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PRINTING, history of - Bibliography
- ISBN (International Standard Book Number)
- History of the ISBN number system and what the numbers mean.
- ? 1895
- Early Venetian Printing Illustrated 095.45 EAR
- ? 1927
- Greek Printing Types 1465-1927 RC 092.2 GRE/XX
- ? 1978
- 'Phototypesetting - how fast?', in Graphics World Mar p.37
- Early history of phototypesetting and how the computer was making inroads in the late 1970s.
- ? 1963
- Printing and the Mind of Men 098 PRI
- ? 1996
- 'Your good health', in Graphics World Nov-Dec pp.18-19
- Production process of the British Medical Journal and its recent change.
- ? 2000
- 'Digital printing', in Graphics World Jan-Feb pp. 23-25
- Printing technology and print on demand.
- various 1997
- Church Times 7000 (photocopy)
- 16 page supplement supplied with The Church Times for 11 April 1997, giving various accounts of the history of this Church of England weekly newspaper, and the changes in its production technology, e.g. changing from hot metal to computer-based.
- The American Printing History Association has information about recent issues of its attractive journal with two sample articles shown (May 1, 1997).
- The American Museum of Papermaking has some fascinating web pages, with a virtual tour of the museum.
- Bennet, H.S. ?
- English Books and Readers, 1475-1557 09 BEN
- Bennet, H.S. ?
- English Books and Readers, 1603-1640 09 BEN
- Bennett, H.S. 1952
- English Books and Readers 1475-1557: Being a study in the History of the Booktrade from Caxton to the Incorporation of the Stationers' Company 099 BEN
- Bigmore, E.C. 1945
- A Bibliography of Printing 016.092 BIG
- Birley, R. 1964
- Printing and Democracy PA 095.42 BIR
- Bisley, A. 1979
- 'Paste up technologist', in Graphics World Sept pp18-21
- Early computer-based typesetting, written at a time when it was leading-edge technology.
- Black, J. 1987
- The English Press in the Eighteenth Century 072 BLA
- Blake, N.F. 1969
- Caxton and His World 093.2 BLA
- Bloomfield, R. 1978
- 'A restless technology, in Graphics World Apr pp.10-11
- Discussion of developments in printing technology during the 1960s and 1970s, particularly the move from hot metal to other methods.
- Bloomfield, R. 1978
- 'Any relief for letterpress', in Graphics World Nov pp.41-42
- Discussion of the end of hot metal at a time when it was actually passing away.
- Bloomfield, R. 1978
- 'Web offset', in Graphics World May pp.42-44
- Very good article on the development and adoption of offset printing.
- Bloomfield, R. 1978
- 'Gravure - being threatened?, in Graphics World Sept pp.70-72
- History, technique and uses of printing by photogravure e.g. used for high-quality mail-order catalogues.
- Bodleian Library 1978
- Printing and Publishing at Oxford 015.42572 BOD
- Boureau, A. 1989
- The Culture of Print 095.4 BOU
- Bowes, R. 1886
- Biographical Notes on the University Printers 098.0942 BOW
- Brune, J. 1996
- 'Surviving mechanization: printers and the regulation of technology', in Text Technology vol. 6 no. 4 pp. 221-236 (the role of trade unions in the printing industry)
- Bruni, R. & Evans, D. 1984
- Italian Seventeenth Century Books (copy in CathLib)
- Bundock, C.J. 1959
- The Story of the National Union of Printing and Bookbinding and Paper 331.88 BUN
- Callen, A. 1979
- Angel in the Studio: Women in the Arts and Crafts Movement 1870-1914.
742.048 CAL/X
- Pages 179-211 discuss women in the printing and book production trades during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
- Carter, J. 1967
- Printing and the Mind of Men 098 CAR
- Chweh, S.S. 1985
- 'In search of the origin of metal type printing', in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch vol.
60, 15-18 (photocopy)
- Contests the invention of printing by Gutenberg.
- Clair, C. 1969
- A Chronology of Printing 095 CLA
- Clair, C. 1976
- A History of European Printing 095.4 CLA
- Coleman, T. 1995
- 'Living to tell the tale', in The Guardian 15.2.95 (photocopy)
- Article on 60 years of Penguin Books.
- Cosenza, M.E. 1968
- Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary of the Italian Printers... 095.45 COS
- Cranfield, G.A. 1978
- The Press and Society: from Caxton to Northcliffe 072 CRA
- Darnton, R. & Roche, D. 1989
- Revolution in Print 095.44 REV
- Diringer, D. 1982
- The Book Before Printing 724.567 DIR
- Dudek, L. 1961
- Literature and the press: a history of printing, printed media,
and their relation to literature Old library S 095 DUD
- Useful for essay on the influence of printing technology on the development of the novel.
- Edwards, A.S.G. 1991
- 'From manuscript to print: Wynkyn de Worde and the printing of contemporary
poetry', in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch vol. 66, 143-148 (photocopy)
- 15th century printer who was the first to print English poetry.
- Eerde, K.S. van 1976
- John Ogilby and the Taste of His Times 095.42 VAN
- Eisenstein, E.L. 1979
- The Printing Press as an Agent of Change 2 vols 301.161 EIS
- Eisenstein, E.L. 2005
- The printing revolution in early modern Europe 301.161 EIS
- Friedman, J.M. 1978
- Color printing in England 1486-1870 742.064 FRI/X
- Füssel, S. 2005
- Gutenberg and the Impact of Printing Old Library 095.43 GUT
FUS
- History and significance of early printing, including a discussion of the electronic printing revolution.
