McMurtrie imprints : a bibliography of separately printed writings by Douglas C. McMurtrie on printing and its history in the United States and elsewhere, on typography and printing practice, on type design and typefounding, on bibliography and bibliographical practice, and on a variety of historical subjects : with an appraisal of McMurtrie's work / by Charles F. Heartman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heartman, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1883-1953.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

McMurtrie, Douglas C. (Douglas Crawford), 1888-1944--Bibliography.

McMurtrie, Douglas C.

Printing--Bibliography.

Printing.

Penn Provenance:

Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation (bookplate) (stamp) (RBC copy)

Physical Description:

54, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : port. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hattiesburg, Miss. : Privately printed for the Book Farm, Christmas 1942.

Contents:

D.C. McMurtrie / by Charles F. Heartman

I. History of printing. A. General ; B. The invention of printing ; C. Typefounding ; D. Regional

II. Historical documents / [edited by McMurtrie]

III. Typography. A. Typefaces, Type design ; B. Type specimens ; C. Layout, Technique of printing, etc.

IV. Printing house craftsmen

V. American imprints inventory

VI. Bibliographical practice

VII. Addenda.

Local Notes:

RBC copy has red ink stamp ("Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation, Inc. 420 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, Pa.") on cover, p. [2] of cover, frontispiece plate and p. [1]; illustrated bookplate with ms. shelf-mark of the same institution on p. [2] of cover.

OCLC:

1609418