Walker Rumble (15 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 38 page center stapled issue with many contributors.35 paragraphs are present (25 contributors). The last 3 pages contain information about the contributors. No flaws - unmarked, tight and clean.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo, stapled card covers, 38pp. VG+: clean, bright, sound, attractive, with very light wear to the corners.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First issue.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Vol. 7 No. 3, the circled number 21 in red on front cover, staple binding, 4 1/8" x 5 1/2" tall, clean and unmarked pages, NO age toning, a little light soiling on yellow covers, literary magazine includes Carolyn Stoloff, Tim Lehnert, Norman Lock, Carol Edelstein, among its contributors, former owner's name on first page in PENCIL.

cloth, dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xvii, (iii), 233 pages. First edition. Illustrated history of type-setting competititons. Fine in fine jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. On a December day in 1885, Bill Barnes, a journeyman from the New York World, and Joe McCann, representing the New York Herald, faced off in a match race of Swifts, compositors who set type by hand, individually, letter by letter, with incredible accuracy and speed. McCann got off to a slow start, but at the end of the four-hour race, he joined shopfloor legends Clinton "The Kid" DeJarnatt and the "Velocipede" George Arensberg as a working-class hero. It was not the last race of its kind between Swifts, but already looming were changes both social and technological that would cause these gifted tramp printers to disappear.In The Swifts, Walker Rumble, himself a printer and printing historian, follows the trail of these colorful compositors who became famous by winning typesetting races. Tellingly, at the same time that the most celebrated contests were taking place, technological and cultural forces were threatening the Swifts' way of life. First women printers vied for shopfloor legitimacy; then, in the mid-1880s, typesetting machines such as Mergenthaler's Linotype arrived, replacing the artisans forever.With the spread of digital technologies at the beginning of the twenty-first century, we are experiencing a revolution in printing matched only by two previous events: Gutenberg's fifteenth-century invention of movable type and the advent of typesetting machines that replaced the Swifts. Joining narrative historians of technology such as Robert Darnton, Henry Petroski, Dava Sobel, and Ross King, Rumble tells a fascinating story that will entertain aficionados of print culture while explaining the larger cultural dislocations wrought by technological change. Walker Rumble follows the trail of the Swifts, a group of colourful compositors who became famous by winning typesetting races. Tellingly, at the same time that the most celebrated contests were taking place, technological and cultural forces were threatening the Swifts's way of life. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. First Edition.

Condition: New. Walker Rumble follows the trail of the Swifts, a group of colourful compositors who became famous by winning typesetting races. Tellingly, at the same time that the most celebrated contests were taking place, technological and cultural forces were threatening the Swifts's way of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; KNTR; TBX; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458. . 2003. Hardback. . . . .

Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. illustrated edition. 233 pages. 8.75x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. Walker Rumble follows the trail of the Swifts, a group of colourful compositors who became famous by winning typesetting races. Tellingly, at the same time that the most celebrated contests were taking place, technological and cultural forces were threatening the Swifts's way of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; KNTR; TBX; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458. . 2003. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Condition: New. Walker Rumble follows the trail of the Swifts, a group of colourful compositors who became famous by winning typesetting races. Tellingly, at the same time that the most celebrated contests were taking place, technological and cultural forces were threateni.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - On a December day in 1885, Bill Barnes, a journeyman from the New York World, and Joe McCann, representing the New York Herald, faced off in a match race of Swifts, compositors who set type by hand, individually, letter by letter, with incredible accuracy and speed. McCann got off to a slow start, but at the end of the four-hour race, he joined shopfloor legends Clinton 'The Kid' DeJarnatt and the 'Velocipede' George Arensberg as a working-class hero. It was not the last race of its kind between Swifts, but already looming were changes both social and technological that would cause these gifted tramp printers to disappear.