312 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Contents note continued: Lithography and the advent of colour printing -- Mechanization and the failures of training -- Early photography and its influence on illustration -- The elevation of the jobbing printer -- ch. Four Artistic Aspirations For Mass Communication -- The apprentice and technical...

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Alternative Functions Of The Black Art -- Letterpress printing and working conditions -- Training and aptitude -- The status of the early letterpress jobbing printer -- The sign-writer -- The jobbing engraver -- The engraved writing manual -- The engraved fro...