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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Specimens of New Process Wood Type!

Specimens of New Process Wood Type!

Page Wood Type Company, The William H.

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ISBN10: 1734222433
ISBN13: 9781734222432
Publisher: Liber Apertus Pr
Published: Dec 7 2023
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.29 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.00
Language: English
Specimens of New Process Wood Type! was issued by the William H. Page Wood Type Company in 1890. The development of die-cut new process wood type was a response to competition from J. E. Hamilton's veneer Holly Wood Type, which was sold at a much lower cost than Page's traditional wood type cut by pantograph in end-grain maple. The new process proved to be short lived, because one year after this specimen was published William Page sold his wood type company to Hamilton in 1891. Hamilton incorporated all of Page's designs and equipment, and continued to sell the die-cut type until 1906, and the borders into the 1940s. This is the only specimen that shows all of Page's die-cut wood type and border designs.

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