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Overview"General Printing is a comprehensive guide to letterpress printing. With 300 photos and 140 illustrations, it offers detailed step-by-step visual instruction. Key topics include: handsetting type, taking proofs, mitering rules, locking up a form, adding packing and make-ready, feeding a platen press, advanced composition, design, typography, and tricks of the trade. ""The best all-around introductory book for traditional letterpress printing, this manual is profusely illustrated with detailed and useful photographs and should occupy a prominent place on the shelf of every letterpress printer. It will serve as the next best thing to an apprenticeship at the feet of a master printer, and is certain to be used as a handy reference throughout your printing journey."" --David S. Rose, Introduction to Letterpress Printing" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Glen U Cleeton , Charles W Pitkin , Raymond L CornwellPublisher: Liber Apertus Press Imprint: Liber Apertus Press Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 0.812kg ISBN: 9781734222425ISBN 10: 1734222425 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 07 September 2006 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA great manual... very basic and very specific. -Jim Moran, Master Printer at Hamilton Wood Type Museum Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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