Practical Printing; a handbook of the art of typography. The original work by . . . The fourth and fifth editions by Arthur Powell. The sixth edition by George Joyner.

SOUTHWARD, John (1840-1902).

Published by The "Printers' Register" Office, [1911]., London:, 1911

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2 volumes. Sm. 8vo. vii, 679; vii, [i], 684 pp. Numerous figures, indexes. Original blind and gilt-stamped cloth; rubbed. "In 1868 Southward travelled in Spain for a firm of English watchmakers, crossing the country, visiting newspaper offices, and collecting copies of serial publications. He wrote up his experiences in four articles in the Printers' Register in 1869. Further contributions followed, and from February 1886 till June 1890 he edited the paper. He also contributed to other trade organs, and in 1891 took over from Andrew Tuer the Paper and Printing Trades Journal. This publication he left in 1893." / "Southward became recognized as an authority on the history and processes of printing. His Dictionary of Typography and its Accessory Arts, first issued as monthly supplements to the Printers' Register, was published in book form in 1872. It was printed simultaneously in the Philadelphia Printers' Circular, and formed the basis of John Luther Ringwalt's American Encyclopaedia of Printing. A revised edition appeared in 1875."/ "Practical Printing: a Handbook of the Art of Typography, a larger work, which also first appeared in the Printers' Register, came out in 1882, and became a standard textbook. Southward prepared revised editions in 1884 and 1887. The fourth and fifth editions (1892 and 1900) were edited by Arthur Powell. Southward's Progress in Printing and the Graphic Arts during the Victorian Era (illustrated) appeared in 1897. Modern Printing, which Southward edited with other experts, in four illustrated sections between 1898 and 1900, was designed to be a reference book for the printing-office and a manual of instruction, and was adopted as a textbook." / "Among Southward's other publications were: Authorship and Publication, a technical guide for authors (1881), and Artistic Painting (1892). He contributed the article "Modern Typography" to the ninth edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and also wrote technical articles for Chambers's Encyclopaedia. The Bibliography of Printing, issued under the names of Edward Clements Bigmore and C. W. H. Wyman (3 vols. 1880-6), was to a large extent his work." [Wikip.]. Seller Inventory # S13806

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Title: Practical Printing; a handbook of the art of...

Publisher: The "Printers' Register" Office, [1911]., London:

Publication Date: 1911

Binding: Soft cover