I am considering a trip through Europe following the history of printing. My rough itinerary starts in Mainz, continues to Venice, then Amsterdam, and finally London and Oxford. As I say, this is a rough itinerary. If someone from APHA can suggest more specific places, libraries, bookstores, or museums of printing interest, please let me know or point me to the appropriate publication.
Thank you,
Matt Cadorette
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I am a teacher of Digital Printing at Chandler High in Chandler Arizona. Can you help me with information to create a calendar that could help promote printing awareness in school. Important days in history, national printing or other graphic art and communication or any reason we could bring some attention to the printing industries and their importance to society. Anything would be of help.
Thanks, Bernard Clark
British stamp, ca. 1860, bio-imagery detail showing the numerals 77, x-ray revealing an addition numeral 1.
I have a British 1d Penny Red stamp from the 1860s in my collection with the numerals 77 in the left and right margins. Only nine stamps bearing the numerals 77 have been authenticated to date. I am trying to determine how, or if, the original steel engraving plate was altered. I would like to know what would one be looking in terms of impression, chemical composition etc.
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I am working on a history of San Luis Obispo editors and am looking for resources for photographs. Many spent time as printers in San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento circa 1860-1890. Any suggestions for NOCAL institutions that may have photo archives?
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David Middlecamp
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Hello! Can you recommend any particularly good books on the history of printing, the printing press, printing techniques, and the like? I’m specifically interested in printing in the 19th and 20th centuries. Levi Sweeney
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Does anyone have a good obituary of Morris Arthur Gelfand (1908-1998) that would give me a sketch of his career?
Richard M. Candee
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I am researching a series of books written by George Sand that were produced as limited editions by The De Vinne Press for George H. Richmond Co. between 1893 and 1897. Contemporary advertising indicates that the books in the set were limited to 750 copies each on Windsor paper. The copy I have of Fadette has a beautiful pictorial cover of a group of iris in gold on black cloth — it is very unusual — as it looks engraved and definitely has raised and sunken portions to it — almost as if the cloth had been carved. I would like to try to find out the method by which this dimensionality in the binding design was achieved as well as who designed the binding. For this, I assume I would have to have access to the De Vinne production records if they still exist.
I attended the International Antiquarian Book Faire in Pasadena CA today, and I saw your postcard advertisement for The Black Art and Printers’ Devils event. I am fascinated by the symbol on the card, would you be so kind as to tell me what it is and what you know of it?
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I am researching history on a nineteenth century printer by the name- Ashbel Stoddard- from Hudson, NY. I have several of his books from the early 1800s. Any info would be helpful. Thank you.
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I am just starting to support the usage of an 1873 Peerless letter press for the local Jackson Ella Sharp Museum. First item to be address is that previous operators failed to file the print type after use. My question is: Where can I locate a table relating the “nick” in the type body to its intended font? I have searched on the ‘net for three days w/ no luck. Thanks for your help. Paul Mc