london compositor documents relating wages von howe ellic (8 Ergebnisse)

First Edition, orig. cloth-backed boards.

528pp. 8vo. Original boards, 1/4 cloth, minor canting, a very good copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Blue cloth with gilt spine titling, printed dust-jacket. A very good to fine copy. Preentation copy, inscribed: 'To Vyvian Goodman who read the proofs and made some valuable suggestions - from Ellic Howe, 22.ix.47'. Inscribed by Author(s).

1st edition. Very good copy in the original paper-covered boards with paper labels. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Physical description; 528 pp.: illustrations ; 22 cm. Contents; The foundation of the London scale of prices, 1785-1805 -- The scale of 1805 -- Pressmen's scales, 1794-1816 -- The apprenticeship question, 1586-1818 -- Negotiations for the scale of 1810 -- An analysis of the scale of 1810 -- Events leading to the foundation of the London Union of Compositors, 1834 -- The London Union of Compositors and the National Typrographical Association, 1834-1848 -- Provincial scales of prices, 1800-1841 -- The Londons Society of Compositors, 1845-1889 -- Pressmen and presswork -- The apprenticeship question, 1835 -- 1896 -- The scale of 1891 -- Government and legal printing -- The news compositors' report of 1820 -- News compositors' methods of working, 1833-1840 -- Disputes on London newspapers, 1845-1852 -- News compositors' methods of working, 1868-1894 -- The first composing machine scales -- Appendix I.: The L.S.C. 1900-43 -- Appendix II.: Apprentices 1730-1815 (graphs). Subjects; Printing industry Great Britain. Labor unions Great Britain History. Printing industry Vocational guidance Great Britain. Wages Printers. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 528 pages; Description: 528 p. Illus. 22 cm. Subjects: Printing industry --Great Britain. Printing --Great Britain --History. Labor unions --Great Britain --History. 1 Kg.

528 pp. Publisher's half cloth.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked, cloth-backed boards. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description: 528 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. Subjects: Printing industry Great Britain; Printing Great Britain History; Labor unions Great Britain History; Industries graphiques Grande-Bretagne; Syndicats Grande-Bretagne Histoire; Labor unions; Printing; Printing industry. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp. 528. several text illus. quarter cloth (ex-lib.). First Edition.