The Tramp Printers
Author : Charles Overbeck
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 39,66 MB
Release : 2022-02-02
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ISBN : 9780977839285
Author : Charles Overbeck
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 39,66 MB
Release : 2022-02-02
Category :
ISBN : 9780977839285
Author : John M. Howells
Publisher : John Howells
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 39,76 MB
Release : 1996-06
Category : Printers
ISBN : 9780965097901
Beginning with the invention of movable type in the 15th century, itinerant artisans roamed the highways and byways of the world, working where and when they pleased. It all ended five centuries later, when computer typesetting replaced humans. Mark Twain, Bret Harte, Horace Greely (along with legions of much less famous printers) plied their trade and enjoyed adventures as tramp printers until it all suddenly vanished in the mid 1970s. A sociological study, as seen through the eyes of tramp printers themselves. Footloose and carefree, these adventurers enjoyed 500 years of freedom, working where and when they pleased. A vanished breed, today they live on through recollections, anecdotes, and memories of how it used to be, when printers worked with "real type."
Author : John Edward Hicks
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 36,12 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Mines and mineral resources
ISBN :
Fictional autobiography of an itinerant printer, based on the author's interviews with "tramp printers" of the 1880s.
Author : William Allen White
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 42,98 MB
Release : 196?
Category : Printing
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Author : King Wilkin
Publisher :
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 11,43 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Miniature books
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Author : John Gordon
Publisher :
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 40,54 MB
Release : 1927
Category : Printers
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Author : Wolverhampton College of Art
Publisher :
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 18,82 MB
Release : 195?
Category : Printing industry
ISBN :
Author : George M. Story
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,44 MB
Release : 199?
Category : Printers
ISBN :
Author : Kara Sievewright
Publisher :
Page : 4 pages
File Size : 37,21 MB
Release : 2011
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Author : Charles Overbeck (Printer)
Publisher :
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 11,17 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Letterpress printing
ISBN :
"Carrying a union journeyman’s card, a few basic tools, and little else, these 'itinerant' or 'tourist' typographers criss-crossed the continent for more than a century, train-hopping from newspaper to newspaper, following the railroad tracks.... The tramps helped each other over the hard places and spread the craft of printing along the way. And by standing strong in solidarity, journeymen printers fought for the eight-hour day — and won." -- Publisher website.