The British Printer Vol. XXII - 1909

London: Raithby, Lawrence & Co., Ltd, 1909. (Original). Hardcover. Contents VG. Bumps to corners; fading and some rubbing to cloth. Foxing to end papers. Solid text block. Art school ex-lib. copy with usual marks.. KAVE. The original, decorative title page (with torn tissue guard), color frontis, and all contents, bound into 3/4 maroon leather with maroon cloth/boards; gilt lettering and 7 (unraised) gilt double bands on spine. Pages numbered consecutively throughout, 340 in total, followed by a section (with original cover and dated for Feb. - March of 1909) of 72 pp. of advertisements. Full of bw, color, and duotone illustrations. A bit overweight at 6 pounds and may require extra postage. The entire volume for 1909. No individual covers, but title pages are bound in. Includes an index for the entire volume. Raithby & Lawrence: Leicester printing firm (later, London: Raithby, Lawrence & Co., Ltd.), noted for its printing of the widely disseminated and influential periodical, The British Printer. Through the efforts and exacting standards of its foreman and chief typographic designer (a new profession for the time) George W. Jones, then Robert Grayson, the firm developed the so-called Leicester Free Style which was England's answer to the artistic printing movement. (Dictionary of 19th-Century Journalism).