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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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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American Literary Publishing in the Mid-nineteenth century. The Business of Ticknor and Fields | Michael Winship | Cambridge University Press, 1995
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Stephen Austin. Printers at Hertford 1768-1993 | Stephen Austin & Sons Ltd, 1993
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A-Z Founders London | Friends of St Brides Printing Library, 1998 | Justin Howes
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Friedrich Hölderlin – Der Rhein Ein Gedicht | Monotype Corporation booklet, undated
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Imprimeries Clandestines | XXXI Le Point | March 1945 | Introduction by Jean Cassou
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Proceedings of the Wynkyn de Worde Society booklet | London, 1971
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Scientific Copyfitting for 'Monotype' & 'Monophoto Machines' | The Monotype Corporation Limited
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Paper Converting & Usage: Mechanical Materials Handling by Frederick T. Day, 1954
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Printers' Arithmetic by F. C. Avis | The Leagrave Press, 1949
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Technique & Design in the History of Printing 26 Essays by Frans A. Janssen | Hes & De Graff Publishers, 2004
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Giovanni Pozzi | Francesco Donna et Alde Manuce | Monotype Corporation, 1962
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Proceedings of the Master Printers of Basel against Johann Pistorius. Before the Lower Council of that City during June, 1698 | Paul Hayden Duensing, Vicksburg, 1982
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A Pocket Picture Book of Monotype Machines | Undated, presumed 1960s
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Prosper Marchand La Vie et L'Oeuvre 1678-1756 | Berkvens-Stevelinck Leiden, 1987
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Handbook for Color Printing | Irvin J. Borowsky North American Publishing Company
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A Handbook of Printing Types... Used by Cowells | John N.C. Lewis, 1948 | Second edition
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Giovanni Mardersteig: Stampatore, Editore, Umanista | Edizioni Valdonega, 1989
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