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New Castle, Delaware: Oak Knoll Press, 2010. hardcover, dust jacket. 8.5 x 11 inches. hardcover, dust jacket. 220 pages. Reprint of the 2006 first edition. Letterpress Printing is the comprehensive sourcebook for beginning and intermediate letterpress printers. Using clear explanations of technical terms and more than 80 illustrations, the manual describes presses, ink, paper, press operation, type and photopolymer plates. The book shows how to set up and run small and large platen presses, and Vandercook and Challenge-style hand cylinder presses. One chapter provides details about presses recommended by the author; another chapter explains how to equip and arrange a new letterpress shop. Also discussed is how to plan and design projects, how to move presses and equipment, and how to use lead and solvents safely. A discussion of recent trends helps the reader to understand the niche now occupied by the letterpress process and the techniques used by its practitioners. Includes one glossary of terms…
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Letterpress Printing: A Manual for Modern Fine Press Printers Hardcover - 2005
by Paul Maravelas
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- Title Letterpress Printing: A Manual for Modern Fine Press Printers
- Author Paul Maravelas
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 205
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, Delaware
- Date [2005]
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9781584561675 / 158456167X
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005050860
- Dewey Decimal Code 686.231
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