Books: reference

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We are a working Letterpress Printshop Museum offering talks and demonstrations on all facets of...
History and digital preservation of 19th- and early-20th century letterpress display typefaces....
By Paul Maravelas, published in 2005. The comprehensive sourcebook for beginning and intermediate...
The Art of Wood Type (NEW Book) The Most Comprehensive Book written...
“Jury’s book traces the origins and progression of the (letterpress) craft with some...
“Printing for School and Shop - A Textbook for Printers’ Apprentices, Continuation...
A Field Guide to North American Hand Presses and Their Manufacturers, published Spring 2007 by Ad...
General Printing by Glen Cleeton and Charles Pitkin is the classic illustrated guide to letterpress...
Personal Impressions: The Small Printing Press in Nineteenth-Century America. In her preface Dr....
American Wood Type: 1828-1900 was written by Rob Roy Kelly and published in 1969 by Van Nostrand...
Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices and the Iron Handpress, the second book on printing by...
Historical accounts of about 75 American type foundries, including a list of each foundry’s...
TypeBooks is a leading online resource for publications concerning the letterform arts. TypeBooks...
David Rose has gathered an excellent list of books on printing and typography, and has included a...
A book beautiful to the eye and rich to the touch written by friend of Briar Press and noted...
An excellent reference, this book not only includes type specimens but also identifies the...
The Catalogue of Nineteenth Century Printing Presses is a substantial collection of letterpress...
Covers wood type manufactured from 1828 to present. Also includes early printing examples, specimen...