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QBG Library - Printing and Typography

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Ref. Title Publisher Date Author Synopsis
E1 Printing It: A guide to graphic techniques for the impecunious Wingbow Press 1972 Burke, Clifford Covers printing process, design & formats, camera ready copy, the paste-up studio, the paste-up, paper & ink, planning print, binding and starting a shop.
E2 A Book of Types from Stephenson Blake Stephenson Blake & Co. 1960   This is a catalogue of 150 different types in full range of point sizes and miscellaneous borders. Stephenson Blake are an English firm of letter founders and makers of composing room equipment, brass rule and wood letters.
E3 Lettering on Books Puriri Press 1993 Johnson, Arthur Some thoughts on selecting type for books and on the design of type by a man with a wide knowledge of the subject. 
E4 Typography: Design and Practice Barrie & Jenkins 1972 Lewis, John Influences of art and design on modern typography. Practical typography, typesetting, photosetting, styling. Illustrated in black and white.
E5 Mechanick Exercises on the Whole Art of Printing Dover 1962 Moxon, Joseph
Eds Davis H and Carter Harry		 Second Edition. First published 1683-4. Earliest manual of printing in any language. Covers everything in a 17th Century printery from the contents of the printery, printing press & parts, art of letter cutting and working type, composing and printing.
E6 Initials and Decorative Alphabets Blandford Press 1985 Stiebner, Ehardt D., & Urban, Dieter A wide variety of painted and printed initials, ornamented letters and whole alphabets of initials from eighth century to 1983
E7 Typographical Ornaments Blandford  1985 Luidl, P. & Huber, H. Borders, corners, vignettes, initials from 15th century to 20th century
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