Here are some valuable resources for Letterpress
printing:
Briar Press the best portal for
equipment classifieds, discussion area, downloads –
ESSENTIAL!
NaGraphics great resource for printing
supplies, Fritz Klinke owner, best for Vandercook
supplies
Boxcar Press excellent
site – fully investigate all the
areas
AAPA excellent resource,
especially the Resource Guide
Five Roses important information
resource
Vandercook Press
Vandercook blog
APHA become a
member of the American Printing History Association
Some
Books:
Burke,
Clifford. Printing Poetry: A Workbook in Typographic
Reification. San Francisco: Scarab
Press, 1980.
Chappell, Warren, Bringhurst,
Robert. (2nd ed. rev.) A Short History of the Printed Word.
Vancouver, BC: Harley &
Marks, 1999. http://www.hartleyandmarks.com/
Dodd, Robin. From Gutenberg to OpenType. Vancouver, BC:
Hartley & Marks, 2006.
Dowding, Geoffrey. Finer Points
in the spacing & arrangement of Type. Vancouver, BC:
Hartley & Marks, 1995.
Gordon, Bob. Making Digital Type Look Good. NY:
Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001.
Lawson, Alexander. Printing Types: An Introduction. Boston:
Beacon Press, 1971.
Mitchell, M. and Wightman, S.
Book Typography: A Designer’s Manual. Marlborough,
Wiltshire,
UK:
Libanus Press, 2005. Get from www.oakknoll.com
Morison, Stanley. A Tally of Types. Cambridge, UK:
Cambridge U. Press, 1973.
Rummonds, Richard-Gabriel.
Printing on the Iron Handpress. Oak Knoll Press, 1998.
ISBN 1-884718-40-x paperback. Most of the information is
relevant to any type of
letterpress printing.
Printing
Handbooks:
Hoch,
Fred W. Handbook for Pressmen. NY: Fred W. Hoch Assoc.,
1936. Many editions
over
the years.
Lange,
Gerald. Printing Digital Type on the Hand-Operated Flatbed
Cylinder Press – 3rd ed.
Go to: http://BielerPressxi.blogspot.com/
for details. Important for photopolymer
platemaking and printing on the
Vandercook cylinder press.
Mills, George. Platen Press Operation. Pittsburgh, PA:
Carnegie Inst. of Tech, 1959. ESSENTIAL.
Check with NA Graphics for availability.