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About this item
Highlights
- General Printing is a comprehensive guide to letterpress printing.
- Author(s): Glen U Cleeton & Charles W Pitkin
- 224 Pages
- Technology, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades
Description
Book Synopsis
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 PrintingReview Quotes
"A great manual... very basic and very specific." -Jim Moran, Master Printer at Hamilton Wood Type Museum
Dimensions (Overall): 11.0 Inches (H) x 8.25 Inches (W) x .47 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.13 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Technology
Sub-Genre: Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades
Publisher: Liber Apertus Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Glen U Cleeton & Charles W Pitkin
Language: English
Street Date: September 1, 2006
TCIN: 86992981
UPC: 9780978588144
Item Number (DPCI): 247-17-9856
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.47 inches length x 8.25 inches width x 11 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.13 pounds
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