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British Letterpress in 100 Objects

British Letterpress in 100 Objects

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Incline Press

Oldham-based brilliant makers of letterpress books…and much more.

Published April 30, 2023
Categorized as 1900s, Firms and Organisations, Modern, North West, Object Tagged 1990s, Books, Commercial Letterpress, Ephemera, Graham Moss, Greater Manchester, Incline Press, Kathy Whalen, North West, Oldham, Size:Article, WIgtown Press

Curwen Press

The exceptional letterpress printing works that set the standard for jobbing printing.

Published March 4, 2023
Categorized as 1800s, Commercial, Firms and Organisations, London, Object Tagged 1860s, Curwen Press, Jobbing, Letterpress, London, Monotype, Oliver Simon, Plaistow, Size:In Depth, Tonic Sol-Fa, Walbaum, World War II

London Centre for Book Arts

London’s flourishing, open, and welcoming centre for the Book Arts

Published October 15, 2022
Categorized as Firms and Organisations, London, Modern, Object, Post War Tagged 2010s, Hackney, Ira Yonemura, LCBA, London, London Centre for Book Arts, Simon Goode, Size:Summary

John Dunlap and the Declaration of Independence

The Ulster printer that played a pivotal role in the United States Declaration of Independence.

Published October 1, 2022
Categorized as 1700s, Craft, Firms and Organisations, Northern Ireland, Object Tagged 1770s, County Tyrone, Declaration of Independence, Dunlop, National Trust, Northern Ireland, Size:Summary, Strabane, United States

Fleet Street Strikes

The mid-1980s newspaper dispute that changed the face of UK newspapers.

Published August 13, 2022
Categorized as 1900s, Firms and Organisations, London, Modern, Object Tagged 1980s, Fleet Street Strikes, Industrial Relations, London, Newspapers, Rupert Murdoch, Size:In Depth, Unions, Wapping

British Printing Society

A great connector of small printers in the UK and beyond since 1944.

Published July 30, 2022
Categorized as 1900s, Commercial, Firms and Organisations, Object, South West Tagged 1940s, Bristol, British Printing Society, ISPA, ISPAnews, Organisation, Size:Post, Small Printer, South West, William Brace

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