Printing presses : history and development from the fifteenth century to modern times / James Moran
by Moran, James
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- ISBN 10
- 0520029046
- ISBN 13
- 9780520029040
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Berkeley : University of California Press , 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 263 p., [28] leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm. Notes: Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. [253]-254. Contents: Introduction and acknowledgement 1. The beginning 2. Improving the wooden press 3. The Stanhope press 4. The Columbian press 5. The iron hand press after Stanhope and Clymer 6. The Albion press 7. Koenig and the cylinder machine 8. The bed and platen press 9. The first stages of the cylinder machine 10. The jobbing platen 11. The cylinder machine takes over 12. Rotary printing -- the background 13. The type-revolving machine and the development of the modern rotary 14. Reel-fed flatbeds and sheet-fed rotaries 15. The rotary press? final stages 16. Apotheosis deferred. Subjects: Printing presses History.
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- Title
- Printing presses : history and development from the fifteenth century to modern times / James Moran
- Author
- Moran, James
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0520029046
- ISBN 13
- 9780520029040
- Publisher
- Berkeley : University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley
- Date Published
- 1978
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