auteurs, au commerce et aux curieux by J-B. Munier. C. Marpon and E. Flammarion c.1875
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Les Affiches de la Belle Epoque | Chateau de Fraiture-en-Condroz, 1961
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Vocabulaire de Théologie Biblique by Xavier Léon-Dufour Les Éditions du Cerf
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La Gravure Originale au XXe siècle by Jean Adhémar | Aimery Somogy, 1967
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Histoire de l'Imprimerie by Paul Dupont | Gregg International reprint 1971 2 vol
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The evolution of the art of printing by Henry Guppy Manchester Univ Press, 1940
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London tradesmen's cards of the XVIII century | Dover, 1968
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Paper in this modern world by Wiggins Teape undated 1960s/70s
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The Monotype Recorder | May – June 1927 issue | Lanston Monotype Corporation
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The Monotype Recorder | The Operator Volume 13, Number 147 | April–May 1914
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PAGA: Printing & Graphic Arts | The Stinehour Press | Merald E. Wrolstad June 1961
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Stephen Austin Matrix Division ephemera | Promotional trade leaflet, 1970s?
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A brief history of Platten [Platen] Presses by D. Nuttall | Privately printed, 1973
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House Style rules for the guidance of the staff of The Monotype Corporation Ltd
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BAS Printers Limited – House Style booklet | Undated
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Hazell's Printing Helps | Folder and 7 leaflets | Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd
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Benhams’ book of printing types | Benham and Company Limited | Undated
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PM - An Intimate Journal for Art Directors, July 1935, Vol I, No. 11 | Walt Whitman
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Printing 1770-1970 an illustrated history of its development and uses in England by Michael Twyman | The British Library, Oak Knoll Press, Reading University Press, 1998 edition
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The Monotype Recorder: Eric Gill | The Continuing Tradition | Autumn 1990, No 8
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The Hero As Printer | Edited by C.A. McLaren | Aberdeen University Library, 1976
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Guildford School of Printing – 'The Presentation of Prizes' leaflet, 1954
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Monotype Composing Machines | Promotional brochure, 1970 | The Monotype Corporation Limited
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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
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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
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