The London compositor : documents relating to wages, working conditions and customs of the London printing trade, 1785-1900 / edited by Ellic Howe

Very good copy in the original paper-covered boards with paper labels. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Physical description; 528 pp.: illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents; The foundation of the London scale of prices, 1785-1805 -- The scale of 1805 -- Pressmen's scales, 1794-1816 -- The apprenticeship question, 1586-1818 -- Negotiations for the scale of 1810 -- An analysis of the scale of 1810 -- Events leading to the foundation of the London Union of Compositors, 1834 -- The London Union of Compositors and the National Typrographical Association, 1834-1848 -- Provincial scales of prices, 1800-1841 -- The Londons Society of Compositors, 1845-1889 -- Pressmen and presswork -- The apprenticeship question, 1835 -- 1896 -- The scale of 1891 -- Government and legal printing -- The news compositors' report of 1820 -- News compositors' methods of working, 1833-1840 -- Disputes on London newspapers, 1845-1852 -- News compositors' methods of working, 1868-1894 -- The first composing machine scales -- Appendix I.: The L.S.C. 1900-43 -- Appendix II.: Apprentices 1730-1815 (graphs). Subjects; Printing industry Great Britain. Labor unions Great Britain History. Printing industry Vocational guidance Great Britain. Wages Printers. 1 Kg.…