Author: Bentinck-Smith, William; Stinehour, Roderick D.; Hitchings, Sinclair H.; Rogers, Bruce; Kent, Henry Watson; Carter, Harry; Chappell, Warren; et al
Title: Notes on Printing & Graphic Arts. Volume I, Number 1 - Volume IV, Number 1. (13 Issues)
Description: Lunenburg, VT: The Stinehour Press, 1953-1956. 1953-1956. Lunenburg, VT: The Stinehour Press, 1953-1956. 1953-1956. Very good. - Octavo, stapled self-wraps. Illustrated. Some wraps are lightly soiled, creased & slightly darkened. The contents are very good.

Among the substantial lead articles in this series are: "The Literature of American Typefounding" by William Bentinck-Smith [Vol. I, No. 2] on the relatively scarce materials on the history of American typefounding; "Hawthorn House" by Roderick D. Stinehour [Vol. I, No. 4] on the New England press founded by Edmund B. Thompson, which was active from 1932-1942; "The Printing of Poetry" by Sinclair H. Hitchings [Vol. II, No. 5] on the choice of typography suitable for printing poems or books of poetry; "Letters from Bruce Rogers to Henry Watson Kent", edited by James Wells [Vol. III, No. 1]; "The Types of the Plantin-Moretus Museum" by Harry Carter [Vol. III, No. 3]; and "Artist vs. Craftsman?" by Warren Chappell [Vol. IV, No. 1] on the collaboration between artists and printers/engravers. Very good .

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; PERIODICAL; NOTES ON PRINTING & GRAPHIC ARTS; WILLIAM BENTINCK-SMITH; THE LITERATURE OF AMERICAN TYPEFOUNDING; HAWTHORN HOUSE; EDMUND B. THOMPSON; RODERICK D. STINEHOUR; THE PRINTING OF POETRY; SINCLAIR H. HITCHINGS; LETTERS FROM BRUCE

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