presswork

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There are, for example, chapters about paper, typography and layout, typesetting and presswork, bindings, endpapers and dust jackets.

From Washington Post • Jul. 8, 2020

Stansby's presswork was uniformly good, and in this respect alone he may be ranked among the best printers of his time.

From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

A copy of the play was sent on to Charles to enable him to prepare the presswork for it, and it was the first play manuscript he ever read.

From Charles Frohman: Manager and Man by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

In closing this Foreword, the printer desires to emphasize the fact that the typesetting and presswork of this book are entirely his own work.

From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith

Nor do these books bear out the Bishop of London's statement as to Thomas being ignorant of printing; on the contrary, the presswork was such as could only have been done by a skilled workman.

From A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)