The Biography of Ottmar Mergenthaler Inventor of the Linotype. A new edition, with added historical notes, based on recent findings.

ELIZABETH HARRIS [INTROD.]./SCHLESINGER, CARL [ED.].

ISBN 10: 0938768123 / ISBN 13: 9780938768128

Published by New Castle, Oak Knoll 1989, 1989

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Original publisher's green plastic-covered boards, gilt lettering spine & frontcover, pictorial dustjacket, revised & enlarged edition [1898], large 8vo: frontispiece, xviij, 126pp., very richly illustrated, large folding facsimile in rear pocket, list illustrations.Very fine copy - as new. Volume Oak Knoll Series on the History of the Book.

Seller Inventory # 181986

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Biography of Ottmar Mergenthaler Inventor of the Linotype. A new edition, with added historical notes, based on recent findings.
• Publisher: New Castle, Oak Knoll 1989
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0938768123
• ISBN 13: 9780938768128
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

For the first time, Mergenthaler's autobiography is reprinted exactly as he dictated over a hundred years ago. To this has been added an 1889 article describing the first Linotype installation and the severe conditions under which the operators worked. Well-illustrated through-out, this book is a fitting tribute to the inventor who changed the face of the newspaper and publishing industries. A full size copy of the first newspaper page to carry these Linotype lines is included.