The Power of Print-- and Men: 1936 Commemorating the Fifty Years of Linotype's Contribution to Printing and Publishing, Together with the Text of a Salute to The Modern Newspaper Produced and Broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company
by Thomas Dreier
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Brooklyn, NY: Mergenthaler Linotype Company, 1936 Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Brooklyn, NY, c1936. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light suntoning to board and page top edges; light shelfwear to board edges. No DJ. Art deco brown cloth boards with black cloth overlay on the spine with dulled gilt lettering on the spine. Clean internals. Inner hinges are sound and not split. 165 pp 4to. This year (1936) marks the fiftieth anniversary of the commercial introduction of the Mergenthaler Linotype, an invention that meant more and that still means more to printers and publishers than any other invention since the introduction of movable types more than 400 years ago. This book tells not only about the machine and what it has accomplished, but tells even more about the policies, methods, standards, and ideals of Linotype leaders. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016756
- Title
- The Power of Print-- and Men: 1936 Commemorating the Fifty Years of Linotype's Contribution to Printing and Publishing, Together with the Text of a Salute to The Modern Newspaper Produced and Broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company
- Author
- Thomas Dreier
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Mergenthaler Linotype Company
- Place of Publication
- Brooklyn, NY
- Date Published
- 1936
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- printing, linotype printing, Merganthaler Linotype, Merganthaler linotype machines, printers, printing business, Newspapers, newspaper printing,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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