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I guess I should add a photo of the completed Miles Nervine galley proofing press. I finally found...

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A photo of Victor Hammer printing on his altered R. Hoe press at his home in Lexington, Kentucky.

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Uploaded on May 11, 2012

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The London printing firm of Sir Joseph Causton and Sons Ltd. provided two printing presses,...

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Uploaded on May 10, 2012

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Ernest Shackleton's first exploration of the Antarctic continent in 1908 & 1909 had, among the...

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This is what greeted me by post yesterday. It took the better part of eight hours to sort this mess.

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Uploaded on Mar 20, 2012

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The Printer's Advertisment at the back of Obelisk written and printed by Thomas W. McDonald gives a...

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This booklet deals with the texts of contracts providing for the founding of possibly the first...

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Thomas McDonald's passion was to properly identify the first printer in the Americas. This booklet...

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Two small items printed by Thomas McDonald on Black Mack the Handpress. A Christmas Prayer is...

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Uploaded on Feb 25, 2012

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An uncut section from Frisco of the Eighties, written by Thomas Joseph McDonald, the father...

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Pictured are three early titles printed and published by Thomas W. McDonald. Through tunnels...

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Upon acquisition of the press from John Henry Nash, Thomas McDonald invited his...

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This is Black Mack the Handpress, which served as the private press of Thomas W. McDonald from 1939...

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Uploaded on Feb 25, 2012

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Although this essay is rather dated today, it gives us a window into the working mind of one of the...

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Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

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In order to keep line breaks at a minimum Gill adopted an old typographic trick of...

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A ragged-right margin was considered somewhat avant-garde in 1930 when this essay was written. In...

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The tradition of setting type with justified left and right margins was one that Eric...

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Uploaded on Feb 20, 2012

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