Description: JAMES WELD TOWNE PIONEER SAN FRANCISCO PRINTER Bruce Leon Johnson 2008 Ltd 1/275 POB#59218 TITLE: James Weld Towne : pioneer San Francisco printer, publisher & paper purveyor AUTHOR: Bruce Leon Johnson PUBLISHER: San Francisco: Book Club of California. Designed and typeset by Patrick Reagh DATE: 2008 EDITION: Book Club of California No. 223 - Limited to 275 copies. DESCRIPTION: xiii, 214 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm. CONDITION NOTES: FINE without exception BINDING: Purple cloth..Part I. A history of the businesses. A brief history of Whitton, Towne & Company and Towne & Bacon ;James Towne as printer and publisher .Part II. The economics of printing and publishing. Paper ; Type and electrotyping ; Printing presses and other materials ; Labor and the employees of James Towne Conclusions Notes .Appendix A: Periodicals and newspapers produced at the Excelsior Printing Office Appendix B: Checklist of Towne imprints, 1853-1868 Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
Price: 95 USD
Location: Pasadena, California
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Topic: California
Publisher: Book Club of California
Author: Bruce Leon Johnson
Binding: Cloth
Subject: History
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Limited Edition
Language: English
Original/Facsimile: Original
Personalized: No
Place of Publication: San Francisco
Year Printed: 2008
Book Designer: Patrick Reagh
