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Reading Rogers
Andrew Hoyem
The Pleasures of A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick [Laurence Sterne], Houghton Mifflin and Company, Boston and New York, 1905. [Read more]
Archiving as a Tool for Rural Jobbing Printers in Late 1800s Great Britain Through the Lens of the C. Armstrong/E. Pruddah Collection
Andrew Byrom
2023 Conference Registration is Closed
Registration for APHA’s 48th annual conference “The Printed Weird: Book History from the Margins” is now closed. Please see the program page.
2023 Lieberman Lecturer: Harry Reese
From Gutenberg to the Gallery: Five Decades of Print and Book Art From Turkey Press
Printing History 33 in the Mail
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]
ISO: Publisher C[harles?] S. Webb
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
Hebrew Typecasting Pilot Program at Bixler Letterfoundry: Recap!
Shani Avni and Richard Kegler
The pilot program for the Hebrew Type Intensive was launched in the last week of July 2023, at The Press and Letterfoundry of Michael and Winifred Bixler, Skaneateles, New York. A four-day hands-on workshop, it provided an in-depth experience of historical aspects of Jewish printing: type casting, typesetting, and letterpress printing. As this was the inaugural event, we were curious to see where this adventure would take us. One thing that was clear from very early on: it was about to be truly intensive, just as the title promised. [Read more]
Accepting Nominations for the 2024 Individual and Institutional Awards
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.
ISO: Publisher F. L. Rand
From the Contact page:
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]