The Book - The Story of Printing & Bookmaking

The Book - The Story of Printing & Bookmaking
Author: Douglas C. McMurtrie
Publisher: Horney Press
Total Pages: 732
Release: 2012-03-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1447445988

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Five Hundred Years of Printing

Five Hundred Years of Printing
Author: Sigfrid Henry Steinberg
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1996
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Five Hundred Years of Printing is essential reading for the book collector, the cultural historian, the professional publisher and book designer, and teachers and students of typography, graphic design and communications studies. It immediately became established as a standard work on its publication as a Pelican in 1955 and saw two new editions within twenty years.

The History of Printing in America

The History of Printing in America
Author: Isaiah Thomas
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 682
Release: 2023-09-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3368836382

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

A Brief History of Printing in England

A Brief History of Printing in England
Author: Frederick W. Hamilton
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2022-06-03
Genre: History
ISBN:

Despite its title, the book gives a rather thorough chronological account of the printing history in England, from Caxton, where it all began to Morris, where most of the major industrial centers of the technology was located at the time. It is written by one of the previous presidents of Tufts University, Frederick W. Hamilton.