Author: Rhodes, Barbara (and) William Wells Streeter
Title: Before Photocopying: The Art and History of Mechanical Copying, 1780-1938
Description: Delaware, Oak Knoll Press, 1999. Hardcover. A black hardcover book with the title in gilt lettering down the spine. There is a blue dust jacket with the title printed in grey and yellow on the front cover and down the spine. The back cover features a black and white photograph.The end pages are a heavy beige paper. The half title page is a copy press printed representation, and is on thin, see-through paper. Pages: (vi), vii, 1-495, (1). The book contains hundreds of black and white images. The authors cover the art and history of mechanical copying from the dawn of the industrial revolution to the remarkable founding of the Xerox Corporation. This work presents the first scholarly study of the precursors of today's high-tech, high-speed copiers. Its illustrations offer an incredible array of copying equipment from U.S. Patent Office documents, vintage photographs, and 19th century company catalogs. Before Photocopying is an important addition to the libraries of all copybook conservators, collectors, and historians of American and British business history. VG+: A very clean, unused ex-art library with stamps on the front and back free end pages, and the top and bottom text block. There is some creasing in the dust jacket at the bottom on the spine. Overall, this book is in excellent condition.

Keywords: Books and Manuscripts and Printing ; Mechanical Copying ; ;


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