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Saul Marks and the Plantin Press : the life & work of a singular man /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marks, Lillian (Author)
Other Authors: Powell, Lawrence Clark, 1906-2001
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : Plantin Press, 1980.
Subjects:
Marks, Saul, > 1905-1974.
Plantin Press > History.
Plantin Press.
Printing > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Printers > United States > Biography.
Small presses > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Biography.
Los Angeles (Calif.) > Imprints.
Plantin Press (Los Angeles)
Printers.
Printing.
California > Los Angeles.
United States.
Enfants > Développement > Évaluation.
Éducation préscolaire.
CHR 1980.
1900-1999
Bibliography.
Biography.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • To the Far West
  • The early years
  • What o'clock is it?
  • The Gothic press
  • Trials & triumphs of the '30s
  • A time of anguish
  • Some adventures
  • Hand & machine
  • Saul Marks and Elmer Adler
  • "The Art of the Book"
  • Typophiles & kindred spirits
  • We are represented at Gallery 303
  • Beatrice Warde, first lady of typography
  • Autumn of 1974
  • On the printing of books which "have a definite claim to beauty."