Books: reference

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A Field Guide to North American Hand Presses and Their Manufacturers, published Spring 2007 by Ad...
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...
American Wood Type: 1828-1900 was written by Rob Roy Kelly and published in 1969 by Van Nostrand...
David Rose has gathered an excellent list of books on printing and typography, and has included a...
The Catalogue of Nineteenth Century Printing Presses is a substantial collection of letterpress...
We are a working Letterpress Printshop Museum offering talks and demonstrations on all facets of...
Textbook with step by step printing instructions accompanied by photographs of each procedure....
General Printing by Glen Cleeton and Charles Pitkin is the classic illustrated guide to letterpress...
By Paul Maravelas, published in 2005. The comprehensive sourcebook for beginning and intermediate...
“Jury’s book traces the origins and progression of the (letterpress) craft with some...
A book devoted to the initial period in the history of display type design. Originally published in...
Nineteenth-Century Printing Practices and the Iron Handpress, the second book on printing by...
Personal Impressions: The Small Printing Press in Nineteenth-Century America. In her preface Dr....
Platen Press Operation by George Mills, is a highly desirable book for the letterpress printer and...
A technical guide to all aspects of printing.
Written by Herbert Simon and Harry Carter, published by The Driad Press, 1931; 1947. This is a...
A small, collectible book with practical information on the printing process, press illustrations...