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Lead found in vintage books’ ink: Should I be concerned? [Read more]

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I am writing about the earliest days of the Providence (R.I.) Journal, which at that time—the late 1820s—used a “Ramage printing press.” I’d like to describe in great detail what that must have been like: what it looked like, how it worked, what smells were emitted, what the job assignments might have been for the various employees in a small printing shop. Thanks, Dan Barry

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I have heard that back in the 1930s that printers would charge more money when a book required the occasional use of Italic type when needed. I myself do not see logic in that. Do you have any insight?

MikeChase Eaton

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I am working on a play and have a question for a scene set in 1937: a reporter is writing a story in manuscript and hands it to his editor. He’s working on a manual typewriter. But what does the paper look like? Is it 8×11 or legal sized? Is it newsprint or something else? Or did it vary enough from paper to paper that it doesn’t matter? If you can refer me to a source—much appreciated!

D.W. Gregory

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I am a librarian in the „zentrale Hochschulbibliothek“ in Flensburg, Germany and I am responsible for the textbooks, because we have a lot of students here which are studying teaching.
So I want to beautify my textbook-department with some instructive and interesting posters.  If you can donate any posters with the main theme [being] printing/letterpress please let me know. If you have something like this in poster size for our library it would be so nice. Thank you for your time and best wishes from the most northern part of Germany.

Dennis Hahnefeldt

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I’m related to John Mott a printer in New York (possibly Long Island) during the middle 1700s. His daughter was Amelia Mott who married John Ryan (a printer born in Newport and who set up several newspapers in Atlantic Canada) and Jacob S. Mott (who learned printing from his father). I am looking to learn more about John Mott from New York and was wondering if you could recommend any books covering the history of printing in New York from 1730–1800. 
Carol Cooke

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I am looking to find a scholar, book, or any materials on Victorian punctuation—particularly, the use of “critical apparatuses”—I quoted that term because I’m not sure that is what they are called. [Read more]

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I am a graphic designer and teacher based in Brooklyn. I am writing a book on the history of the printed ballot in 19th century america and would be interested in speaking to someone about print production history as it relates to the artifacts. I published a brief article in The New Yorker that has a sample of the ballots. —Alicia Cheng

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I have a Philadelphia school dictionary from 1805 by Benjamin Johnson and I’m trying to find out more about the printers Dickinson & Heartt. Any information on the printers or this book would be greatly appreciated

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I am a librarian at Penn State assisting one of our faculty who is searching for studies that analyze book cover art in relation to a writer’s literary production and/or the content of a specific book or anthology. [Read more]