Registration for APHA’s 48th annual conference  “The Printed Weird: Book History from the Margins” is now closed. Please see the program page.

From Gutenberg to the Gallery: Five Decades of Print and Book Art From Turkey Press

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APHA members will soon receive Printing History 33. Guest editor, and APHA’s Vice President for Programs, Danelle Moon developed this 80-page issue from the theme of APHA’s 2022 conference Making Artistic Noise: Printing and Social Activism from the 1960s to the Present. Ms. Moon was ably advised by the Editorial Committee: Josef Beery, Sam Lemley, Paul Shaw, and Irene Tichenor. [Read more]

From the Contact form:

I’m looking for more information about the publisher C[harles?] S. Webb, in particular anything that relates to the Narrative of the capture, sufferings, and miraculous escape of Mrs. Eliza Fraser that he printed in 1837. Information about his career, other books he printed/published, or any suggestions as to where I can find more would be really helpful. Thank you so much! —Alice Procter

Nominations are OPEN for APHA’s Individual and Institutional awards! Propose a scholar, artist, bookbinder, printer, instructor, historian, typecaster, librarian, academic or community program, group or nonprofit, collective or bookdealer! Nominate at bit.ly/aphaawards – awards will be announced in January 2024.

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I’m looking for information about the St Louis publisher F. L. Rand, responsible for a series of small dictionaries used as premiums for school shoes from about 1923–1927. [Read more]

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Hello APHA! I’m doing research on picture postcards from the early decades of the twentieth century, and I’m interested in determining when commercial printers in North America began to adopt petroleum-based or -derived inks. [Read more]

The American Printing History Association (APHA) Board of Trustees and the Awards Committee invite nominations for the 2024 APHA Individual Laureate and Institutional Awards! Submit your nomination(s) at our new form now until September 13, 2023.   [Read more]

A significant exploration of Hebrew and Yiddish type casting will take place this summer at the Bixler Letterfoundry in Skaneateles, New York. The intensive workshop will feature seminar components and training in the basics of Monotype type casting and letterpress printing. This four-day intensive hands-on workshop will feature an in-depth experience on all aspects of Hebrew letterpress printing but will focus on the Hebrew matrices in the collection of Michael and Winfred Bixler. [Read more]

APHA is pleased to announce that you can now purchase back issues of Printing History directly from our website. Free shipping within the U.S. You don’t even have to be a member, but please consider joining. Shop now!