Printing on the iron handpress / Richard-Gabriel Rummonds ; illustrations and technical design by George Laws.
By: Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel [author]
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BookPublisher: New Castle, DE : Oak Knoll Press & The British Library, 1998Edition: 1st edition.Description: xxiv, 470 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1884718396 (hardback); 188471840X (paperback); 0712345604 (hardback); 0712345612 (paperback).Subject(s): Hand presses -- United States | Printing -- United States | Private presses -- United StatesDDC classification: 686.2253 Summary: "Printing on the Iron Handpress is the most comprehensive book ever published on the subject. Never before has a master printer written with such authority about the secrets of his craft. Precise techniques for printing on the handpress are presented here in lucid, step-by-step procedures that Rummonds perfected over a period of almost twenty-five years at his celebrated Plain Wrapper Press and Ex Ophidia.
In tandem with more than 400 detailed diagrams by George Laws, Rummonds describes every procedure a printer needs to know from setting up a handpress studio to preparing books for the binder. Printing historians, as well as amateur and professional printers, will be intrigued by the wealth of additional information on historical printing practices that Rummonds intersperses throughout his text." -- Back cover.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Reference | 686.2253 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 00230962 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
A compendium of knowledge Rummonds has gained over 30 years of making fine prints with the venerable equipment at the Plain Wrapper Press and the University of Alabama. He discusses all the materials involved; the steps from setting up a studio to preparing a book for the binder; and the various routes to making a distinctive, substantial, and evenly inked impression on damp paper. Includes a few photographs of printers at work, but most of the illustrations are line drawings depicting equipment and processes. Paper edition (unseen), $49.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-420) and index.
"Printing on the Iron Handpress is the most comprehensive book ever published on the subject. Never before has a master printer written with such authority about the secrets of his craft. Precise techniques for printing on the handpress are presented here in lucid, step-by-step procedures that Rummonds perfected over a period of almost twenty-five years at his celebrated Plain Wrapper Press and Ex Ophidia.
In tandem with more than 400 detailed diagrams by George Laws, Rummonds describes every procedure a printer needs to know from setting up a handpress studio to preparing books for the binder. Printing historians, as well as amateur and professional printers, will be intrigued by the wealth of additional information on historical printing practices that Rummonds intersperses throughout his text." -- Back cover.