"A history of printing presses spanning 550 years"--Jacket. Includes index. SLRA copy 39088009233347 has bookplate ... The Gutenberg press -- Benjamin Franklin -- The wooden press goes metallic -- The ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Arion Press in San Francisco has carried on the tradition of hand printing books for the last 50 years and publishes limited-edition books illustrated by notable artists.

MOORE: Back at the printing press in Liberal, Lisa Diaz and a co-worker fold and bundle the papers by hand, idly chatting and listening to the radio. It's a human touch that small-town papers ...

In this world, ideas travelled slowly, and were constrained by the limits of human hand. So when, in the mid-15th century, Gutenberg invented the printing press, it became so much more than a machine.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Arion Press in San Francisco has carried on the tradition of hand printing books for the last 50 years and publishes limited-edition books illustrated by notable artists.