The Imprint (printing trade periodical)

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The Imprint was a periodical aimed at the printing trade, published in 9 issues from January to November 1913. The publishers were the Imprint Publishing Company, of 11 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London. Editors were F. Ernest Jackson, Edward Johnston, J. H. Mason, and Gerard Meynell of the Westminster Press, London, which was also the printer of the journal.

In addition to the editors, several notable printing practitioners wrote for the magazine, including Stanley Morison.

Issues

The issues are dated thus:

Volume 1

January 1913, 1

February 17th, 1913, 2

March 17, 1913, 3

April 17, 1913, 4

May 17, 1913, 5

June 17, 1913, 6

  • "Editors, Notices, Contents, Index to Advertisers", p. i & ii
  • "Notes", p. iii & iv
  • "The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, Q.C.", George Frederick Watts, R.A. (1817–1904). National Gallery No. 1654. Anglogravure printed by the Anglo-Engraving Compagny, Milford Lane, Strand, WC. p. 379
  • "Portrait of Russell Gurney", p. 380
  • Donald Cameron-Swan, F.R.P.S., "Pioneers of Photogravure", p. 381
  • "Portrait of Herr Klìk of Vienna", director of The Rembrandt Intaglio Printing Co., p. 385,386
  • "Portrait of Ariosto", Forman Gravure, Titian, p. 388
  • "Portrait of St. Thomas Aquinas, (1226–1274)", Formangravure by Thomas Forman and Sons, Nottingham, p. 402–403
  • Typoclastes, "Plea for reform of printing", p. 391
  • J. Arthur Hill, "Old books & their printers", p. 405
  • T. Edwards Jones, "Edward Arber, F.S.A.", p. 411
  • Everard Meynell, "The plain dealer: VI. Signs and Posters", p. 416
  • "Reviews": J. H. Mason: The Book Pretentious and Other Reviews, p. 419
    • Dame Fashion by Julius M. Price, p,419
    • The Baxter Yearbook, p. 420
    • Craft, an Informal Monthly, February, Vol. 1, no. 1, W. H, Smith & Son, p. 421
    • The American Printer, March, 1913 Vol. 56, no. 1, p. 420
    • The Works of Francis Thompson, p. 424
  • Edward Johnston, Decoration & its uses, Chapter IV. Special arrangement of letters-the Book: Formal writing with the broad-nibbed pen, p. 428
  • Daniel T. Powell, The Hodgman Press, p. 431
  • Geo. H. Rayner, R.P.A., Printing & Patents, p. 439
    • Intaglio Printing, Wiping Apparatus for
  • Rev. T. F. Dibdin, Printers' devices. Part VI., pages 57–64
  • Reviews, Notes and Correspondence,

Volume 2

July 17, 1913, 7

Reproductions by Photogravure and Offset

August 27, 1913, 8

  • Stanley A. Morison, Notes on Some Liturgical Books
  • Harold Monro, Broadsides
  • C. D. Medley, The Copyright Act , p. 74
  • Edward Johnston, Decoration and its Uses, Chapter VII, Special arrangement of Letters-the Book (continued) (formal writing with the broad-nibbed pen—continued) , p. 79
  • J. H. Mason, Reviews
    • Manchester Playgoer, New Series
    • The Mask, a quarterly journal of the art of the theater
    • Monotype Recorder, May, 1913
    • Patents, Rayner $ Co
    • The American Printer, July
    • Sharaton Cover Papers
    • Income tax simplified
    • The business of Bookbanding
  • Everard Meynell, The Plain Dealer, VIII, "A continual Slight Novelty", p. 89
  • Daniel T. Powell, A Perfecting Machine
  • G. H. Rayner, R.P.A., Printing and Patents
  • Rev. T. F. Dibdin, Printers' Devices. Part VIII, pages 73–80
  • Edited by J. H. Mason
  • Correspondence

November 27, 1913, 9

Imprint Old Face

Reprint of the number one issue

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