Item #028897 The Joy of Hand Setting Type. Fred C. Williams, Mike O'Connor.
The Joy of Hand Setting Type
The Joy of Hand Setting Type
The Joy of Hand Setting Type
The Joy of Hand Setting Type

The Joy of Hand Setting Type

Fountain Hills, AZ: Four Peaks Press, 2000. Limiterd Edition. Octavo. Item #028897

ix, 41 pages. Limited Edition of 125 numbered copies of which this is #36. Folded leaf is titled "Hand type setting" and contains illustrations of printer tools. "Printed and published by Mike O'Connor at his Four Peaks Press in Fountain Hills, Arizona ... The text was handset in Caslon and printed one page at a time on and 8 x 12 Golding Official using Rives lightweight. Initial letters are Caslon Initials printed from engravings. The frontispiece is a wood engraving (printed from the block) by W. Gale Mueller. Bound in red-brown cloth with gold stamping on spine; endpapers of Japanese paper; printed cover label with title rendered: The joy of hand setting type. The author began a six-part series in 1983 in Type & Press. He built his first shop in 1965 using an 8 x 12 Gordon Press later he moved to a 12 x 18 Little Giant. The book is dedicated: to my wife Betty, whose assistance and support over the years made it possible. Bound in brown cloth spine lettering gilt, paper label lettered in black to front cover. A fine copy.

Price: $145.00