{"product_id":"9780978588144","title":"General Printing: An Illustrated Guide to Letterpress Printing","description":"General Printing is a comprehensive guide to letterpress printing. With 300 photos and 140 illustrations, it offers detailed step-by-step visual instruction. Key topics include: handsetting type, taking proofs, mitering rules, locking up a form, adding packing and make-ready, feeding a platen press, advanced composition, design, typography, and tricks of the trade.\u003cp\u003e\"The best all-around introductory book for traditional letterpress printing, this manual is profusely illustrated with detailed and useful photographs and should occupy a prominent place on the shelf of every letterpress printer. It will serve as the next best thing to an apprenticeship at the feet of a master printer, and is certain to be used as a handy reference throughout your printing journey.\" --David S. Rose, Introduction to Letterpress Printing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liber Apertus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48083718111472,"sku":"9780978588144","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780978588144_p0.jpg?v=1763882891","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780978588144","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}