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Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman

·Feb 22, 2021

Reading the Reprintings

The Printer’s Side — Book collectors make a big deal about first editions. Often, their interest is not just the first time a work appears in print, but rather the first printing of that work, too — a so-called first-first. It would be more accurate to call it the earliest edition, perhaps. I’m not…

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Reading the Reprintings: The Printer’s Side
Reading the Reprintings: The Printer’s Side
Printing History

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erin malone

erin malone

·Feb 10, 2021

The Origin & The Significance of the Alphabet

[February 2021] I wrote this paper in graduate school for a History of the Book class I took in the School of Printing Carey Library with Professor David Pankow at RIT. …

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The Origin & The Significance of the Alphabet
The Origin & The Significance of the Alphabet
Printing History

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Glenn Fleishman

Glenn Fleishman

·Apr 25, 2019

Flong time, no see

How a paper mold transformed the growth of newspapers — You’ve heard of letterpress printing. You know about individual pieces of metal type stacked side by side by typesetters to make a line of type. …

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Flong time, no see
Flong time, no see
Printing History

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