Book Description

A pristine copy of the re-issue decorated & lettered in gilt.with line drawings by Ardizzone. A memoir of life and work at the University Press, Cambridge, at the beginning of the 20th century. "These combined memories provide one of the most vivid accounts we have of conditions in a large printing house at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries." [from the Introduction]. Originally published in 1956 for presentation by the printer to his friends in the trade as a Christmas gift, this facsimile edition includes an introduction by McKitterick.
Author SCURFIELD George, ARDIZZONE Edward [Illustrator]
Publisher LONDON Published by Printing Historical Society, 2009

Price: £15.00

Offered by John L Capes

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