The story of a printing house : being a short account of the Strahans and Spottiswoodes (1912)
Austen-Leigh, Richard Arthur, 1872-1961, Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957, former owner, Frederic W. Goudy Collection (Library of Congress) DLC, Pforzheimer Bruce Rogers Collection (Library of Congress) DLC · London : Spottiswoode · leaf 74
r the engines, which veryspeedily arrived ; and, a plentiful supply of waterhaving been obtained, they soon began to play uponthe flames with considerable effect. ... By ten oclockthe flames were entirely subdued. . . . The propertydestroyed chiefly consists of books and papers packed upin parcels… … William Spottiswoode i825-1883From a painting by G. F. Watts, R.A. THE STORY OF A PRINTING HOUSE with Government has been destroyed ; the propertyconsisting almost entirely of new works in sheets;neither has the larger establishment of Messrs. Spottis-woode at all suffered. The property and…
Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd · Printers · Printing
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