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ASHENDENE PRESS PAPER READ TO DOUBLE CROWN CLUB.
Hornby, Charles Harry St. John
Limited to 110 numbered copies, those numbered 1cc to 45cc form Keepsake No. 89 of the Columbiad Club of Cennecticut. This copy is one of those. Based on a talk by the author about his Ashendene Press to the Double Crown Club on May 28, 1931. Signed by printers Ruth and Foster Johnson on colophon. Printer's preface. Facsimile of a page of Ashendene's Les Amours Pastorales laid in.
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GROUP OF SEVEN PATENTS DEALING WITH LITHOGRAPHY, ENGRAVIN...
The following patent specifications : 1. Improvements in Preparing the Surfaces of Lithographic Stones.2. Improvements in the Production and Application of Printing Blocks and Lithographic Printing Surfaces. 3. Improvements in Machines for Printing Intaglio Engravings, part of which are Applicable to Typographic or Lithographic Printing Machines Generally. 4. An Improved Mechanical Engraver and Mean of Actuating Same. 5. Improvements in or Relating to Etching Grounds. An Improved Manufacture of electrotype Printing Blocks. 7. An Improved Stereotyping Process. Dating from the 1890s they reflect the rapid mechanization of all aspects of the printer's art. All have the stamp of the Patent Library Nottingham. The pages are slightly tanning and have very slight edgewear, being protected in a plastic sleeve.
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