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    By Brooke Crutchley
    London   The Bodley Head
    9" by 5.5" 192pp
    A signed, first edition copy of this fascinating autobiography of the Cambridge University Printer who served during the typographical revival, signed by the author to the title page.
    By Brooke Crutchley

    1980 To Be a Printer

    London   The Bodley Head
    9" by 5.5" 192pp
    A signed, first edition copy of this fascinating autobiography of the Cambridge University Printer who served during the typographical revival, signed by the author to the title page.
    £98.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 997R14
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    Description

    The first edition in the publisher's original green cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper.

    Signed by the author to the title page.

    An engaging, autobiographical account of the author's part in the typographical revival of the 1930s and his association with many of its major figures whilst printer at Cambridge University Press.

    Brooke Crutchley was the University Printer at Cambridge University Press from 1946 to 1974, succeeding Walter Lewis. He was closely associated with Stanley Morison, Francis Meynell, Eric Gill, Bruce Rogers, Edward Ardizzone and more. 

    With a newspaper clipping from a piece on the author loosely inserted.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth with the original bright, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent. Dust wrapper excellent. Only slight bumping to wrap at spine head and very slight shelf wear to extremities of cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Signed by the author to the title page. With a newspaper clipping from a piece on the author loosely inserted.

    Fine

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