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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The Art of Lithography by Henry J. Rhodes | Scott Greenwood & Son, 1924 2nd edition
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Keepsake For the friends of Bill & Marilyn Rueter | Christmas 1970 | Aliquando Press
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The British Printer journal | Number 265 Vol XLV | May-June 1932
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A Guide to Printing. An introduction for print buyers by Wiliam Clowes | Heinemann: London, 1963
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Haddon-Caxton Types | Poster (undated) and reprint (1909) from The British and Colonial Stationer
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The Lumitype System by G.L. Wakefield | Reprint from Graphic Technology 7 | May-June 1962
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Printing – A Craft for Schools by H.E.V. Gillham | Pitman, London 1933
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Early Printers' Marks | Victoria & Albert Museum / HMSO, 1962
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Leaflet Twenty-six points to remember about Monotype type composing and casting machines
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The Curwen Press: A Short History by Basil Harley | The Curwen Press, 1970 | designed by John Miles
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Printing Review magazine | Volume 18, Issue Number 65, Spring 1954 | edited by C. Cousland
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A Concise Chronology of Typesetting Developments 1886-1986 by L.W. Wallis 1988
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William Bulmer Thomas Bensley. A Study in Transition by H.V. Marrot | The Fleuron, 1930
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Metric Conversion Tables booklet | Machinery Publishing Co Brighton 5th edn
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Printer by Eric Gill printed by Christopher Skelton | MATRIX 1981 September Press
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Technical Progress in Nineteenth-century Printing by AT Watts | Oxford Polytechnic, 1983
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4-Line Mathematics | Monotype information sheet, No 156, March 1959
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Modern Printing Inks. A Practical Handbook for Printing Ink Manufacturers and Printers by Alfred Seymour | Scott, Greenwood & Son, London, 1910
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The Future of the Press by Cecil King | Granada Television / Macgibbon & Kee 1967 paperback
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The Ephemera of Crime and Punishment by Maurice Rickards | Ephemera Society, 1983
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The Popularization of Images | Petra Ten-Doesschate Chu & Gabriel Weisberg, 1994
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The Skilled Compositor, 1850–1914 by Patrick Duffy | Ashgate Publishing, 2000
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The Victorian Periodical Press: Samplings and Soundings | Shattock & Wolff, 1982
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Set of Scales and Grid for Film Make-up | Monotype Corporation trade leaflet
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Mazak Zinc Alloy Type | Type specimen folder and inserts | Stephenson Blake Caslon | Price list dated December 1965
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Monotype Corporation composing and casting machine | Promotional leaflet, 1950s?
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Zen & The Art of Typographical Arrangement Phil Abel | Ditchling Letterpress leaflet, 2010
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The London Society of Compositors: A Centenary History | E. Howe & H. Waite 1948
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The Story of Balding + Mansell from 1892 to 1992 | Raymond Brown, 1992
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Blackie & Sons 1809–1959: A Short History of the Firm | Agnes A.C. Blackie, 1959
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Songs and Words. A History of the Curwen Press by Herbert Simon | George Allen & Unwin, 1973
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A-D An Intimate Journal for Art Directors, Vol 8, No. 3 | February – March 1942
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The Printing from the Haas Typefoundry to commemorate 400th anniversary | Booklet, 1980
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The Kynoch Press: Anatomy of a Printing House 1876–1981 | Caroline Archer, 2000
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Making Sure – A colour and sound film in two parts traces the making of matrices and machines at the Monotype Works | The Monotype Corporation
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Copyfitting book showing average number of lower case characters contained in given measures | Booklet produced by J.H. Graphics Ltd.
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