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The Swifts. Printers in the Age of Typesetting Races.
Walker Rumble
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Description for The Swifts. Printers in the Age of Typesetting Races.
Hardback. Walker Rumble follows the trail of the Swifts, a group of colourful compositors who became famous by winning typesetting races. Tellingly, at the same time that the most celebrated contests were taking place, technological and cultural forces were threatening the Swifts's way of life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBT; KNTR; TBX; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
Walker Rumble follows the trail of the Swifts, a group of colourful compositors who became famous by winning typesetting races. Tellingly, at the same time that the most celebrated contests were taking place, technological and cultural forces were threatening the Swifts's way of life.
Walker Rumble follows the trail of the Swifts, a group of colourful compositors who became famous by winning typesetting races. Tellingly, at the same time that the most celebrated contests were taking place, technological and cultural forces were threatening the Swifts's way of life.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813921617
SKU
V9780813921617
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Ref
99-9
About Walker Rumble
Walker Rumble is the editor and publisher of Oat City Press in East Providence, Rhode Island. The author of numerous articles on the history of printing, Rumble holds a doctorate in American history and has worked as a compositor and type manager.
Reviews for The Swifts. Printers in the Age of Typesetting Races.
In a lively and colorful manner, Walker Rumble captures the excitement and suspense of typesetting races and the men and women who participated in them. In doing so, he recovers a little-known and fascinating corner of American life. - Michael Winship, University of Texas, Austin, author of American Literary Publishing in the Mid-Nineteenth Century