Rare Books

The practice of printing : letterpress and offset

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: [1964]
Call number: 608519
Creator: Polk, Ralph W (1890-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Sanford and Helen Berger, 1999. From the Sanford and Helen Berger Collection.
Dimensions: 23 cm
Associated people: Polk, Edwin W.; Berger, Sanford,; Berger, Helen,
Associated organizations: American Typesetting Corporation,; Charles A. Bennett Company,; Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co.,
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This collection contains 26 volumes and 10 items of correspondence. The letterpress books, which are extremely fragile, mainly comprises of correspondence relating to Henry Whitcomb Holley's professional work concerning real estate transactions, mining claims, railroad construction/development, business enterprises, and his literary career on the side. Correspondence mainly concerns letters to his wife, Eliza Christie Holley, and letters from his friend, William Windom. The volumes are arranged by type then chronologically. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically.
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