- Gerulaitis, L.V. 1976
- Printing and Publishing in Fifteenth Century Venice 095.45 GER
- Greer, G. 1997
- 'Books and barbarism; antiquarian dealers refused to publish this attack by Germaine Greer on the vandals who dismember rare volumes', in The Times 10th June (photocopy)
- Griffin, C. 1988
- The Crombergers of Seville 095.46 GRI
- Hargreaves, G.D. 1992
- 'Florentine Script, Paduan Script, and Roman Type', in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch vol.
67, p. 15-34 (photocopy)
- History of development of early printing typefaces from written letters.
- Harris, M. and Lee, A. (eds) 1986
- The Press in English Society from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries 072 PRE
- Holland, C. 1991
- 'Freedom of the press', in Graphics World Jan/Feb p. 14-21
- Rise of computer-aided publishing.
- Holme, C. 1914
- The Art of the Book 098 HOL
- Isaac, F. 1930
- English and Scottish Printing Types, 1501-41 090.6 BIB/ISA
- Isaac, F. 1932
- English and Scottish Printing Types, 1535-58 090.6 BIB/ISA
- Jackson, H. 1950
- 'The Revival of Printing', in The Eighteen Nineties: A Review of Art and Ideas at the Close of the Nineteenth Century. pp 309-323. 820.98 JAC
- Johnson, A.F. 1928
- French Sixteenth Century Printing 095.44 JOH
- Joyce, W.L. ed. 1983
- Printing and Society in Early America 070.50973 PRI
- MacDonald, J.R. ed. 1904
- Women in the Printing Trades S331.48 WOM
- Madan, F. 1895
- The Early Oxford Press P942.57 shelf 037
- Marker, G. 1985
- Publishing, Printing and the Origins of Intellectual Life in Russia 095.47 MAR
- McLean, R. 1963
- Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing 095.42 MAC
- McLean, R. 1980
- The Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography 724.561 MAC
- McLuhan, Marshall, M 1962
- The Gutenberg galaxy : the making of typographic man 301.15 MACL Temporary Reserve and Short Loan
- McMurtie, D.C. 1948
- The Book: The Story of Printing and Bookmaking 090 MAC
- Melbourne Museum of Printing.
- Much useful material on many aspects of printing, including typesetting, typography and books.
- Meynell, F. 1946
- English Printed Books 095.42 KEY
- Morison, S. 1949
- Four Centuries of Fine Printing 098 FOU
- Negroponte, N. 1995
- Being Digital 001.64 NEG
- Norton, F.J. 1966
- Printing in Spain 1501-1520 095.46 NOR
- Norton, F.J. 1977
- A Descriptive Catalogue of Printing in Spain and Portugal, 1501-1520 095.46 NOR-X
- O'Donnell, J. 1992
- 'St. Augustine
to NREN: The Tree of Knowledge and How it Grows'.
- A very good article on the history of written/printed material and the impact of electronic publishing.
- Oreutt, W.D. 1920
- Master Makers of the Book 098 ORC
- Oswald, J.C. 1968
- Printing in the Americas 095.7 OSW
- Painter, G.D. 1969
- Printing in Czechoslovakia in the Fifteenth Century 093.2 PAI
- Perrins, C.W.D. 1914
- Italian Book-Illustrations and Early Printing 096.1 PER/X
- Plomer, H.R. 1900
- A Short History of English Printing 095.42 PLO
- Radford, C. 1928
- 'Early printing in Devon', in Transactions of the Devonshire Association vol.
60, pp. 51-74 P942.35 D17
- Good for early history of printing in general and the important early press at Tavistock Abbey in Devon.
- Richetti, J. (ed.) 1996
- 'Introduction', in The Cambridge companion to the eighteenth-century
novel 823.5 RIC
- Useful for essay on the influence of printing technology on the development of the novel.
- Ryder, J. 1970
- The Study Book of Printing St Luke's J686 RYD
- Rypson, P. 1991
- 'Seventeenth-century visual poetry from Danzig', in Gutenberg-Jahrbuch vol.
66, 269-304 (photocopy)
- Amazing decorative printing of poetry.
- Shaw, G.W. 1981
- Printing in Calcutta to 1800 090.6 BIB/SHA
- Smith, A. 1993
- Books to Bytes: knowledge and information in the postmodern era 301.21 SMI
- Steinberg, S.H. 1955
- Five Hundred Years of Printing 095.4 STE (and 1974 edition at St Luke's, 686.209 STE)
- Tarr, J.C. 1949
- Printing Today 092.2 TAR
- Teversham, T.F. 1962
- The Story of a Country Printing House 338.47655 TEV
- Thomas, D.M. 1984
- The Royal Company of Printers and Booksellers of Spain 1763-1794 095.46 THO
- Thomson, S.O. 1977
- American Book Design and William Morris 828.8 MOR-14 THO/X
- Twyman, M. 1966
- John Soulby, Printer, Ulverston 095.42
- Twyman, M. 1970
- Printing 1770-1970 095.0942 TWY
- Walenski, W. 2000
- 'Offset printing today and tomorrow', in Graphics World Mar-April
pp. 18-19
- Discussion of improvements in offset printing, with computer-to-plate etc.
- Watt, I. 1957
- The Rise of the Novel 823.5 WAT
- West, R. 1969
- McLuhan and the Future of Literature Old Library S820.6 ENG
- Winterich, J.T. 1935
- Early American Books and Printing 095.73 WIN