Tramp Printers: Adventures and Forgotten Paths Once Traced by Wandering Artisans of Newspapering and Typography - Couverture souple

Howells, John; Dearman, Marion

 
9780985814083: Tramp Printers: Adventures and Forgotten Paths Once Traced by Wandering Artisans of Newspapering and Typography
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ISBN 10 : 098581408X ISBN 13 : 9780985814083
Editeur : Tangible Press, 2006

Synopsis

Beginning with the invention of movable type in the 15th century, itinerant artisans roamed the highways and byways of the world, working where and when they pleased. It all ended five centuries later, when computer typesetting replaced humans. Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Horace Greely (along with legions of much less famous printers) plied their trade and enjoyed adventures as tramp printers until it all suddenly vanished in the mid 1970s. A sociological study, as seen through the eyes of tramp printers themselves. Footloose and carefree, these adventurers enjoyed 500 years of freedom, working where and when they pleased. A vanished breed, today they live on through recollections, anecdotes, and memories of how it used to be, when printers worked with "real type."

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Éditeur
Tangible Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
098581408X
ISBN 13 
9780985814083
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
292
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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gpsr@libri.de

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9780965097901: Tramp Printers: Adventures and forgotten paths once traced by wandering artisans of newspapering and typography

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0965097900 ISBN 13 :  9780965097901
Editeur : Discovery Press, 2006
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