Real Books – Real People

Cortez writes “Having had a brand new book fall apart before a flight was over, its nice to know some folks still do it the old fashioned way. From The Colonial Williamsburg bookbindery:
“The Colonial Williamsburg bookbindery near the Print Shop and Post Office in the Historic Area produces books one at a time. Books were expensive in the eighteenth century, and few could afford many.” Check out the slide-show and other information crafts of the age. Meanwhile way out west, Arion Press in San Francisco is printing the Bible 19th century style; “It’s the Everest for printers,” says Hoyem, who has been in the printing business since 1961. It has been more than 60 years, he says, since a Bible of the type Arion is printing was produced by letterpress. “

September 22, 2005 by Uncategorized 0

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