Title: The First Book of Printing
Author(s): Sam and Beryl Epstein
Illustrations: Lászlo Roth
Publisher: Franklin Watts, Inc. (New York)
Year: 1955
Edition: First Printing
Miscellaneous Information: “Type set by Kurt H. Volk, Inc. / Printed by Offset Lithography in the United States of American by the Polygraphic Company of America, Inc. / Bound by H. Wolff Book Manufacturing Co., Inc. / Published in Canada by Ambassador Books, Ltd., Toronto 1, Ontario. / Library of Congress Catalog Number: 55-9601”
Purchased: May 2016, Chatham Booksellers, Madison, NJ
Notes: A 1950s children’s primer to printing including chapters on fingerprints, royal seals, The New York Times, the history of printing in China and Europe, Gutenberg, process and practice of setting type, typesetting machines, lithography, paper, and printers’ language. The pages are in great condition, even if the dust jacket is a little scuffed and worn.
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