SMITH (H.O.) The Rotofoto Process. A description of George Westover's process of photographic composition and make-up. London School of Printing, 1949. 8vo. Pp. 16. Four full-page illusts. Two loose sheets laid in: 'Details of production' and an additional specimen of Rotofoto setting. Cover design by Osbert Lancaster. V.g. Scarce.
'From the standpoint of bibliographers...of enormous significance as the earliest photo-typeset publication to be produced in Europe on a keyboard-operated system'. L.W. Wallis, A concise chronology of typesetting developments 1886-1986, 1988, p.25. SOLD
SOUTHWARD (John) The Principles and Progress of Printing Machinery...with an account of Modern Printing Machines by F.J.F. Wilson. 2nd ed. London: Menken, n.d. [c.1895]. 8vo. Pp. 156 + 4pp adverts. 63 illusts incl. 3 folding plates. Orig. cloth. Some age-embrowning. Discolouration to small part of lower board, but still v.g. Wyman's Technical Series. The first edition appeared in 1888. Uncommon. £60
