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Printing and writing materials: their evolution

Smith, Adele Millicent · 1901 · Philadelphia, The author · 20 pictures

A history of printing, paper, writing and bookbinding written and self-published by Adele Millicent Smith in Philadelphia in 1901, aimed at general readers and trade students. The plates are engraved and halftone views of machinery—Linotype casters, platen and rotary presses, folding and binding equipment—alongside a tooled Grolier binding, useful for mechanical line detail, three-quarter machine profiles and ornamental panel borders.

Writing · Printing · Paper industry · Bookbinding

Internet Archive · Library of Congress · Public Domain Mark 1.0