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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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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True To Type: Letterpress Printing catalogue | Crafts Council | Colin Banks 1994
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Monotype Copyfitting Indicator | Rotating calculator, The Monotype Corporation | Undated, 1950s?
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